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09/20/2018, 06:32 PM
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Elegance Coral
Has anyone else had an Elegance for longer than a year. I was just telling a buddy of mine about how I've had my Elegance for a couple years now and he thinks I'm lying...
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09/20/2018, 06:34 PM
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Location: California
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I have not.. (maybe a year)
Very tricky coral. GL. |
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09/21/2018, 12:34 PM
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Location: Dallas, TX
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Five years. Quadrupled in size. But then an idiot killed all my coral.
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09/21/2018, 01:48 PM
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Location: Rio de Janeiro
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09/21/2018, 02:28 PM
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Finding a healthy piece can be tricky sometimes. IME they just have a tendency to go downhill if it's not. (damaged) FWIW I had a beautiful one for about a year and then I decided to get another one. Within the first 2 months or so they both took a dive. (everything else was cool) It's kind of like a Goniopora or maybe a Heliofungia. Lots of horror stories out there unfortunately. GL.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/eb/index.php Last edited by AlSimmons; 09/21/2018 at 02:38 PM. |
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09/21/2018, 05:17 PM
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Thank you for posting that article. After reading through it, it basically convinced me NOT to get one. Where I am located it is becoming ever increasingly harder to purchase nice coral colonies and I was able to get my hands on one nice Elegance coral. Albeit, it was going to be expensive. I will invest my money elsewhere now. |
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09/21/2018, 05:24 PM
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I apologize if I may have steered you wrong, but that coral is absolutely elegant... (like cheesecake) Kind of tricky though.
Last edited by AlSimmons; 09/21/2018 at 05:29 PM. |
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09/22/2018, 09:05 AM
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The coral expert coral sellers around here say to only get the Australian ones. They have been well cared for during collection. The others (usually more colorful), they say, are doomed to failure.
Back in the 90's they were said to be bullet proof and easy to care for. Mine usually lasted about 2 years but didn't noticeably grow in that period of time. Alkalinity and calcium supplementation was not widespread at the time. Buy the right one, care for it well, and you can expect great growth of both the skeleton and the tissue. They need to be on the sand bed, away from sharp rocks that can cut them, with plenty of room to expand and have only a moderate current stirring them. That's their natural habitat. |
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09/22/2018, 10:48 AM
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada
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I have an elegance I got last November.
It shrunk 50% in size within a few months, and now almost a year later its maybe just about the original size it was when I got it? I haven't killed it yet, and it was one of my first corals! |
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09/22/2018, 12:15 PM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Survival rates of Elegance Coral varies but many report Australian as the better choice .
Can sting pretty good. Some claiming years of success. Better left in the sea. Too bad, some have outstanding colours |
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09/22/2018, 12:19 PM
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I've had one for 5 years. Had about 4 buds grow from it and passed on to friends. I still have the main one and a smaller offspring
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09/22/2018, 12:48 PM
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Crab Free Zone
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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5 years for elegance is outstanding!
Impressive |
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09/22/2018, 05:47 PM
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It has survived a tank tear down and restart. Probably the most hardie coral I have
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09/23/2018, 02:44 PM
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I agree with prior posts. I've had one in the 80's lasted for years, grew a lot under 40 watts fluorescents. Could never find a good one again. UNTIL I got bullet proof elegance from Cherrycorals.com << amazing. Mine is going good for almost a year.
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09/24/2018, 09:21 AM
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I have had mine for 3 Years now and have had experience with 3 specimens. Bottom line is, your experience with one will not be the same for another. For instance, my very first one loved med light (130par) and high flow. Tank crashed and of course it died. I tried same parameters with the one that I have now and it hates flow and med light. He is now at the bottom of my tank on the sand with some shadow cover.
+1 on the Australian Elegance! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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