Show me some Elegance pics

[DaddyJax]

I would like to see any of your Catalaphyllia jardinei pics!

 

[jasper24]

They all died! Just kidding. I had one for about 8 weeks a few months ago. My LFS owner even warned me that they did not have a good track record these days. He was correct.

 

[poopsko24]

heres mine, had for over a year. they do not have a good survival rate, I've been through my share of them and I don't recommend them. probley 1 out of a 1000 make it . They look great for about 2 months, then its all downhill

 

[sufunk]

Here was mine. It did great for about 4 months, was always open and ate great. All of a sudden it stopped eating and slowly withered until dying about a month ago.

 

[edwing206]

just like moorish idols, beautiful but hard to keep

 

[Bcollins111900]

I agree. LFS here orders in Moorish Idols all the time. So dad that there time is coming soon. Nice elegance coral guys. I have been wanting one but holding out till someone has one for sale they have had in there system for a LONG time.

 

[Orochimaru]

almost two months and going

 

[stank]

Heres my elegance I picked up Oct 15 2005 from a local who got it as a bud from a large one. It has grown 3x bigger since I got it. My juv. onyx percs have taken a liking to it.

 

[Ryanqk]

nice powderpuff tang btw....

 

[John75hex]

In 3 weeks, mine will be in my tank for 2 years. But I know I'm VERY lucky!

 

[John75hex]

BTW, According to my LFS, these corals are EASY to keep!
I refuse to even go in that place anymore.!

 

[marillion]

I'll try and take pics of my captive-bred one tomorrow. Now that the tank has been moved and has settled down, it's doing great.

Peace,

Chip

 

[poopsko24]

heres a updated shot of mine, for scale the orange fungia plate coral on the bottom is about 3" across.

 

[lux_06]

wish mine had some of the colours some of those have on the tips... but its still small and proberly needs time to colour up under my better lighting!

adam

 

[marillion]

Here's the captive-bred baby as of yesterday :

Peace,

Chip

 

[stank]

Chip, thats about what mine looked like when I got it.

 

[marillion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8091441#post8091441 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stank
Chip, thats about what mine looked like when I got it.

How long have you had yours, and how big is it now?

Just trying to predict where mine is going.

Peace,

Chip

 

[geofloors]

Here's mine, I've had it 8 years plus.

George
CMAS President
www.CMAS-MD.org

 

[waterfaller1]

Geofloors, can you share some info? What kind of lighting? Do you feed it?

 

[geofloors]

This coral is the center piece in my 280g tank in the front middle. The tank is lit by 4 250w MH's and 480w of actinic VHO's. There is over 5000 gph of water flow which switches from left to right every 3 minutes via and actuated ball valve. I do hand feed the elegance from time to time but it usually gets plenty of food just from daily feedings of the 30+ fish in the tank. This coralo when it fully swells up will be close to 24" long and over 12" tall. It has a horse shoe shaped skeleton. It's been in captivity for about 11 years+ now since I got it from someone getting out of the hobby.


George