elegante

[ungwhat]

here is my elegantus maximus rediculous taking a krill to the head. literally!

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[icy1155]

Wow, that is a beautiful elegance coral. How long have you had him? He looks really healthy/happy.

 

[ungwhat]

i think ive had it for over a year now. it used to be alot bigger but part of it died off when i deployed to trinidad.. other people taking care of your tank is the worst! somehow something always goes wrong

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Nice! Can you give some details about your setup? I have always wanted to try one. Saw one a couple weeks ago at a petco for $50, of course it died within 2 days there, haha. You having it for a year gives me hope.

 

[ungwhat]

most people i talk to say that theirs never lasted and i was always told that mine would do the same. but i have had good luck with mine so far. i have read that they like to be near the bottom of the tank with mild water flow and they are often found in dirty environments. as far as light i guess it doesnt need much with being at the bottom of a tank. i dont think they like water that is too clean. i stopped doing water changes every week and started doing it every other week and i feed my corals like once or twice a week and the fish every other day and my tank has never been better. i got a new 120 gal project in the works
my current tank is a 55 gal aga with 440 watt VHO's,euro reef skimmer,HOB cpr refugium,phosban reactor,2 koralia 1's,oceanic sump,currently using reef crystals but switching over to tropic marin pro reef in new tank.temp ranges from 79 to 80 and i keep the lights on a 8 hr cycle
i only have 4 fish and 2 snails
3 clowns and a mandarin im not really a fish person i had 1 clown and a 6 line wrasse but the wrasse dissapeared and i bought a mandarin to keep the little critters from over taking my tank and my sister put her 2 clowns in when i was away with the military. the fish are only there for biological purposes if it wasnt for that i wouldnt have any.

 

[Gordonious]

Nice. I too have always wanted to try one.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

They probably are bad shippers then huh? Seems like if you get a healthy one from the start, they can be pretty hardy. Glad to see yours is doing great. It sounds like it would fit perfectly into my 120g. I am more into the softies/LPS anyway. You gotta get that 120g going man! I remember a few months ago you said you were getting started on it!

 

[ungwhat]

yeah i know but the military keeps my busy. its sitting right next to my tank too ha ha. i'll get to it eventually. if i get deployed though im gonna sell everything. i could only imagine what my tank would look like after a year of me being gone.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Yeah, that has to suck. I went to the beach for a few months, barely came back and my tank ran into some problems. Most things grew, but the tank was just covered in algae.