Elegance coral pic's

[elegance coral]

I am working on a project and need photos of Elegance corals. Would anyone be willing to allow me to use their photos? It's for a good cause but the pay stinks. I'm not getting paid for this project so I can't pay for use of the photos, but I can give credit to the people that donate the pic's. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Darrell

 

[FishyBiz]

PMed ya.

 

[trojank]

I have an elegance coral that I have had for about two years. It is now about the size of a football when it is open. Let me know where to send a pic

 

[elegance coral]

You can just post the pic here and I can move it to my little red house. Thanks to everyone for all the help so far. This thread has only been up over night and the pic's are starting to come in.

 

[dkuster]

Not to hijack the thread, but what's going on with the
elegance coral?

I've previously kept them without any problem, but I bought
one about a year ago and it died. Then I read somewhere
that now it's nearly impossible to keep them alive in a reef
tank due to some unknown reason. True or not true???

 

[glaudds]

couple of old pictures for you...

 

[BangkokMatt]

Here are my clowns hosting an elegance. I have plenty more pics. PM me if you want others.

 

[Mental1]

Of course you can use my picture Darrell. BTW, saw an elegance in a LFS with shriveled tentacles, told the manager where it needed to be and how to feed it -- one more saved!

 

[dkuster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10963074#post10963074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mental1
Of course you can use my picture Darrell. BTW, saw an elegance in a LFS with shriveled tentacles, told the manager where it needed to be and how to feed it -- one more saved!

Hi Sherri,

Care to share your care and feeding tips so maybe I can be
successful, too?

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10961503#post10961503 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by glaudds
couple of old pictures for you...

excellent pics can you share a few tips for being so successful?

 

[Mental1]

There's a whole thread called Elegance Coral Theory started by Darrell that's full of everything you need to know -- it's a great thread. But quickly, mine is on the sand at the bottom of a 24 inch deep tank slightly shaded. I only have 5x39 T5's but have been very slowly acclimating the whole tank -- taking months actually. I had PC's before. I am up to 10 hours on actinics and 6 hours on full light. As far as feeding goes -- I take small chunks, depending on the size of the mouths, of krill, raw tuna, lancet fish and take it in my hand right into the tentacles making sure they grab on to the bits. So slowly acclimate to higher levels of light and attentive feeding seem to do the trick.

 

[Aquarist007]

thanks I'll look that thread up-----will they survive 150 watt 10,000 k halides on a 28 inch tank?

 

[dkuster]

Thanks, I'll check it out!

 

[supervdl]

Here is mine in my 210 gal tank. 30 inch deep under 400 watt halides.

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[Mental1]

Capn_Hylinur -- as you can see with Supervdl -- they can acclimate to a great deal of light. Just look at the condition of the coral. If it reacts by ballooning out and the tentacles shrink, then you need to lower the level of light it is getting. They can be slowly acclimated but Darrell knows a lot more than I do about the different types, etc...

 

[BangkokMatt]

Will try again with my pic

 

[superedge88]

But if lighting is the problem, then why is the elgegance "disease" contagious?

 

[glaudds]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10965257#post10965257 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
excellent pics can you share a few tips for being so successful?

lol, thanks....I'm no photo expert. Here's some basic tips that work for me...use a tripod, turn off the tank circulation, use the manual white balance (if your camera has that option), and take a lot a pictures to learn the nuances of your camera.

 

[Mental1]

Superedge88 -- there are several different theories. Darrell who started this thread, has a theory that says there is no pathogen. No pathogen is found in the wild and Darrell has put healthy corals in with sick ones under correct lighting and feeding and had no contagion attack the healthy corals. If you read the thread mentioned above -- it includes a file with Darrell's results in it. Interesteing stuff. I followed Darrell's instructions and I have a happy and healthy Elegance. Different ideas are what make this hobby fun, if you do the research, you can decide what works for you and your tank.

 

[elegance coral]

The over inflated oral disk and shrunken tentacles that they display is not contagious. The infection that fallows can be contagious as any infection in a closed system can be. The key to keeping them from coming down with an infection is to keep them from swelling and withdrawing their tentacles. To keep them from swelling and withdrawing their tentacles we need to keep them from light that is strong enough to cause this reaction and the accompanying tissue damage.