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Unread 02/19/2008, 07:37 PM   #51
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Wow thats some cool stuff keep posting


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Unread 02/19/2008, 07:48 PM   #52
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Anyone lose any fish to an elegance before?


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Unread 02/19/2008, 08:20 PM   #53
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I personally haven't, but I have seen a shallow display tank full of Elegance corals and probably 100 or more small fish. There were fish skulls in the sand around the Elegance corals. In this case I just don't think there was enough room for the fish to avoid the tentacles.


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Unread 02/19/2008, 11:50 PM   #54
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will probably need to be fragged, or maybe just elevated on that side so that gravity can encourage it to pull of on its own.
I will have to try elevating it. I would like to see if nature takes it's course. Thanks for responding,

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Unread 02/20/2008, 08:09 AM   #55
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Unread 02/21/2008, 08:38 PM   #56
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This thread is really cool, keep posting pictures of your elegance, they are awesome corals. I may get one soon, just waiting to find a good specimen.


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Unread 02/25/2008, 05:46 PM   #57
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elegance coral

Hello .. here is my elegance coral...sorry about the bad pics. The coral is ca 50cm x 30cm x 30cm. This is offcourse my favorite corall...no doubt. As you can see..my Bangai fishes loves to roam in it



This is a (bad) shot from above..The coral uses all the aquariumspace when fully open...ca 50cm. I will need to rearange my rockwork soon.



The tank is 320 liters and the coral covers 1/4 of it.




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Unread 02/25/2008, 07:09 PM   #58
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I don't see the pics...


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Unread 02/26/2008, 01:13 AM   #59
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Sorry...

Sorry about that...I deleted the pictures in my gallery , that was not a smart move hehehe.

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Unread 02/26/2008, 07:56 AM   #60
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Here is my aussie I got a couple of weeks ago.






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Unread 02/28/2008, 09:46 PM   #61
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I feel in love with the Aussie ones last year at a LFS down in Tampa. I was tempted to buy on then but my tank was full of SPS. Now that I got the "Been there, Done the SPS thing" t-shirt, I've started selling them off.

Of course I run across this thread and I guess it is time to start looking for an Aussie Elegance again.


My dumb question for the day is:

Can you frag elegance corals, say if it gets to big?


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Unread 02/28/2008, 10:49 PM   #62
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Can clowns host these?


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Unread 02/29/2008, 01:47 AM   #63
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Can clowns host these?
Kid they are out your league... look the other way... I better not get asked about them


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Unread 02/29/2008, 06:17 AM   #64
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Can you frag elegance corals, say if it gets to big?
Yes, it has been done.

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I've seen picture of them hosting in elegances. Mine was already hosting in a frogspawn and open brain.


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Unread 02/29/2008, 07:04 AM   #65
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Can clowns host these?

This is a very poor pic of one of my Elegance corals hosting a pair of clowns. This relationship usually turns out poorly for the Elegance. In my opinion this is not a wise thing to allow.


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Unread 03/03/2008, 07:09 PM   #66
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Okay I blame this thread on my spending habits!!

Here is the Aussie Elegance I picked up yesterday at the new LFS in town. $80!!

Now my question is how much flow will these guys take? As you can see in the picture the flow is pretty strong. I've turned my Vortech pretty much all the way down.




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Unread 03/04/2008, 12:34 AM   #67
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Aussies are found higher up in the reef, so they can withstand stronger flows than indio's, but a vortech may be to strong. If the polyps are getting a good sway in the water, but not getting blown over, than you have hit the sweet spot.

Also, most reefers keep their Cati's on the bottom of the tank, especially considering how much the polyps can extend. If the flow was not to strong, the coral on the left would be getting stung by now to, by the way.

Polyp extension is going to be your best guide, if it's short the flow and position may not be suitable, more so the flow, so play around with the vortech. If your polyps are getting out to 3-4 inches in the next few days, then I wouldn't change a thing


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Unread 03/07/2008, 05:14 PM   #68
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Got this little guy about a week ago and it's doing well so far. I had to pull 2 gal crabs out of it the day after i brought it home, but since then its been great. I was told it came in with an aussie shipment, but who knows if it actually came from australia or if it was just shipped through there. Any length of time i should wait before i get my hopes up that its healthy and going to make it?




