Dying ?

MohamedF · Nov 14, 2021

Good day everyone , I got this one from abroad one week ago , she was opening and closing in a lovely way , suddenly yesterday IT start to deflate / shrink , and today I found part that detached from the stone itself .I relocated it to be far away from currents in a less stressful place on the sand, Is it dying ? And is there something to help it ? Thanks
My tank parameters are :
Ph : 8.1 ( Hanna )
Temperature: 25.1 ( Hanna )
Salinity : 1026 ( refractometer )
KH: 8.4 ( Red Sea )
Calcium : 410 ( Red Sea )
Magnesium : 1440 ( Red Sea )
Phosphate : 0.00 ( Hanna )
Nitrate : 4.00 ( Hanna )

and she became like that :

Romulax · Nov 14, 2021

I'm currently fighting a similar problem. Nobody ever says that you need anemones need nitrate and phosphate to grow in a 16:1 ratio respectively. Your nitrates look about right, but try to raise your phosphates to around .02

Romulax · Nov 14, 2021

Also, try not to move it as much as possible yourself. That'll stress it out way more. And do you have proper lighting in your tank?

sixty_reefer · Nov 14, 2021

How long has the tank been running? Nutrients starvation could be one of the reasons

vetteguy53081 · Nov 14, 2021

Placement in sand was a good call. What you have is tissue recession. Add some aminos to the water and assure salinity-Phosphate-ph-temperature and alk are not eleveated.
Elegance corals require a moderately high amount of light to support photosynthesis. But that doesn’t translate to strong light. LEDs, fluorescent, or other reef-caliber lights will be sufficient. You want to aim for a PAR of about 80-120. Also important is water flow which should be moderate.
You don’t want the flow to be too hard or too soft. “Just right” means the tentacles flow gently, like leaves in a light wind. Too little and elegance corals will not thrive. Too much flow and you risk tearing the delicate polyps.
The proper flow brings nutrients to the polyps, ensuring they remain nourished. And you’ll see the typical “sweeping” movement as they drift in the current.
The elegance coral is photosynthetic, which means commensal photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae that live inside its body tissue and provide nutrition by harvesting the energy in light – much like a house plant. They also benefit from regular feedings. with foods such as krill, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, or small pieces of fish, and shrimp.
Elegance corals ARE prone to elegance coral syndrome (ECS). If your coral has this disease, you’ll see swelling around the oral disc and unopened polyps or a white mucus coating.

MohamedF · Nov 14, 2021

Romulax said:
Also, try not to move it as much as possible yourself. That'll stress it out way more. And do you have proper lighting in your tank?

Thanks I will act accordingly maybe she is way stressed as you said I’m just afraid she is dying .
light yes I believe , I have AI light HD 32 , my tank is 50 gallons including sump . So basically par on top is around 200 and on argonite it’s about 130 . I ordered a par meter to be sure of these readings as I read them with Lux meter and just exchange from lux to par which is not the best way . I should receive my par meter in like 10 days hopefully, I started to use yesterday Koral Recover “ brightwell aquatics “ , I hope it will work with her as it’s annoying the skimmer so much so I hope it deserved the headache.
This is how it looked now .. more detachment

thanks for your help

MohamedF · Nov 14, 2021

sixty_reefer said:
How long has the tank been running? Nutrients starvation could be one of the reasons

The tank have been running for around two months and I dose daily elements, I feed reef round twice a week also . I have another one that she is doing great .

vetteguy53081 · Nov 14, 2021

MohamedF said:
The tank have been running for around two months and I dose daily elements, I feed reef round twice a week also . I have another one that she is doing great .

Not a good specimen for a newer tank as it needs assured stable conditions

MohamedF · Nov 14, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
Placement in sand was a good call. What you have is tissue recession. Add some aminos to the water and assure salinity-Phosphate-ph-temperature and alk are not eleveated.
Elegance corals require a moderately high amount of light to support photosynthesis. But that doesn’t translate to strong light. LEDs, fluorescent, or other reef-caliber lights will be sufficient. You want to aim for a PAR of about 80-120. Also important is water flow which should be moderate.
You don’t want the flow to be too hard or too soft. “Just right” means the tentacles flow gently, like leaves in a light wind. Too little and elegance corals will not thrive. Too much flow and you risk tearing the delicate polyps.
The proper flow brings nutrients to the polyps, ensuring they remain nourished. And you’ll see the typical “sweeping” movement as they drift in the current.
The elegance coral is photosynthetic, which means commensal photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae that live inside its body tissue and provide nutrition by harvesting the energy in light – much like a house plant. They also benefit from regular feedings. with foods such as krill, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, or small pieces of fish, and shrimp.
Elegance corals ARE prone to elegance coral syndrome (ECS). If your coral has this disease, you’ll see swelling around the oral disc and unopened polyps or a white mucus coating.

Thanks a lot for your detailed reply , well I have another one that is doing really good , I add elements to water regularly and I give reef rood twice a week , I just started amino dosing yesterday hoping it will help her also . I started to see white tissues as you mentioned earlier on her will it infect my other elegance ? And if so should I remove her from tank or give her sometime maybe she recovers ?
this is my other elegance