Elegance Coral

[andysho]

even u have good equipment might not able to keep

they way they are handle before it reaches the shop already stress for them

and take note sometime the colours thay you see in them are not the actual colours...those guys just inject some dye into them....after some time they will be on their way to heaven...

[Morgan]

even u have good equipment might not able to keep

they way they are handle before it reaches the shop already stress for them

and take note sometime the colours thay you see in them are not the actual colours...those guys just inject some dye into them....after some time they will be on their way to heaven...

They don't dyed Elegance, have not seen 1 that is coloured before.......other LPS sometime....softie definitely

[andysho]

that i not sure...i came across a website seeing some of them doing that to elegance corals just to make the color look so impressive

for me ..i think is best not to buy kekeke

if not later cry sia

[IanJ]

Morgan

Interested how you manage to stop byopsis from growing.

I continue to have a problem with it, i skim heavily, water changes twice a month etc. Thats why i was worried about it spreading in your tank.

In my tank it seems to spread very easily, so easily i assume it releases spores and starts new growth at random.

I also have an elegance for almost a year now and does fine, recently got a purple one and just noticed some damage to the skeleton, which i hope will recover.

Ian

[Morgan]

Ian

I have very few fishes in the tank.....and byopsis needs alot of nutrient. Another thing is caulerpa....mine is a pest....growing everywhere......don't think the byopsis can compete with it.

Post pics of your coral.

[ah^siao]

do u target feed the elegance coral?

[Morgan]

do u target feed the elegance coral?

Sometimes

[ah^siao]

hmmm.. wad u target feed with?

[Matt06]

Becareful when you target-feed your corals, not to input too much liquid food at a time and pay more attention not to "shoot" forcefully at the "mouth" of the corals, one tip is to turn off water circulation.

[Morgan]

Just to clarify....you cannot target feed elegance with liquid food. Infact liquid food is useless for most LPS. They need bigger preys.

I feed mine with small pcs of shrimp meats.

[ah^siao]

hmm when u feed LPS.. with meat.. do u really see them eating or just place at the mouth then they got a hold on it after some time the piece of meat disappear??

cauz mine is i put near the mouth the they got a holding to it.. sometimes the fish swim there and bit off the piece of meat...

[chrislwp]

Sian. It's really hard to keep. Mine die within a week.

A normal one but a huge pc.

[hamannbmw]

Sian. It's really hard to keep. Mine die within a week.

A normal one but a huge pc.

[Morgan]

Put the food onto the tentacles.......never put it into the mouth......and you can see the tentacles bring the food to the mouth like an anemone.

[IanJ]

The green one is almost a year old. The purple one is the recent addition

[DeepBlue]

mine didnt get enough light........the meat detached after 4 moths in my tank.... havent bought any d\since then....few months liaoz

[Morgan]

Ian...the purple look shrunken, I haven't seen purple coloured ones before......post pics when it recovers.

[Achilles Tang]

Definitely not an easy coral to keep. I had one that lasted a year.... before one of my heat wave episodes.

They do better in higher nutrient waters and lying on the sandbed apparently but yet sensitive to nitrates.

They succumb easily to disease, esp brown jelly, as pointed out by Tanzy. They are indeed beautiful corals.

AT

[IanJ]

Morgan

It is currently placed in a high flow area(where i find they tend to do well). I noticed, after i got it home that there was some damage to the skeleton. It may recover.

[weisoon]

Hope you guys don't mind. AT, do have any pictures showing the disease brown jelly? Interested to know how it looks like and does it affect only the elegance coral? Thanks.

[jc85]

Think its time to revive this thread. Has seen quite alot of post on elegance coral lately.

Com'on show us all the nice elegance!

[jc85]

Here's my purple tip. Have been with me for around 6 months. Actually, its my 1st LPS.

In actinic lights only