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How much does a elegance expand? Are they aggressive?
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[B]Does your Elegance have smooth rounded edges and a flattened cone shaped skeleton, or squared off edges where it was fragged? The polyp has characteristics of both the cone shaped and fragged Elegance corals. I started to buy this coral when they first got it, but was unsure of its skeletal structure. I have been looking for a cone shaped Aussie and can't find one. I just checked and it does have a smooth, rounded skeleton in the shape of a V. Divers' Den had another Aussie last night, but it sold fairly quickly. I think they have been getting Aussies in maybe once or twice a week. I bought a "regular" elegance from their Diver's Den earlier this year and that one never opened up all the way (it never looked like it did in the WYSWIG photo). Did not have any luck in trying to get it to feed either. It just kind of "dissolved"--all within a week and a half. Was I glad LA has a guarantee! |
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Your Elegance will be fine in the rock as long as the thin layer of tissue that overlaps the top edge of the skeleton does not become pinched between the rock and the skeleton. If only the dead skeleton is wedged in the rock you should be fine. I keep most of my Elegance corals on rocks. Placing them in the sand can be a little safer. The coral can not fall if it is in the sand. In a normal reef tank, sometimes it's better to keep them higher in the tank so they get adequate lighting. Basically, it boils down to personal preference. |
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I have been gently squirting mysis at its tentacles and seems to grab some, but not too much of it. Got some silversides last night. Just did what you suggested and wow! the coral grabbed it and moved it toward its mouth. I was so excited! Should I feed it daily, or just a few times a week? The Idol came up and ate the silverside out of my hand too. I was relieved that he did not try get the food away from the coral like the 2 fire shrimps I had in there did. Needless to say, the shrimps had to go into another tank. |
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I just ordered one and it will ship out tommorow to be here on friday. Its an aussie one too from liveaquaria's divers' den section(they still have about 2 so its going to sell out quick). I'm still very new to these so are there any suggestions with how to have a good start? I know they should be placed in the substrate, but will a rock with a hole in it do? How long does it usually take before it blooms? and should I leave on low light so it could slowly adjust or just keep the T5s running strong? Sorry for all the questions lol.
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they do best on the sand bed----they are delicate and they can damage themselves on the rock.
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Elegance, I'm wondering if you could call and inquire whether the Aussie being offered for sale at the time is a frag or not. They are usually pretty good about getting answers to inquiries if they don't already know off-hand. Good luck! |
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How big can they get? And how far apart should i have it from other corals?
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Seen this article yet?
Elegance Coral Article in RK mag Borneman Jan 08 Taken from the article: "On Internet message boards and magazines, there has been much speculation as to why this species no longer thrives in aquariums, and along with these speculations putative cures? have been proposed. None of this speculation, however, has any good evidence - in theory or practice - to support it." Has there been anyone other than Darrell who has had an Elegance recover from symptoms of the Elegance Coral Syndrome by following Darrell's advice, his theory? Symptoms: - Swelling of oral disk - Fringe of unexpanded tentacles - Pale/faded color - White opaque mucus-like web - Non-sticky tentacles - Decline in feeding response - Tissue recession - Death
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I'm lucky to live in Australia where they are easy to get in real good health. I follow the local forums, and cati's are very common, and people here are lucky enough to not have many problems at all.
I've managed to get some pretty good pictures that I plan to post when photobucket comes back online Good to see you back John, haven't seen you on your Goniopora forum for a while Cheers Chris |
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You know what upset me more about the article ( I mean the Darrell versus Eric thing has been going on for a while) was the amount collected. All those animals being imported to die. The fact that the supposed abundant collection sites in Indo were bare. I know in some places coral collection is regulated but what's the story with Indo? That scares me for the future. I mean the reefs are up against it just on the pollution side never mind collection damage. I became sad thinking about all those animals dying through lack of understanding and over-collection. The red one was so beautiful ... I would have saved it.
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My whole theory is based on the fact that these corals have been over fished and collection has been forced in to the depths. Now that Australia is exporting these corals they should stop collection in Indonesia. At least long enough to see if they can repopulate the decimated areas. |
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