Elegance coral question.

GoReefin · Feb 15, 2021

Have had this guy in my tank for around 4 months with no problems and then today after the weekend I came into the office to him mostly closed up and very little improvement after 6 hours. Not really sure why. No new additions or changes in lighting. Water parameters are salinity 1.026, DKH 8, calcium 400, nitrates undetectable (however, I do have hair algae) and phosphates are undetectable.

My anemone did move I wonder if it got stung?

Photo from today

Photo from last week.

Macbalacano · Feb 15, 2021

My elegance looks very similar to yours and it does that every now and then. As long as it goes back to normal in a couple of days and is not shrinking or receding more to the skeleton, you should be ok!

GoReefin · Feb 15, 2021

Macbalacano said:
My elegance looks very similar to yours and it does that every now and then. As long as it goes back to normal in a couple of days and is not shrinking or receding more to the skeleton, you should be ok!

Hopeful it will be back to normal soon. I did a 5g water change today.

Macbalacano · Feb 15, 2021

Do you run carbon?

You could also try upping your nutrients at least so that they are detectable.

GoReefin · Feb 15, 2021

Macbalacano said:
Do you run carbon?

You could also try upping your nutrients at least so that they are detectable.

I have some hair algae growing so I know I have nitrates. I am just going to have to buy a different test kit this one is still saying 0 for some reason from API.

GoReefin · Feb 17, 2021

Good news elegance coral is starting to look better again. He isn't completely out but much better than before. Goes to show sometimes doing nothing other than normal maintenance/ water changes is the best thing to do.
Thank you all for the help.

dedragon · Feb 17, 2021

my elegance does this all the time. Sometimes mine does it when it digests snails, then it just spits the shell out. Those anemones and the elegance will grow fast and will probably sting each other soon in such a small tank so I would be ready for that

dedragon · Feb 17, 2021

lol just saw the other anemone thread you have. The battle has begun! Just be on lookout for those guys moving

GoReefin · Feb 17, 2021

dedragon said:
lol just saw the other anemone thread you have. The battle has begun! Just be on lookout for those guys moving

Yeah my green loves to move around. All my others have stayed put for a while now. Hopefully I can get him to settle down or I'll rehome him to a bigger tank.