I have had the Aussie elegance for 1.5-2 months and it looked phenomenal for over a month. On the last 2-3 weeks it has slowly looked worse and worse. For a period of 1-2 weeks more and more tentacles would shrivel up a lot, looked mucousy, and almost as it they were rotting/decaying. Many tentacles would look like they’re pinching in half, and some would actually detach as I would see them floating around the tank. The elegance also expels a lot of brown substance, I’m thinking either poo or zooxanthellae. Since it looked bad for 1.5-2 weeks I gave it an iodine dip, which made it look way worse, causing healthy looking tentacles to balloon up. The elegance is still alive after three weeks of degrading health, and has shown no tissue recession along the base, and still shows a feeding response. I don’t think this is ECS or brown jelly so I’m guessing it must be light. It’s just strange because it looked so good for awhile. Is it possible for over-exposure to light to take over a month to start having effects on a coral?
Parameters:
Alk- 10.2
Ca- 425
Mg- 1275-1290
No3- 5-10
Po4- .28
Salinity- 1.026
Pictures of elegance before iodine bath
After iodine bath
Current state
I’m new to this so trying understand what all could be affecting the coral can be confusing at times as I don’t know what to look for all the time. I’m not even totally sure light is the issue yet; I figured if light was affecting it in such a negative way, it would have tissue recession and/or bleaching. If anyone has any idea on what is going on, advice would be appreciated.
Parameters:
Alk- 10.2
Ca- 425
Mg- 1275-1290
No3- 5-10
Po4- .28
Salinity- 1.026
Pictures of elegance before iodine bath
After iodine bath
Current state
I’m new to this so trying understand what all could be affecting the coral can be confusing at times as I don’t know what to look for all the time. I’m not even totally sure light is the issue yet; I figured if light was affecting it in such a negative way, it would have tissue recession and/or bleaching. If anyone has any idea on what is going on, advice would be appreciated.