stunreefer
Reef Hugger
I'll 3rd that!!!
Everytime I see this thread has a new post, I cant wait to check it out!
Awesome corals evreyone!
Elegance coral show off thread
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Everytime I see this thread has a new post, I cant wait to check it out!
Awesome corals evreyone!
Aquarist007
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12784757#post12784757 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ed Reef
Thought I will give this thread a bump.... this is mine
nice colouring Ed
do you spot feed it?
Amoore311
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Man I missed out on the most gorgeous Aussie Elegance I've ever seen last night. The mouth looked like it was seriously colored in with a hi-liter. The tentacles were purplish and the tips were flourescent blue.
A fried of mine who has an online business had his first aussie shipment come in and that was on it. I let my friend buy it b/c he wanted the elegance so bad, and now I'm kicking myself in the A$$ lol.
A fried of mine who has an online business had his first aussie shipment come in and that was on it. I let my friend buy it b/c he wanted the elegance so bad, and now I'm kicking myself in the A$$ lol.
Lowredranger
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Those are some awesome pictures i need to get a pic of my new addition up.
Aquarist007
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The aussie ones have a better success rate then the Indonesian ones.
They are not a beginners coral--you need a tank with very stable water parameters
Lowredranger
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Here is my elegance I was told it is an Aussie the picture was taken 2 days after being introduced. Hopefully all goes well it had one run in with a fallen frog spawn trying to get the frog spawn to open back up now.
Question on feeding i fed it two small pieces of silver sides and it ate the one and let the other go. Do each of the mouths need to eat or is it always feeding the main structure?
Thanks
stunreefer
Reef Hugger
Lowredranger, thats a nice lookin' elegance you picked up there!
First off good luck with the frogspawn, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Everything that touches my elegance is toast, very, very fast. But then again, frogspawns are pretty hardy, and if it seems to have any flesh hanging on it might come back. Everytime I see something the elegance has attacked there is nothing at all left but skeleton (mine even eats snails off of the glass).
In terms of feeding, I think its important that all mouths are fed. If you frag these corals, you can frag between mouths without issues, which in turn tells me that they are individual in one way or another. I do not think the mouths "share" between themselves, but I'm not exactly sure. I'm not saying feed every mouth every time (because I know I dont), but I wouldn't feed the same four or five everytime, try to mix it up.
HTH and GL!
First off good luck with the frogspawn, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Everything that touches my elegance is toast, very, very fast. But then again, frogspawns are pretty hardy, and if it seems to have any flesh hanging on it might come back. Everytime I see something the elegance has attacked there is nothing at all left but skeleton (mine even eats snails off of the glass).
In terms of feeding, I think its important that all mouths are fed. If you frag these corals, you can frag between mouths without issues, which in turn tells me that they are individual in one way or another. I do not think the mouths "share" between themselves, but I'm not exactly sure. I'm not saying feed every mouth every time (because I know I dont), but I wouldn't feed the same four or five everytime, try to mix it up.
HTH and GL!
This is just an educated guess...but I would imagine that you do not need to feed every mouth. The fact that Catalaphyllia has one large continuous oral disk would lead one to infer that it shares consumed energy, if not food in a shared digestive system. But thats just a guess.
Lowredranger
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It has 4 oral disks and i think what happened is the same oral disk got both pieces and let one go. Do i need to feed all 4 a little piece vs each mouth?
The frogspawn is slowly opening a little more i think it will be ok it might just take a week.
The frogspawn is slowly opening a little more i think it will be ok it might just take a week.
superedge88
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Funny thing about my aussie elegance, I have a green digitata that happened to fall right next to it, the sweepers of the elegance rake across the green digi and nothing happens at all. The green digi has been there right next to the elegance for over 2 months now, growing like crazy and isn't burned by the elegance. Weird eh?
stunreefer
Reef Hugger
Thats crazy man!!! I'm, sure my elegance would've taken that out in a minute.
Is your (or anyone) elegance extremely sticky? Mine is just as sticky, if not more than an anemone. If I touch it, it ends up coming out of the gravel from clinging to my hand?!?
On another note, my elegance appears to be suffering a bit. I'm not sure from what, besides I did a redbug treatment a couple weeks ago. Thats about when he started showing signs of stress, including stubbier tentacles, which IMO/IME is the worst sign of them all. I'm keeping a close eye on it, but I'll be devastated if I lose this thing!
superedge88
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My elegance is not as sticky as others I have, but I would still think that it would eventually kill the digi, but the digi is growing as if it is not even bothered one bit by the elegance touching it directly.
Anyone ever hear of elegance corals being sensitive to phosban? Just got my elegance yesterday, so it hasn't snapped out of it yet. Really shaken up from the overnight express. I changed my chemi-pure elite, yea opps I didn't wash it well enough and water got cloudy for a second, but my elegance threw a slime coating over itself. Everyone else is fine. Running a reactor of charcoal now, skimming hard, filter sock, and going to turn off phosban for the night.
Also, did anyone answer how you can tell if it is an Aussie or not?
Thanks
Also, did anyone answer how you can tell if it is an Aussie or not?
Thanks
superedge88
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No 100% positive way to tell if it is an aussie, but if you look at enough pictures of the ones being shipped to the US you can kinda get a feel for the coloration they tend to be, but again, no sure way to tell.
Todd March
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This was a beautiful little Elegance I had in a nano tank about 5 years ago--it perished suddenly after 6 months, like so many of these corals in the past decade... I admire anyone that has luck with these--I have seen too many die...
But in the early 90's they used to grow like weeds--we couldn't kill them then...!?
chris wright
In Memoriam
besides the tentacles being stubbier, is there any other reaction by your elegance? If it's still accepting food, I'd consider checking for gall crabs or any sponge growth on the skeleton. The crabs are a common pest that can really irritate a coral. Some sponges can bore into the skeleton. I'd take the time to check over the coral's skeleton. Other than that, it just may take time for it to extend it's polyp's again.
Good luck with it mate.
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