Elegance coral show off thread
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superedge88
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She did post a pic, I believe it was on the 5th page towards the bottom.
Poukie, that is very upsetting, how did it act before it started melting away? Was it eating at all? I am very sorry, hard to have a coral like that die right before your eyes, makes you feel like you just watched a unicorn die.
Poukie, that is very upsetting, how did it act before it started melting away? Was it eating at all? I am very sorry, hard to have a coral like that die right before your eyes, makes you feel like you just watched a unicorn die.
PoukieBear
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I got it from a friend who owns a LFS. It was from Australia.
It was in a low flow area at first, then a low/medium flow area.
The origional lighting was too strong for it, so i moved it under an overhang. It did well there for a few days, then it started to receded.
It was feeding well, mysis and brine shrimp, the same stuff that I feed the rest of my corals and fish.
Perhaps the bright lighting was too much for it and it never recovered from it. i don't know...
I also remember reading (I don't remember where, but I'll try to find out for your reference) that elegance corals are sometimes affected by certain hormones released by some soft corals.
I do have a few soft corals in my tank, and I did prune back some of my pompom xenia a few days before I had to throw out the elegance. Perhaps that had something to do with it....
Aquarist007
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Sorry to hear of the loss of the elegance
I've had trouble with gonipora from WTR in Misss.
I find I have to spot feed my elegance small pieces of silversides twice a week to compensate for it being in a relatively low level of light--and then I have to watch that the tangs don't remove it from the elegance before the food is consumed.
Aquarist007
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12505463#post12505463 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RyanBrucks
Kamao,
I believe that at night time is when the elegance is harmed the most by the clowns. This could just be pure guessing, but I dont think I am the only one to reach this conclusion.
At day time the elegance is expanded full of water and it doesn't look as if the clowns irritate it much. but at night time the elegance is shrunken down close to its rough skeleton and I think the clowns will 'push it' up and down as if to say "wake up, blanket!!! im cold!!!"
I think this damages the skin of the coral over time since I obseved mine go downhill after about a week of that happening.
My solution was temporary and ugly.... two sheets of eggcrate right down the middle of the 20g tankActually started as one sheet but the clowns could actually knock it down so two were needed.
for kicks heres a shot of my clowns hosting the elegance about a day after it started. at the time I thought it was so cool
1-30-08
put an anemone in for the clowns and then they won't bother the elegance
My elegance shrinks up everynight on its own but comes back to full size with the halides are on.
ReefEnabler
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capn I want to get a carpet anemone for my upcoming 220... unfortunately my only tank right now is the 20g holding tank I got myself so I could learn about/practice coral and fish care while setting up the big tank - and now I'll at least have a couple inhabitants to start the reef with! clowns and an elegance were NOT the best choice for this tank, and now I know that guess thats what learning is about... 7 months so far and my only loss has been 1 clown from carpetsurfing, and the gracilaria algae I tried to add once. never intended this 'temporary' tank to be up so long.....
it only has 130W PC lighting and no space, so I can't get an anemone just yet.
I feed little bits of silverside once or twice a week. I also feed freeze dried 'Reef Chili' to some other corals and I usually give the elegance a shot. sometimes I observe a strong feeding response to this, sometimes not so much.
guess thats what learning is about... 7 months so far and my only loss has been 1 clown from carpetsurfing, and the gracilaria algae I tried to add once. never intended this 'temporary' tank to be up so long.....it only has 130W PC lighting and no space, so I can't get an anemone just yet.
I feed little bits of silverside once or twice a week. I also feed freeze dried 'Reef Chili' to some other corals and I usually give the elegance a shot. sometimes I observe a strong feeding response to this, sometimes not so much.
PoukieBear
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So far, the only thing that I've found is from Eric Borneman's book, Aquarium Corals Selection, Husbandry, and Nartural History...
It's very brief, but it's a hint... "They are sensitive to the presence of many soft corals, and may be adversly affected by Caulerpa algea"
It doesn't say WHY they are sensitive to soft corals in this book, but I'll continue looking....
