Elegance coral - share your experiance

[dzekunoi]

I read a lot about keeping them and got a very mixed feeling about it . Anyway, I'll try to keep it happy and alive!

 

[km133688]

there is an article here on RC somewhere. Wish I could find it. Think is was a Borneman paper. As you recall, people were sending their corals to him for research. I believe he identified the culprit and reported on it. If I find the article I'll link it here.

Kevin

 

[waytoodeep]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7297347#post7297347 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by guntercb
Can everyone give a little detail about there tank setups? Lighting, water turn over, DSB, bare bottom, where the elegance was placed, type of filteration, etc.... I want an elegance, but untill I determine what systems they thrive in and which ones they fail in, I will not try one.

Thanks,
Chris

I have a 90 gal tank ,two 175w MH reeflux 12 k ,,two 125w uri

DAS BX1 skimmer
pan world px-x50 return
seio 620 oppsite the return pump

200lbs LR
2 1.2inch sand bed

My Elegance is placed on the bottom left ,its weiged in between 2 rocks ,,Its only in the rock about 1inch but it can not get knocked off ,Its been there for as long as i have it ,Its only gotten bigger and brighter .I have this for 2+ years if remember.I dont have a secret on how to keep ,only love my tanks and animals .Im lucky i got my hand on it when i did.

Hope this helps you out .I also have 2 cleaner wrasse (im assuming they are paired they swim and do a dance in the water) for the same lenght of time with my Fat A$$ madarin .

 

[diamond4100]

I have had mine for about 4 months now and it seems to be doing very good I feed it mysis shrimp 2 times a week or so. It will eat them in like 30 second it loves it. Its about the size of a football. It is very active when it comes to the lighting in the tank it for some reason I lift up the lights it will curl up is tenticles into like a knot and then when I put the light back down it will open them back up the same goes for when I do feeding if I feed phyto or oyster eggs it does the exact same thing. Put a little reef supplement it the water boom it knows its there. Very good indicator that something has changed if you do it fast.

 

[sushiking]

3 bought, 3 dead, no more for me!

 

[masterswimmer]

waytoodeep, beautiful elegance. That pic of your mandarin is sweet too.

Congrats on keeping one of the toughest corals nowadays.

swimmer

 

[waytoodeep]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7330530#post7330530 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by masterswimmer
waytoodeep, beautiful elegance. That pic of your mandarin is sweet too.

Congrats on keeping one of the toughest corals nowadays.

swimmer

Thanks Russ

BTW i never spot or target feed my corals ,nor do i shut my system down (pumps .returns )