Tips and tricks for happy/growing Elegance!

Jeana Morgan · Apr 18, 2018

We recently got an elegance and I am already in love!!!! I want to make sure it’s happy. I have it on the bottom, in the sand (has a pretty good base). I’ve noticed some people having them higher and on rocks?! I want to make sure the placement is ok, do I need to bury his base a little so he can rest gently on the sand? Anything special they eat? I feed a mix of frozen, pellets and reef roids and it eats every time. Just want to make sure it grows and is fat and happy! Any advice and tips and tricks! TIA

P-Dub · Apr 19, 2018

Well, they are relatively easy to keep, the problem lay with a mysterious disease that has plagued the industry for years known as ECS (Elegance Coral Syndrome). Picking the right coral to keep is the important part. Australian Elegance is the ones that are less prone to this mysterious disease. Anywhere there is moderate flow and lighting should be fine.

uhgster1 · Apr 20, 2018

I love mine too. It sits on the sand in front of my tank. It’s tripled in size since I got it 3 months ago. I feed it mysis and reef chile and an occasional pellet.

Jeana Morgan · Apr 24, 2018

Mine doesn’t look too good and I don’t understand why. It was doing great. The only thing that has change is we had a fish die so a small nitrite/trate spike.

Rajil · Apr 24, 2018

I've had this one for a year and a half. I have a love hate relationship with it because of the size. It out stings everything of course, doesn't like being spot fed oddly enough.

Jeana Morgan · Apr 25, 2018

Maybe that’s the problem, I’m target feeding it. this is what it looks like today. I guess I’ll just leave him alone for a bit. We have our lights on acclamation mode right now too because we’ve added some new things.

uhgster1 · Apr 25, 2018

I target feed mine. No issues so far.

Rajil · Apr 25, 2018

Yeah I doubt it hurts it at all. Mine just ignores food, it will close up then just reopen shortly after, never moves to its mouth or anything.

uhgster1 · Apr 28, 2018

Jeana Morgan said:
Maybe that’s the problem, I’m target feeding it. this is what it looks like today. I guess I’ll just leave him alone for a bit. We have our lights on acclamation mode right now too because we’ve added some new things.

How’s the elegance doing? I don’t know if it will help but I shut my pumps off when I feed mine( every other day) and don’t turn them back on until the food is gone. Cleaner shrimp tend to aggravate them too if you have one. Mine will close up like yours after the shrimp walks around on it and tries to pick food away from it’s mouth.

Jeana Morgan · Apr 29, 2018

uhgster1 said:
How’s the elegance doing? I don’t know if it will help but I shut my pumps off when I feed mine( every other day) and don’t turn them back on until the food is gone. Cleaner shrimp tend to aggravate them too if you have one. Mine will close up like yours after the shrimp walks around on it and tries to pick food away from it’s mouth.

Found out what the issue is. We have a Orange spot rabbit fish and it was nipping at it. Caught it doing it multiple times. Doesn’t look like the elegance is going to make it

uhgster1 · Apr 29, 2018

That’s horrible

. Can you put a cage (any clear plastic container with holes for circulation) around the elegance? It should give it a break and let you know if it’s still in good enough shape to at least take it to an lfs for trade.