Aquarist007
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12531711#post12531711 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RyanBrucks
capn I want to get a carpet anemone for my upcoming 220... unfortunately my only tank right now is the 20g holding tank I got myself so I could learn about/practice coral and fish care while setting up the big tank - and now I'll at least have a couple inhabitants to start the reef with! clowns and an elegance were NOT the best choice for this tank, and now I know that
it only has 130W PC lighting and no space, so I can't get an anemone just yet.
I feed little bits of silverside once or twice a week. I also feed freeze dried 'Reef Chili' to some other corals and I usually give the elegance a shot. sometimes I observe a strong feeding response to this, sometimes not so much.
suggest in the meantime you get a small rosetip anemone--mine lives partly under a rock on the bottom of a 28 inch high tank--where I know the lights max out at 18 inches
My rose tip loves silversides also---by feeding the anemone twice a week IMO it would be satisfied with less light until your other tank is set up and take the pressure off the elegance coral right now
just a suggestion
I just ordered this elegance online. It is supposed to be an australian. I thought the base was supposed to be light on the australian specimens though. Here is a video.
Also here is a picture of it right after I acclimated it and added it to my tank. There was a fuzzy crab in the bag and I'm wondering if it was embedded in this spot where the tissue has receeded from the base. I did a tmpcc dip and the crab died so if that was the case hopefully any others that my have been embedded died as well. What are everyone's thoughts on this tissue recession and validicy of it being australian?
Also here is a picture of it right after I acclimated it and added it to my tank. There was a fuzzy crab in the bag and I'm wondering if it was embedded in this spot where the tissue has receeded from the base. I did a tmpcc dip and the crab died so if that was the case hopefully any others that my have been embedded died as well. What are everyone's thoughts on this tissue recession and validicy of it being australian?
Freed
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12462015#post12462015 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Freed
Here are mine in my 20 gal QT tank. The one in the back(aussie) all shriveled up is one that came with parasitic crabs and just aboot died before I removed the crabs. That one is making a painstakingly slow recovery and is starting to open up again and starting to feed on mysis as well. The one in the front is an aussie I got locally when the other one started dying. That one opens up wickedly big and has amazing color patterns to it. It eats like this little piggy that had roast beef. I'll be puttting the one in front in my main display in the next week er so. That's what it's all aboot.
Good thing you removed the crabs. So far from what I have seen with my elegance and my brother's is that the crabs will feed off of the flesh of the coral. Mine almost died. My brother's wasn't doing well in the area that the crab was on his. I removed the crabs on mine as the coral was wasting away. It's been making a slow comeback for the last 4-6 weeks. My brother decided to remove the crab that was on his. His crab was HUGE! Ever since he removed it, his elegance has been doing much better as has mine.
elegance coral
They call me EC
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12566068#post12566068 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fittiger
I just ordered this elegance online. It is supposed to be an australian. I thought the base was supposed to be light on the australian specimens though. Here is a video.
Also here is a picture of it right after I acclimated it and added it to my tank. There was a fuzzy crab in the bag and I'm wondering if it was embedded in this spot where the tissue has receeded from the base. I did a tmpcc dip and the crab died so if that was the case hopefully any others that my have been embedded died as well. What are everyone's thoughts on this tissue recession and validicy of it being australian?
I see no reason to doubt that it's from Australia. It was in a good environment in the wild and grew fast, which is typical of what we see in Australian Elegance corals. Beautiful BTW.
elegance coral
They call me EC
Here's a little video with one of my Elegance corals. Top center of the tank.
http://www.sharkle.com/video/176277/
http://www.sharkle.com/video/176277/
ReefEnabler
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Wow, nice elegances!
your signature quote is hilarious btw.... never heard that one before :lol:
your signature quote is hilarious btw.... never heard that one before :lol:
What is the best way to feed these guys? I thawed some frozen krill and waved it lightly in its tentacles. It finallly stung it and held on and brought the chunk to one mouth and held on to it there for a couple hours but not sure it ingested it as I found some pieces lying on the sand after the lights went out with nassarius and hermits eating it. It might have been too large though.
You may want to keep watch in case a fish is yanking out the food before the Elegance can eat it. As for feeding, twice a week, I use about a 1" chunk of thawed silversides and lower it into their tentacles with a pair of tweezers. If they're hungry, you won't even have to turn off the powerheads.
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