Elegance coral show off thread

Here is my:
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Is there a thread, FAQ, or article about how to take care of an Elegence? I never heard the idea about rinsing some foods b/c they are so sensitive to Phos. Is that just with food or Phos in the water column too? Any other tips to keep one of these.
 
My two that used to be one.

My two that used to be one.

Here are my two that used to be one. Pic is about two weeks after I fraged mine. I have had him for over a year.

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Joe
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12321306#post12321306 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SCIFI_3D_zoo
Is there a thread, FAQ, or article about how to take care of an Elegence? I never heard the idea about rinsing some foods b/c they are so sensitive to Phos. Is that just with food or Phos in the water column too? Any other tips to keep one of these.

yes there is scifi--but it is quite a read:
its called elegance theory
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1109727&highlight=elegance
 
Re: My two that used to be one.

Re: My two that used to be one.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12322671#post12322671 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sailfish2
Here are my two that used to be one. Pic is about two weeks after I fraged mine. I have had him for over a year.

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Joe

wow--they don't mind touching each other?
 
Not that I have seen

Not that I have seen

Not that I have seen. They used to be one so I would not think that they would hurt each other.

Joe
 
Re: Not that I have seen

Re: Not that I have seen

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12322876#post12322876 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sailfish2
Not that I have seen. They used to be one so I would not think that they would hurt each other.

Joe

I wonder if it would work it you bought a new species and put it right beside the other?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12323458#post12323458 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by superedge88
My elegance corals touch each other, different types, no problems at all.

great the one to the left of my avitar is going to get a mate;)
 
Re: Re: Not that I have seen

Re: Re: Not that I have seen

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12322899#post12322899 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
I wonder if it would work it you bought a new species and put it right beside the other?

why would'nt it ?????????????
 
Heres my aussie elegance. It was in my friends tank for 9 months, and I have been eyeing it since it came in! (he trans-ships boxes.) Lots of convincing and a few beers later on Friday night, and this bad boy went home with me! I wish the tips were a little brighter, but he did say that he only fed it once or twice the entire time he had it?! So I'm hoping that feeding him 2-3 times a week might help with coloring up the pink tips. Its definently the brightest base color I've ever seen on an elegance though, especially in person. This pic was taken the second night he was in the tank - he gets much bigger now, so I'll have to get a new pic and post it for you guys.....

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SO WHAT IS THE TRICK TO KEEPING THESE ALIVE....since it seems many of you are doing so.

I'm curious to hear from people who have kept them nearly a year or better.
 
I'm not sure there is a "trick" to keeping them alive. The trick is getting a healthy one in the first place. Whatever bane has plagued the indo catalaphylias for the last six+ years that we see, doesn't *appear* to come in on the Aussie elegances, though anecdotal evidence shows that if stored in the same system, the Aussie variety will contract said illness and perish.

So buy Aussie... and hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as so many indos of late.


Garrett.
 
Here's an indonesian elegance that I picked up ($$$) from a pet store nearby, was told it was from a guy that had it for 2 years and had to breakdown his tank for one reason or another, was well worth the cash, now I have 3 elegance corals in my 150 four footer.
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YEA ! I finaly get to joing the Elegance club. :lol:

My friend Dee gave me this Aussie on the weekend.



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My only concern is the lighting. I've had to move several of my corals down lower because they were getting TOO much light. go figure....I have the opposite problem of everyone else. :rolleyes:
If need be, I'll buy more rock and make it a nice little shelter. I'm running T5's. 6 x 50watts each, and I think they are power boosted to 84watts each.
 
poukiebear, looks to me like it might be a little bleached out, so don't be surprised if it darkens. I run T5HO as well, depending on how much light it is getting it may be a good idea to shelter it a bit.
 
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