Very Elegant Elegance

["Umm fish?"]

You know, I've found that with acans and such, too. I say, "Make 'em work for their food."

 

[kyliegirl]

my aussie elegance, collected by registered collectors about 3 hrs from where i am.. mother colony is the size of a car!

heres its size in a 3ft tank. its base skeleton is approx 5 inches, it expands up to 30cm altogether, sometimes larger.

its extremely healthy and some parts of it have 2 mouths, it sits in an extremely low flow area, it seems to enjoy it more.

i feed it a mix of brine/frozen foods every few days.

 

[sabodish]

shutiny..would you care to sell one of the babies??

 

[shutiny]

I don't sale, but do trade occasionally. PM me so we wound not be violate the posting rules.

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9605607#post9605607 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kyliegirl
my aussie elegance, collected by registered collectors about 3 hrs from where i am.. mother colony is the size of a car!

heres its size in a 3ft tank. its base skeleton is approx 5 inches, it expands up to 30cm altogether, sometimes larger.

its extremely healthy and some parts of it have 2 mouths, it sits in an extremely low flow area, it seems to enjoy it more.

i feed it a mix of brine/frozen foods every few days.

Soooo, beautiful!!! May I ask, what part of Australia was it collected? Am wondering because we have been seeing elegance in the market that are from "Australia".

 

[kyliegirl]

i think its collected from the gladston area i think.

you will find that maybe 2 legal collectors are actually allowed to export elegance overseas, which the government has allowed atm, but it may be hard to tell if they really are from aus unless you talk to the collector.

 

[cristhiam]

How often do you guys feed these beauties?

 

[Tony Campos]

Those corals are beautiful.

 

[Joshua1023]

Just got one yesterday. found them on sale for $60.

Seems to look pretty healthy. What do you think?

I'm a little concerned about the way these look on the edge of this coral. Does it seem normal to have shorter tentacles on the outer edge of it?

 

["Umm fish?"]

Sigh.

For many years, elegance corals (Catalaphyllia jardinei) were among the easiest corals to keep in aquaria. Over the past five years, most entering the trade are doomed because of a condition for which there is no known cause or cure. In this condition, the coral adopts a relatively swollen oral disk with a fringe of unextended tentacles. The coral tissue eventually shrinks, and the coral dies despite all manner of experimental intervention.

From: http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=319259&highlight=elegance+coral+disease

There are some pictures here, for comparisons:

http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=310425&highlight=elegance+coral+disease

I don't know if your coral is diseased or not. If you really want to know, I'd post your photo for Eric over at Marine Depot.

 

[vijaym85]

more Elegance pics

 

[cristhiam]

very nice I tried one about 2+ years ago, didn't make it. after readind some success with new specimens coming from a different location, I got one a small frag so far it ate couple of times and it's looking great, we'll see.

 

[vijaym85]

Here is a thread to more of my tank pics

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1086382

 

[cristhiam]

very nice tank vijaym85.

How often are you guys feeding your elegance?

 

[vijaym85]

I have only had mine for a ittle while and am unable to feed mine as my cleaner shrimp will jump on the coral and steal anything. The only way I can feed is by using non meaty foods, Liquid phytolakton and cyclopeeze. I still try to put food on it but it always is stolen.

 

[SVXH6]

try and feed the shrimp some pieces first. i would be woried about my shrimp ripping pieces of food away from any of my corals.

 

[cristhiam]

here is a pic of mine

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9609938#post9609938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kyliegirl
i think its collected from the gladston area i think.

you will find that maybe 2 legal collectors are actually allowed to export elegance overseas, which the government has allowed atm, but it may be hard to tell if they really are from aus unless you talk to the collector.

Thanks for the info. One of these days, I would like to try one of the "Australia" elegance coral in mine breeder and see if they are indee more hardy.

 

[kyliegirl]

the aussie elegance dont suddenly die, i had a problem at one stage where my alk wasnt high enough and the algae bothered it, but when i fixed everything it bloomed incredibly large.

I have had it for 8mths now. the elegance are collected from muddy waters with little light so they are very forgiving if you dont like to skim too much, i think they like having slightly dirty water.

they are extremely hardy here.

the photo cristhiamposted is what mine looked like exactly when i first brought it.

 

[Julio]

gorgeous corals, one of my favorites, they are becoming harder to come by.