Anyone looking for large healthy elegance?

[jscarlata]

Hi all I live in Nassau county and I have a rather large, perfectly healthy elegance coral that needs a new home. I have had it about 2.5 years, it's grown from a softball size piece to a full football. It takes several hours to fully inflate, it's bright green with purple tips.
It looks to be longer than 12" but it's hard to measure.

Some recent pictures:





This iphone pic is taken at an odd angle to try and show how far back into the tank it extends.


This is how small it shrivels down to at night...

All pics are recent, last week. I'd like to get 300.00, I believe it's worth more, but feel this is fair. I do not want to trade at this time.

 

[TucanSam007]

bump. Sweet elegance! I love my pink tip, favorite lps in my tank for sure

 

[anthony27]

Message Jarret shark I know he is always looking for the 400

 

[BfishLpond78]

That is beautiful...that's what I'm looking for around here...

GLWS

sent from never never land...

 

[jscarlata]

Bfish:
how far is hamden from LI? im not comfy with shipping but id meet you if it was reasonably close

ill pm jarret - thank you

 

[jscarlata]

btw, last night it was open in a weird way for about 15 minutes due to a powerhead issue, it was over inflated in the base with short stubby tentacles, so i was able to get a partial mouth count, i counted 25 mouths and i was only able to see about 1/2 of the coral as it goes back and wraps around a rock - shes huge

 

[pecan2phat]

Bfish:
how far is hamden from LI? im not comfy with shipping but id meet you if it was reasonably close

About 100 miles :bigeyes:

 

[BfishLpond78]

Unfortunately its out of my price range...it truely is one of a kind...whoever scoops this up is a lucky person

sent from never never land...

 

[reef bini]

Would you take $100 ?

 

[TucanSam007]

Would you take $100 ?

No offense but I just don't understand why people really try and lowball other reefers. I understand retail prices are crazy but this is a beautiful huge elegance that's been taken care of from a fellow reefer. I really don't mean to isolate you, I know this hobby is all about getting a good deal on quality livestock, but whenever i buy local, if it's a quality piece from a fellow reefer I don't try and haggle. I mean that elegance is worth at least 200 and thats a steal.

 

[jscarlata]

Thanks for the support. I would not take a hundred, not a chance. I have spoken to jarret and will share the same with the board, I will consider reasonable offers, I will not respond to lowballs or nonsense. I'm not looking to ship, I've never done it, and with something like this, to have it die in shipping would be a loss not worth risking.
I'd like to keep it, but it's at the point where it's growing exponentially due to the surface area and the number of mouths and its just too big, it deserves a good home with a big spot. It gets all kinds of random flow from soft to full blast and it likes it all...

 

[jscarlata]

Thanks for the support. I would not take a hundred, not a chance. I have spoken to jarret and will share the same with the board, I will consider reasonable offers, I will not respond to lowballs or nonsense. I'm not looking to ship, I've never done it, and with something like this, to have it die in shipping would be a loss not worth risking.
I'd like to keep it, but it's at the point where it's growing exponentially due to the surface area and the number of mouths and its just too big, it deserves a good home with a big spot. It gets all kinds of random flow from soft to full blast and it likes it all...
I also have a big frogspawn green /purple tips and beautiful torch, green with pink tips, it's like a huge tree..

 

[Long Island Andy]

Would you take $100 ?

Maybe you should try a LFS

 

[reef bini]

Hey
Don't b so sensitive
It was a joke
But you sound like your getting upset over nothing?
Relax

 

[mwminer]

If you could figure out how to ship it I would take it for my 450.

 

[jscarlata]

Shipping is feasible, but my concern is that if it dies in transit, I wouldn't be offering refunds like a store would...it's a one shot deal.
If there is anyone willing to tell me how to ship it with the most success, id be willing to attempt it,
I would want my asking price of $300 plus whatever shipping costs.
The coral is perfectly healthy, so I can't see any reason it would not make the trip.
There is one other person that also offered to buy it if I ship, this was in pm.

It shrinks down to a very small calcium carbonate base, so it's not like it needs a huge box.