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Unread 03/07/2008, 05:43 PM   #69
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my elegance has not been opening up as much the last week.

I think I might have made a mistake when I tried feeding it some squid I got from the asian market. A couple days after feeding it I saw what appeared to be a few 'white streaks' emanating from the mouths I fed under the tissue. Could that be food stuck in the digestive track that it doesn't agree with?

I'm not sure if it was that or my crappy glass heater. I saw the temp rise to 84 this week. I've been turning the dial on the heater down ALOT, and the tank is still 82, even though I the dial on my glass heater is at 70 :P

thankfully I just got my ranco and some aquamedic titanium heaters. hopefully should never have that problem again.

It's starting to bounce back a little.


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Unread 03/07/2008, 05:48 PM   #70
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also just got a bunch of new test kits and spent the last hour testing parameters.

pH 8.05 (sometimes gets as low as 7.9 at night, but is usually around 8.2-4 during day). Pinpoint pH monitor.
alk: 8dKH, API
Calcium: 380ppm, API
Salinity: 1.025, sybon refracto
Amm: 0, API
nitrites: 0, API
nitrates: 0, API
Phosphates: 0, API
Silicate: <0.03ppm (salifert)
Strontium: 0-3ppm (salifert)

I know my strontium is low, today is the first time I've tested it (what a pain!!!!) and I've never added supplements for it. how much does it matter to an elegance?

Anything else look funny? Could my water be too clean(lol)?

still gotta test for Mg and copper.

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Unread 03/07/2008, 08:01 PM   #71
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Got this little guy about a week ago and it's doing well so far. I had to pull 2 gal crabs out of it the day after i brought it home, but since then its been great. I was told it came in with an aussie shipment, but who knows if it actually came from australia or if it was just shipped through there. Any length of time i should wait before i get my hopes up that its healthy and going to make it?

your tank is the same size as mine--just wondering how close you have the elegance to the substrate
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Unread 03/07/2008, 09:03 PM   #72
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Okay I blame this thread on my spending habits!!

Here is the Aussie Elegance I picked up yesterday at the new LFS in town. $80!!

Now my question is how much flow will these guys take? As you can see in the picture the flow is pretty strong. I've turned my Vortech pretty much all the way down.

I agree with Chris. If the tentacles are all pointing in the same direction, it's a pretty good sign that the flow is to strong. Beautiful Elegance BTW.


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Unread 03/07/2008, 09:09 PM   #73
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also just got a bunch of new test kits and spent the last hour testing parameters.

pH 8.05 (sometimes gets as low as 7.9 at night, but is usually around 8.2-4 during day). Pinpoint pH monitor.
alk: 8dKH, API
Calcium: 380ppm, API
Salinity: 1.025, sybon refracto
Amm: 0, API
nitrites: 0, API
nitrates: 0, API
Phosphates: 0, API
Silicate: <0.03ppm (salifert)
Strontium: 0-3ppm (salifert)

I know my strontium is low, today is the first time I've tested it (what a pain!!!!) and I've never added supplements for it. how much does it matter to an elegance?

Anything else look funny? Could my water be too clean(lol)?

still gotta test for Mg and copper.

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The white line in the tissue running between the mouth and tentacles is nothing to worry about. Strontium is just as important to Elegance corals as it is to other stony corals.


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Unread 03/07/2008, 09:19 PM   #74
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my elegance has not been opening up as much the last week.

I think I might have made a mistake when I tried feeding it some squid I got from the asian market. A couple days after feeding it I saw what appeared to be a few 'white streaks' emanating from the mouths I fed under the tissue. Could that be food stuck in the digestive track that it doesn't agree with?

One more thing. They can be sensitive to the phosphates we put in sea food as a preservative. Try to make sure that any food you feed them hasn't been treated with phosphates.


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Unread 03/07/2008, 09:40 PM   #75
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One more thing. They can be sensitive to the phosphates we put in sea food as a preservative. Try to make sure that any food you feed them hasn't been treated with phosphates.
esp frozen food like mysis--make sure you rinse it off with ro water before using--they can contain alot of phosphates and nitrates from their breeding tanks


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