Elegance coral
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Reeferdude56
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Pretty easy, put them on the bottom with low to medium flow. but I highly recommend asking before you buy where it came from because the Aussie elegances are 100 times hardier than the Indonesian. I bought an Indonesian and it died within a week. Now I have a Australian that has happy in my tank for over 4 months now.
PapaDragon
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I just got an Aussie elegance and put her on the bottom with medium flow. It's only been a week but it looks great. The guy I bought mine from recommended I feed it two or three times a week mysis or other meaty food.
Here is mine:
Here is mine:
Vaughn17
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I've had an Indonesian elegance for about 8 months. It was so beautiful that I had to buy it, even though it was damaged (flesh had pulled away from the skeleton, an injury that likely occurred when it was harvested). I've seen several Indo elegances with the same injury. Anyway, I fed it every day for months, until it healed. Now I feed it every other day (PE mysis, mysis, pieces of white shrimp or lobster tail). It has grown almost an inch.
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FYI, the first night it stung a pectinia frag that I'd been growing out for over a year. The pectinia's flesh turned gray and then it RTN'd. It was six inches from the elegance.
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FYI, the first night it stung a pectinia frag that I'd been growing out for over a year. The pectinia's flesh turned gray and then it RTN'd. It was six inches from the elegance.
PapaDragon
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Thank you!
Reeferdude56
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Shouldn't be a problem i have two perculas hosting in mine and both the fish and coral are happy.Only thing is i have heard clownfish can bother them and i have a maroon clown thats quite lively to say the least
murjan
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Kept one from indo about 3 years ago in a nano, it was doing great for a while (about 6 months) but then quickly died on me and everything else was doing super amazing in the tank, just like what happens with many people. I have not attempted to keep one after that, until recently i purchased one that i was told it was aqua cultured in Indonesia, there is a tag sticking out of the skeleton, with unclear text and there seems to be some logo there. still doing good so far.
I keep it on the sand with a bit more than medium flow, which i worked with slowly to get acclimated to that much flow. it looks really good so far. never feed it and it expands to at least 4 times bigger than the skeleton (crazy)
it doesn't like to touch anything, tentacles that get in contact with anything tend to get darker and smaller until i adjust it.
I keep it on the sand with a bit more than medium flow, which i worked with slowly to get acclimated to that much flow. it looks really good so far. never feed it and it expands to at least 4 times bigger than the skeleton (crazy)
it doesn't like to touch anything, tentacles that get in contact with anything tend to get darker and smaller until i adjust it.
g6gang
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Here is my Elegance Coral - got it about 4 months ago from RareReef - it is a beast about 6" circumfrance and about 12 mouths. It is my best coral in my tank so far and love it. My percula occassionaly swims around it, but the bigger annoyance is from the Wrasse. When I try to feed the elegance the wrasse steals the food from it and annoys it. When the Wrasse sleeps, the Elegance is also retracted at night - but overall it is doing well - eats whatever I give it - usually feed a few times a week. It is on the bottom of my tank with LEDs and medium/high flow (random)
Z06-Hec
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i've had mine for about 8 months now, i was feeding it 1 time a week mysis and it would close up and eat them. It has grown to big to cover it for spot feeding and the cleaner shrimp steal anything so i have stopped feeding it. Its been perfectly fine.
In fact my gobie spits sand on it all day long and its still fine. Opens fulling on the sand bed in the middle of the tank with medium-low flow hitting it. It gets light from LED but not the full on blast since its in the middle of tank.
I see plenty of people that glue them to rock and i would like to try it myself one day, just need the right spot for it not to sting any neighbors.
Here is a pic from about 3 months ago or more.. its a little bigger now.
In fact my gobie spits sand on it all day long and its still fine. Opens fulling on the sand bed in the middle of the tank with medium-low flow hitting it. It gets light from LED but not the full on blast since its in the middle of tank.
I see plenty of people that glue them to rock and i would like to try it myself one day, just need the right spot for it not to sting any neighbors.
Here is a pic from about 3 months ago or more.. its a little bigger now.
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Vaughn17
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All corals need to be feed in order to be healthy, especially LPS. For those not spot feeding their elegance coral, I would expect the longterm survival rate to be poor (unless the coral is feeding on organisms living in the tank).
Vaughn17
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I have placed mine on a flat rock. Haven't glued it, but if it was in danger of being knocked off, I would. My cleaner shrimp routinely pried open all my LPS and ate their food. I fed the cleaner shrimp, quite heavily, to prevent this from happening, but he had an insatiable appetite, so he was removed from the tank and re-homed.i've had mine for about 8 months now, i was feeding it 1 time a week mysis and it would close up and eat them. It has grown to big to cover it for spot feeding and the cleaner shrimp steal anything so i have stopped feeding it. Its been perfectly fine.
In fact my gobie spits sand on it all day long and its still fine. Opens fulling on the sand bed in the middle of the tank with medium-low flow hitting it. It gets light from LED but not the full on blast since its in the middle of tank.
I see plenty of people that glue them to rock and i would like to try it myself one day, just need the right spot for it not to sting any neighbors.
Here is a pic from about 3 months ago or more.. its a little bigger now.
