A Very Expensive Coral...

Bryan · #1 05-25-2007, 01:33 AM

I can remember back when when elegance corals were frequently imported, and sold for under $40.00, and one of the easier corals to keep. Then for some reason mortality rates increased dramatically and they were rarely seen in the LFS.

Don't recall what the reason was for the mortality rates. I had one for years and it was huge. Traded it to a LFS as it outgrew my tank and was stinging nearby corals.

marie · #2 05-25-2007, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

Don't recall what the reason was for the mortality rates. I had one for years and it was huge. Traded it to a LFS as it outgrew my tank and was stinging nearby corals.

It is some kind of pathogen that is picked up in dealers and lfs's tanks, highly contagious and always fatal. It starts with the oral disk puffing up huge and the tentacles getting smaller and shorter