Elegance Coral

[ReeferGirl]

Hey guys.. im going to be buying this purple tipped Elegance coral later today from aquatic gallery in fremont. anyone have experience with these? opinions?

Thanks,

Kelly

 

[hooked]

I had a very beautiful one and it died on me . I later found out about a disease that these things can have . If I am not mistaken the ones out of Australia are safe and some captive bread ones as well . The ones from anywhere else will die .

 

[ReeferGirl]

weve had one before, and my boyfriend accidentally left water polishing pads in the filter for two long, and it came off its base, and split into 4 mouths, we have one mouth left, but im not sure if its going to survive. i have it wrapped with some mesh like stuff to keep it from floating around, until it makes its calcium base, or until i can attach it to a rock. the one im picking up today is purple tip, but im not sure where this new one is from.

 

[CookieJar]

I've bought 1 you're talking about, and while I had it, it was the most beautiful coral in my tank. Unfortunately, it died within a month- it slowly receeded until there was hardly any flesh left. I thought about trying again since they're so nice, but unfortunately they all seem to die. And mine was from an Aussie shipment. good luck w/ yours and keep me updated if it lasts a while- someday I'd like to be able to keep one.

 

[xinumaster]

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Hey guys.. im going to be buying this purple tipped Elegance coral later today from aquatic gallery in fremont. anyone have experience with these? opinions?

Thanks,

Kelly
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I think aquatic gallery is in Milpitas.


I bought one from Ocean Treasure in San francisco during the BAR member tank tour in May 2008. My elegance coral is still alive today.

Arnold has a very nice elegance coral that I'm hoping I can find one like it that I can buy. Can you post picture of your EC, arnold?

 

[ReeferGirl]

oh yeah. my bad. milpitas. lol

anyways, yeah it seems to be liking our tank, then again, the last one did really well, and we had it for almost two years. i miss it, it really WAS our most beautiful coral. hopefully this one will do well. i can see three mouths on it already, and it was opening up pretty nice before the lights went off in the tank. i just dont hear too many people keeping them in their tanks, so i wasnt sure what anyone else thought about them. thanks for your input guys.

 

[Raddogz]

Arnold still has the elegance coral to my knowledge. He has an Australian elegance coral.

 

[Apon]

Actually I have 2, 1 from Aus. and one not. both are doing well and growing and stinging other coral..... but I have lost one is the past. The Aus I have had about almost a year now.

 

[ReeferGirl]

do you have pictures of it?

 

[Apon]

there are some on my tank thread or from the sf tank tour - links are all in here

http://www.bareefers.org/discussion/index.php?topic=2612.0

 

[ReeferGirl]

i love your tanks. so colorful.
so what was the whole deal about you not having a skimmer, and something to do with the clams?

 

[Apon]

That is correct - skimmer pump died I never replaced it - I use live clams and soft corals to help with filtration. You can post more questions on my tank thread if you want.