Show off those elegance corals!

[Oregon Grown Reef]

I'm really considering getting an elegance coral. I've been in the saltwater hobby for just a little over 3 years now, with 2.5 of those years keeping coral. The first time I talked to my LFS and they said I could keep coral, my eyes lit up. My first coral was a reverse stem branching hammer. I got in the hobby for the fish, I stayed in it for the coral (still love the fish). One coral I've always thought was super cool, but never pulled the trigger on is the elegance coral. Show me your best pic of your elegance coral to hype me up/convince me to take the plunge. Any advice on care is appreciated too.

BONUS: I want to get a pink tip and gold/yellow tip, so likes will be given to every pic of said variants.

 

[Macbalacano]

My Aussie elegance isn't anything special aside from the fact that it is my first coral. Its very hardy. My only complaint is that it is a snail murderer! Its the only reason I lose snails. Also, it has probably grown about 5x the size in 1 year.

 

[danieyella]

New addition actually, 24hrs in

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

My Aussie elegance isn't anything special aside from the fact that it is my first coral. Its very hardy. My only complaint is that it is a snail murderer! Its the only reason I lose snails. Also, it has probably grown about 5x the size in 1 year.

Awesome! I love the scape and that fairy wrasse. What kind of wrasse is it?

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

New addition actually, 24hrs in

Very cool. Also... did your zoas spread out on the sand like that? I've never seen them grow on sand, let alone attach themselves like that.

 

[danieyella]

Very cool. Also... did your zoas spread out on the sand like that? I've never seen them grow on sand, let alone attach themselves like that.

They're on a rock down there that the clowns *insist* on keeping just barely buried. I spent a few weeks digging them up constantly and then realized they were continuing to grow anyway so decided to stop wasting my time.

 

[hds4216]

I have a pink tip aussie but it's currently sleeping and I don't have any pics. I can get one tomorrow!

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

I have a pink tip aussie but it's currently sleeping and I don't have any pics. I can get one tomorrow!

Looking forward to the pic! I'd love to see it.

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

They're on a rock down there that the clowns *insist* on keeping just barely buried. I spent a few weeks digging them up constantly and then realized they were continuing to grow anyway so decided to stop wasting my time.

They're super cool looking. Whether they continue to grow or not, I don't think I'd want to uncover them.

 

[Tcook]

 

[Macbalacano]

Awesome! I love the scape and that fairy wrasse. What kind of wrasse is it?

Haha tbh with you, I only know it as a fairy wrasse, I'm not sure what kind it is...

Thanks for your kind words! Also, I like that elegance in your photo. If i could pick a new one again, I'd go with a shorter tentacled and more colourful one for sure. There's lots of really crazy cool looking ones out there!

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

Haha tbh with you, I only know it as a fairy wrasse, I'm not sure what kind it is...

Thanks for your kind words! Also, I like that elegance in your photo. If i could pick a new one again, I'd go with a shorter tentacled and more colourful one for sure. There's lots of really crazy cool looking ones out there!

I just googled gold tip elegance and that was the best I could find in 15 seconds.

 

[hds4216]

Haha tbh with you, I only know it as a fairy wrasse, I'm not sure what kind it is...

Thanks for your kind words! Also, I like that elegance in your photo. If i could pick a new one again, I'd go with a shorter tentacled and more colourful one for sure. There's lots of really crazy cool looking ones out there!

Do you have a pic of the wrasse? I like trying to identify them.

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

Do you run a whiter tank? I love the balanced look. What lights are you using? I run one of my tanks with only AI Prime HD on the BRS spectrum. It's pretty white, but I have it running on a very blue ramp up/down.

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

Do you have a pic of the wrasse? I like trying to identify them.

Before he posts it, I'd like to guess it's either one of the margin fairy wrasse or one of the cyanopleura type.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Tcook]

Do you run a whiter tank? I love the balanced look. What lights are you using? I run one of my tanks with only AI Prime HD on the BRS spectrum. It's pretty white, but I have it running on a very blue ramp up/down.

At that time the tank was lit by 2x250 watt 6500K Iwasaki along with 2xATI Coral Plus and 2xATI 03. I then switched to 4x Kessil a360W with 2 Blue Plus T5.

 

[Mal11224]

 

[Oregon Grown Reef]

I didn't even think about clowns hosting in them! Awesome!

 

[rkpetersen]

Here's an Elegance I picked up a couple years ago from Cherry Corals. I was having problems keeping them alive and his were advertised as 'Bulletproof Elegance'. It was just a one inch frag. But it's done incredibly well and grown like a beast, now about 8" end to end. It's got a resident crab and sometimes a canary blenny likes to lounge amongst its tentacles.

And here are a couple of smaller ones, side by side, in a different tank. They're a bit more secluded and not out front like the other one.