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Originally Posted by cheeks69  My experience with Trachyphyllias/Wellsophyllias has been that under intense light especially if they haven't been properly acclimated they will bleach and have tissue recession. I have to keep mine shaded for them to expand properly and maintain their intense color. Again as I've mentioned before these corals come from turbid lagoons similar to Elegance corals and need to be properly fed and acclimated. The "Elegance coral disease" is a completely diferent situation and the one's that I've seen infected have NEVER recovered. I spoke to a friend who owns an LFS and he mentioned to me that when he started getting shipments of these corals that were sick he tried to place them in his show tanks which contained healthy Elegance corals that he kept for years and they ALL died. He now only has one left that was kept in a hobbiests tank for a couple of years and then moved to his show tank and has been there for almost 6 years, it's enormous really the most beautiful Elegance I've ever seen. |
I have 8 Elegance corals that are all recovering. They are all in different stages of this problem, but all getting better. This does not have to be a death sentance for these corals. I'm not saying that there aren't those individuals that make it to our LFS in such bad shape that they are beyond help. If you know what to look for and see an Elegance in the LFS that is remotely healthy they can be brought back. Any time you have a coral that becomes ill and comes down with an infection it can be spread to other corals in the same system. It can even jump from one species to another.
I believe that after an Elegance becomes burnt it can be weakend to the point that it is more prone to these infections, or these protozoans that have been found in dead and dieing coral tissue. This can be avoided if proper care is given. The problem for us is knowing what the different symptoms are and what steps we should take in these different situations.