OP
OP
DarthSimon
Team R2R
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Messages
- 2,318
- Reaction score
- 3,843
Elegance Coral..... Concern?
- Thread starter DarthSimon
- Start date
- Tagged users None
OP
OP
DarthSimon
Team R2R
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Messages
- 2,318
- Reaction score
- 3,843
So looking even better today...
EmdeReef
2500 Club Member
They like shade and not too much flow, I used to keep mine almost completely hidden from light, that was years ago though.
In the last 3-4yrs I’ve never been able to keep one for more than a few months, the latest one died after about 18mos and can’t say it really ever thrived. They do retract quite a bit as a part of their normal cycle but in my experience not a great sign when they inflate too much and stay that way for more than a few hrs or a day. Any fish bothering it?
Hope yours is just acclimating to the new tank light/flow!
In the last 3-4yrs I’ve never been able to keep one for more than a few months, the latest one died after about 18mos and can’t say it really ever thrived. They do retract quite a bit as a part of their normal cycle but in my experience not a great sign when they inflate too much and stay that way for more than a few hrs or a day. Any fish bothering it?
Hope yours is just acclimating to the new tank light/flow!
OP
OP
DarthSimon
Team R2R
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Messages
- 2,318
- Reaction score
- 3,843
No I think he's OK now. Prolly to intense light to start.... He's under a ledge now doing better.
OP
OP
DarthSimon
Team R2R
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Messages
- 2,318
- Reaction score
- 3,843
Even better today... Phewwww
I luv coralz
Community Member
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2017
- Messages
- 90
- Reaction score
- 86
When I had mine I bleached it and killed it within one day.... 
Cali-Saltwater-1st-Timer
Active Member
- Joined
- May 27, 2018
- Messages
- 309
- Reaction score
- 171
This Elegance still kicking @DarthSimon?
OP
OP
DarthSimon
Team R2R
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Messages
- 2,318
- Reaction score
- 3,843
No but I have 2 new ones that are about a year old that are monsters!!! They have grown and open huge...
Here’s one of them:
Here’s one of them:
Cali-Saltwater-1st-Timer
Active Member
- Joined
- May 27, 2018
- Messages
- 309
- Reaction score
- 171
Nice. I can't get them to stay alive. Fully open for a few weeks then they slowly start to shrivel over several days until they no longer open. Had about 4 or 5 of them play out exactly like this. The same exact way each time (in different tanks mind you). My most recent I've had for a month has started to close slightly. I already know what's coming.No but I have 2 new ones that are about a year old that are monsters!!! They have grown and open huge...
Here’s one of them:
OP
OP
DarthSimon
Team R2R
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Messages
- 2,318
- Reaction score
- 3,843
So I honestly went through the same thing you are. I’ve probably had over ten pieces from 2005 to 2018 do the same exact thing. They look great in LFS. They come home and look good for 2-4 weeks and then perish. Little back story on the 2 pieces I have now. I was buying from a local guy and he offered me the 2 of them for free. I told him my story of not being successful and he insisted. So I’ve had these two pieces since last September.... Crazy...
Who knows what the trick is. I always remember the experts telling me sand bed, low to medium light, low to medium flow and give it space. After that it’s a crap shoot.
Who knows what the trick is. I always remember the experts telling me sand bed, low to medium light, low to medium flow and give it space. After that it’s a crap shoot.
OP
OP
DarthSimon
Team R2R
- Joined
- May 29, 2017
- Messages
- 2,318
- Reaction score
- 3,843
Here’s a video of them right now. Lights only on for hour and half power.
