Elegance coral peeled Randomly

[ajremington68]

Testing all parameters now, for salinty, temp, Alk, ca, mag I have those on apex and no changes all constant. Going to test nitrates phosphate and ammonia. Everything else is going fine and and has been fine. Its flesh is sitting on the opposite side of my tank, and it hasn’t been closed or anything! Is it possible that it’ll some how attach to the rock and grow or no? SOO FRUSTRATING

 

[ajremington68]

Got the head in a box so it doesn’t get sucked up into the power heads. Any chance of survival?

 

[ajremington68]

bump

 

[ajremington68]

is it possible to put the elegance flesh back to the skeleton and it may re attach?

 

[ajremington68]

Tested all parameters and all are right in line with where they have been. This is so strange and after searching finding it happening to others but most others elegances hadn’t been doing good then peeled. Such a strange case maybe just one of the corals I can’t keep.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Thos seems to be to much flow or injury issue. As other than peeling off thee skeleton, it looks happy as far as I can tell and didnt like placement. If it was water issue, it would be inflaated or sunk in and detracted, tips would be stubby and with drawn.

 

[ajremington68]

Thos seems to be to much flow or injury issue. As other than peeling off thee skeleton, it looks happy as far as I can tell and didnt like placement. If it was water issue, it would be inflaated or sunk in and detracted, tips would be stubby and with drawn.

I have had it for 2-3 months and its always been happy.. and as for placement its been there for the 2-3 months no change in flow or lighting, that's why I am so darn stumped. It is also sitting in a little breeder box at the top of my tank all inflated as it would be on the skeleton. SO STRANGE.

 

[Matt Bravo]

Woah, I don’t have any knowledge so I would connect it to polyp bail out in hammers. I don’t see a high chance of this surviving but good luck

 

[ajremington68]

Woah, I don’t have any knowledge so I would connect it to polyp bail out in hammers. I don’t see a high chance of this surviving but good luck

Thats what im refering to, I have had it happen with torches during the start of my tank and I lost them, but I had a reason behind it, this one I don't have a clue with stinks.

 

[Uncle99]

Not uncommon for this coral.
Great for some months, then “poof” when everything else happy.
Regrow?
Doubt it, it bailed for some reason.
Doesn’t like long term captivity it seems.

That being said, some claim elegances years old.

For many others, gone in short term.

 

[ajremington68]

Not uncommon for this coral.
Great for some months, then “poof” when everything else happy.
Regrow?
Doubt it, it bailed for some reason.
Doesn’t like long term captivity it seems.

That being said, some claim elegances years old.

For many others, gone in short term.

So just a risk you run with this type of coral?

 

[Gweezpie]

It will not come back. Too much flow or light, disease, fish damage,.like clowns hosting it. So yes, there is a risk with certain elegance. Try again and maybe with a larger colony.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

It's highly unlikely, but there is a chance it will recover. Don't try to reattach it to its old skeleton, if it survives for long enough it will start to regrow a skeletal structure

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Was this a cut frag? Looking at the skeleton seems it was fragged. Wondering if it was damages then and was just waiting for something simple to happen to let go. I have kept elegances for years. I had to give a few away due to space issues. Never had this happen. Check the skeleton and coral for gull crabs as well. I have had those as well. They are almost impossible to spot

 

[ajremington68]

Was this a cut frag? Looking at the skeleton seems it was fragged. Wondering if it was damages then and was just waiting for something simple to happen to let go. I have kept elegances for years. I had to give a few away due to space issues. Never had this happen. Check the skeleton and coral for gull crabs as well. I have had those as well. They are almost impossible to spot

I defiantly looks frayed I got it from a coral show frag swap thing for a good deal, and maybe that’s why, sucks but I’ll try again. I will have to look up what gull crabs are

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I defiantly looks frayed I got it from a coral show frag swap thing for a good deal, and maybe that’s why, sucks but I’ll try again. I will have to look up what gull crabs are

Gall crab* they're a kind of parasitic crab that lives in the tissue/skeleton of LPS corals, they bore holes in the skeleton and feed off of coral mucus which is extremely irritating to the coral and often results in said corals death.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Gall crab* they're a kind of parasitic crab that lives in the tissue/skeleton of LPS corals, they bore holes in the skeleton and feed off of coral mucus which is extremely irritating to the coral and often results in said corals death.

Thanks for adding the info.

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

I defiantly looks frayed I got it from a coral show frag swap thing for a good deal, and maybe that’s why, sucks but I’ll try again. I will have to look up what gull crabs are

More than likely it is from what ever shredded the coral. Bad fragging. But you would be able to see the gall crab hole in skeleton if it was there. But they arent to common.

 

[Tonycass12]

I had this happen to mine recently as well after a couple years with good growth. Elegance corals can just bail sometimes. Chances are it's just going to wither and die. Mine has been in my refugium for over 2 months just sits open on the bottom but has slowly decreased in size. I'm pulling and tossing it this weekend.

 

[Uncle99]

So just a risk you run with this type of coral?

Unfortunately yup!
There are a number of LPS which do great short term, but fizzle out fast in a few months or so.
Another example is the Long Tenticle Plate, about 4-6 months at best.
After many attempts, both these corals I no longer purchase.