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Old 06/14/2007, 07:02 PM
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I'm jealous! I had an elegance several years ago that grew so large I had to get rid of it as it was touching the front and back of my tank. I picked one up about 2 months ago and it didn't make it. I'll try again but not unless I can get a really good look at it. The one I got last time had a small amount of tissue damage and it went from there in a hurry. Keep up the good work!
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Old 06/14/2007, 11:09 PM
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go to www.elitereef.com and click on australian corals, you will find 2 beautiful specimens there if you have the cash
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Old 06/26/2007, 07:46 PM
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sorry slacking on the updates....ill have some soon. BUT with one addition.....I changed out my 250w 20k xm bulb for a 250w 20k radium. so there will be some changes in growth and coloration, i tried to shade the little coral which is where the radium is now. Updates later i promise
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Old 06/26/2007, 08:23 PM
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Sounds good! I picked one up about a week ago. I got a very good look at it and bagged it myself - no tissue damage anywhere that I could tell and I looked really good at it for about 5 minutes. It took some small pieces of shrimp two days ago so I am very hopeful. I'll post some pics in a few days if it looks like it'll make it. So far so good!
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Old 06/26/2007, 09:21 PM
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good luck sherm, got any pics? post em up i dont mind
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Old 07/02/2007, 10:51 PM
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Ok finally got my camera back and took some pics today, The little one showed no signs of stress from the spectrum change from a 20k xm to a 20k radium. The little one is readily taking shrimp now and eats it within a minute or so too.The other one will undergo the test this friday when the other bulb comes in. here are the pics



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Old 07/02/2007, 10:54 PM
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Ive noticed the tentacles slowly getting longer and longer on the little one, the big one not much of a change visually i think but i will keep everyone updated
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Old 07/02/2007, 11:00 PM
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Still looking good! Yours have a better chance of success being on the sand than mine do on the rocks. I noticed a very small area of distress on one side of mine two days ago at night with a flashlight. It is continuing to eat though so I hope it is healing.......
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Old 07/03/2007, 06:06 PM
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Sweet! I'm glad to see things are looking up. There is a new thread in this forum where someone else is having sucess keeping his coral under low light levels. I am so stoked! Looks like its working to me.
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Old 07/03/2007, 06:10 PM
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Still looking good! Yours have a better chance of success being on the sand than mine do on the rocks. I noticed a very small area of distress on one side of mine two days ago at night with a flashlight. It is continuing to eat though so I hope it is healing.......
I keep all my Elegance corals on the rocks. In fact they are in a BB tank. The flesh around the top edge of the skeleton on your coral isn't touching the rocks is it? As long as that part of the flesh doesn't touch the rocks it's safe.
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Old 07/03/2007, 07:12 PM
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No it's not touching any rocks. If yours do really well do you plan on fragging them? Thats what I plan on doing with mine. I should have done it with the last one but was too scared to try it. Then the guy I gave it to killed it.
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Old 07/03/2007, 07:55 PM
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That sucks! No I'm not going to frag my Elegance corals. I will be working on breading them though. I'm through with my research into whats been killing them and now I'll be moving on to breading. I have had them spawn, and I tried to raise the larvae, but a divorce cut that project short. Hopefully I will be able to pick up where I left off.
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Old 07/05/2007, 10:38 AM
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How did you get them to spawn?? Thats fricking amazing.
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Old 07/05/2007, 02:49 PM
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How did you get them to spawn?? Thats fricking amazing.
Unfortunately there is no trick to it that I know of. All we can do is what we do with Clown fish and all the other animals we bread. Give them a good environment, lots and lots of food, and patients. When they get big and healthy enough mother nature will take her course. (I hope)
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Old 07/06/2007, 04:05 PM
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ok today some awkward results......since the addition of tropic marin's pro K elements and A ( ammino acids) the big elegance has been huge the past 4 days. Now this IS obviously in direct relation to the supplement being dosed. Ive been dosing daily 4 ml of the K elements and 2ml of the A elements or ammino acids whaever ya wanna call it. But the small one hasnt blown up like the big one. It kinda flattened out and is glowing nuclear green now and i think we might see some flourescent pink/purple tips in the near future. Ill post some pics tonight
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Old 07/06/2007, 06:47 PM
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You may be on to something. I believe that Elegance corals do have the ability to absorb nutrients directly from the water. This may help out a lot with corals that are hard to feed. My LFS just talked me into picking up 3 more very ill Elegance corals. I'll pick up some of this stuff and see if it improves their recovery. Thanks for the tip.
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Old 07/06/2007, 07:16 PM
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ill post up the pics in a few minutes, im uploading to photobucket now

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Old 07/06/2007, 07:43 PM
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Old 07/06/2007, 07:48 PM
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I just looked at the progress so far and there has been alot of progress here with the feeding habits and addition of the radium bulb over the small one and with the addition of tropic marin PRO A & K elements. I hope this thread will help someone understand that feeding an elegance WILL help growth and stability. I know i have learned that i will keep posting my results and findings so we all can hopefully keep these bad boys alive.
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Old 07/06/2007, 08:15 PM
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The tentacles of the small one are about twice as long as they were. Good job! I have two like your small one. I have had them for a while. Now I'm slowly increasing the light for them and so far so good. Thanks for taking the time to post updates. This thread shows that it can be done.
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Old 07/06/2007, 08:21 PM
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I hope to get some aussie elegance in the near future so stay tuned!!!
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Old 07/16/2007, 03:52 PM
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ok this weeks update...........Got the second radium on its way and it will go on the right side of the tank where the big elegance is. Hopefully he will take to the change in color and wont stress too much. Here are pics today of both elegance...........






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Old 07/17/2007, 07:13 PM
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I think the flow may be just a little strong for the large one. It would open up more if the flow was reduced. You can see how much of the oral disk is visible in these pics. If you reduced the flow so that just the tentacles sway in the flow and not the polyp, it will open up more. You would probably see a large difference in the first day.
How's the feeding going?
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Old 07/17/2007, 10:03 PM
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feeding is going great. Im trying to feed every 3 days. It is really hard to get the perfect flow. the small one is getting perfect flow but it is a really hard task with all the corals i have in the tank. I wish i had the time and money for an elegance only tank I guess thats where this hobby is amazing. Having lots of flow for my sps and tiny flow for the elegance and just the challenge alone is worth the time. Hey if you wanna donate an elegance to me or sell one to me i'm game. Maybe if i can help take in part of different studies for these corals.. let me know
here's march 30th tank pic

Tomorrow ill post a full current tank shot
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Old 07/17/2007, 10:11 PM
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