What's wrong with this elegance coral?

[michaelis88]

I don't know if the rabbit fish are reef safe or no?
Since u had it for long time, and others are alright, maybe ur fish?sometimes corals do this, they die randomly even water is fine and everything else.

[jtbadco]

Scribbled rabbitfish NOT reef safe. I would bet that the rabbit was nibbling on the elegance since he entered the tank. If the fish are listed as 'reef safe with caution'...it means they are not reef safe. It means there is a strong likelihood that they will eat corals, and usually they do. Some people have a little luck as long as they keep the fish well fed and satisfied, but it never lasts IMO. Everyone says they are fine, until they start eating corals.

[reefwars]

ECS- elegance coral syndrone

yours is like alot of others,they melt in a few days.

[Spyd]

Originally Posted by reefwars

ECS- elegance coral syndrone

yours is like alot of others,they melt in a few days.

+1. This normally happens after a year to year and a half. Indo specimens are far more prone to it occuring.

[reefwars]

I've seen it countless times, there is no cure and no way to stop it once it does.

In the 90's elegance were the easiest and most sought after corals, ecs (believed to be caused by human chemicals) has wiped their reputation and numbers to the point of small quotas and a place on endangered lists.

In the wild ecs is non existent

[George]

I thought ECS is caused by some pathogens. The last formal study was done by Eric Borneman in the mid 2000. Is there any thing new since then? Source?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by George

I thought ECS is caused by some pathogens. The last formal study was done by Eric Borneman in the mid 2000. Is there any thing new since then? Source?

pathogens belived to be caused by us, there is no definitive cause or cure and is not present in the wild only in captivity.

its also very contagious to other elegance and some elegance corals are immune to it.


i had a link to post on a show off your elegnace thread i started last year but apparently canreef deleted the thread so i cant find it it was a good read written in 2011-2012

it talks about the quotas, cites and ecs in particular