Elegance Corals hardy?

[tweeter]

I have been thinking of getting an Elegance coral for some time now, but keep debating cause I have seen so many posts about folks having trouble with them(disease of Indo Elegance). Now that they are coming in from Aussie, have any of you had good luck woth these?

 

[Leadfooted]

I have been thinking of getting an Elegance coral for some time now, but keep debating cause I have seen so many posts about folks having trouble with them(disease of Indo Elegance). Now that they are coming in from Aussie, have any of you had good luck woth these?

I killed two because I did not know much about their diets. Feed'em good or you will too. One of my favorites but no room left

 

[bar|none]

My indonesian just died from what looked like classic ecs. Came on suddenly and i wasn’t able to turn it around. They are gorgeous corals, they take up quite a lot of space when they get bigger.

 

[rkpetersen]

The Aussie Elegance which are cut from larger corals seem to be much hardier than the solitary specimens with a conical base.
I've had multiple conical specimens die, but the last 3 cut specimens have all done great.
There are also a lot of them around right now, at great prices.

 

[DangerDave]

I've heard stories, but I've only ever had one which I still have. In the last two years, it's doubled in size to about the size of a volleyball when open. I have the solitary type.

 

[Alemoki]

I believe mine is the Aussie type which has been cut from a reef.

Has been very happy in my setup for around a year now and seems very hardy. Opens up huge.

Have not noticed any difference between feeding and not feeding with regards to health. Every now and again I may squirt reef roids or some mysis it's way but I don't actively feed the coral large chunky foods.

Here she is

 

[tweeter]

Thanks for all the info. I'm glad to know that some have had success with them!

 

[tweeter]

I believe mine is the Aussie type which has been cut from a reef.

Has been very happy in my setup for around a year now and seems very hardy. Opens up huge.

Have not noticed any difference between feeding and not feeding with regards to health. Every now and again I may squirt reef roids or some mysis it's way but I don't actively feed the coral large chunky foods.

Here she is

She's a beauty!!

 

[tweeter]

My indonesian just died from what looked like classic ecs. Came on suddenly and i wasn’t able to turn it around. They are gorgeous corals, they take up quite a lot of space when they get bigger.

I'm sorry to hear you lost your coral!

 

[bar|none]

I'm sorry to hear you lost your coral!

Thanks. For what it is worth, I suspect that the trigger may have been a stressor. I was programming flow on my Apex and screwed up, The elegance got blasted by a powerhead at 100% for about a minute before I caught it. It ejected a bunch of sweepers. After that, I feel like that may have been the trigger for ecs to take hold.

Good luck, they are really a fun coral and very active / dynamic if you have space for one. But I would get an Aussie, If I were to do over.

 

[homer1475]

The Aussie Elegance which are cut from larger corals seem to be much hardier than the solitary specimens with a conical base.
I've had multiple conical specimens die, but the last 3 cut specimens have all done great.
There are also a lot of them around right now, at great prices.

I don't know where this information started, but it's simply not true! Indo elegance have both styles as well. It's just a matter of it being a singular coral, or a colonial coral(single conical base Vs. wall type). Very similar to a branching hammer, or wall type hammer coral. Just different type of coral growth, yet the same coral.

I have 2 Aussie elegance(yes they were actually flown to me from a friend in Australia who has permits to dive and ship from said country(internet is a great place to meet people from all over the world)), and both have a conical base. All the conical base means is it attached to the substrate and grew as such, as opposed to attaching to the reef, and growing in a "wall" fashion.