Stenopus Hispidus
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Posted on Dec 13 2002, 01:44 PM
...ever heard of anemonie climb to the overflow and choke your overflow?
Not anemone. My flame hawk did just that! It leapt over the strainer into the overflow chamber. Its body got sucked into the PVC pipe and block the passage of water down to my sump and my tank overflowed from the top. Poor bugger. I bought another one later, and it leapt out of my tank for drying. That's my second and the last of this fish.
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Hi Morgan,
Yes as a matter of fact I do have an Elegance in my tank. It was in my 4footer for 6 years until a snail/ hermit must have knocked it down and part of it came into contact with a favite. Both got a good beating. After that I moved the Elegance to my Nano for recuperation where it healed with part of it damaged permanently. It stayed there for another year and its still in there today. All in all...7 years.
I've not tried another one other than the current one that I have and all along I got the idea that it was easy. So now I am just wondering if Elegance these days are more difficult to keep? Is it because it was badly shipped as I have seen in some LFS? Could they have came from a demanding waters or different locality? etc, etc.
By the way, how long did yours lasted before it started shrivelling.
After dinner I went to my Nano to take a pic of my Elegance. Its seems to be in the pink of health leh. Its skeleton base in only 2" long plus another 2" that is already dead. The amount of meat it is putting out of its 2" skeleton is unbelievable, speaking of which, I think I should move him back to the 4 footer soon.
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Morgan
Posted on Dec 13 2002, 05:35 PM
Scientific name: Catalaphyllia jardinei
Common name(s): Elegant Coral, Elegance Coral, Elegans Coral
I do not think that the above corals can be classified as a beginner coral.
I would like to find out how many of you guys/gals out there keep this coral and how long did you keep it.
Hmmm...do you have a problem with that coral? Could it be a defective piece that you bought?
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Have a 214 in my Nano. Yeah, gotta admit that they do require frequent maintenance and cleaning to prevent stoppage and to add to the woes, the rubber suckers harden after a period of usage and loose their suction. Not to condemn it but those prepared for the extra work will however find that it does serves its function better than a normal powerhead that delivers a "one-direction" flow.
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Sad to say, nothing is happening much in this forum
I think this forum is considered quite active already. Postings can actually be seen on a daily basis. There are some forums that are even slower. You can actually post and wait half a month before you even get any replies, if at all.
and the only thing you can see will be the same old postings everyday...yawn! The moderator will be the one answering posts and starting them too! I was almost half afraid he could be posting a question and answering it himself.
Although I would like to help others and share ideas if I can, I don't really have the time to post much cos I'm simply too busy. This is also another real "excuse" bugging some of us here.
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Heh
Got the same problem too. In fact, I have two regulars who leave their poop on my tank occasionally. My tank is located outside. The actinic draw flies and the flies draw crocs, esp. a big prob. during rainy days. Duh Anyway, that's OK. Cleaning pooh is better than having flies swimming in the tank that end up in the sump as exoskeletons eventually. In fact, my false gamma have acquired a taste for flies on top of its usual diet of frozen mysid and bs and so it join the ranks of the crocs.
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Eh, Tango? What's a sea slug doing in a sea cuke thread?
Anyway, those sea slugs are difficult to keep. Should be avoided at best.
Phang,
My sea cuke's been in there for more than a year already. Its definitely a sifter. It has been occasionally man-handled in the tank...being dragged out from crevices and put into a place in the tank where they are needed more. So far no cute cuke nukes
Corals are still healthy. I do not think it is toxic.Hon,
Maybe aragonite give tiger tails diarrhoea.
Yeah, they might indeed upset DSBs in their sweep and dig routine. Dunno if that's damaging or not? Can't comment cos I have my DSB in the sump.
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dunno still around or not...kee..kee..
Er...you mean its a goner? <_<
Any pic to show. Quite interested in how it looks like and are they big?
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Howdy Phang, Pic shows Holothuria edulis in my tank. Think its the tiger's tail that AT's talking about. It more or less the same as the black donkey dung cuke only this is red belly black top. Its extremely useful in sifting sand. It takes in dirty diatom covered sand at one end and discharge packages of clean sand at the other. Wonderful "vacuum cleaner". I bought one 15" cuke 1 year ago and ended up with 2X8" cukes today. Dunno what happened. Strange things always happen in my tank. Think they must have split but I ain't complainin'
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This is how my swollen brain coral looks when expanded. Pic taken last month. Can't see the daughters here. That's why I didn't suspect anything.
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Part of my dead swollen brain is actually coming back from the dead! Was doing a casual survey of my corals this morning by turning on the actinics and noticed something I didn't notice before. A harder look uncovered 2 miniscule daughter satellites on the right side emerging from the dead portion of the coral (accidentally destroyed by the stinging tentacles of my Elegance Coral about 5 months back). This is just like the article I've read in FAMA about corals coming back to life.
I've not noticed it all this while as I see the tank mostly with the lights on and with the coral expanded. Also, the angle of the coral was such that the ugly dead part was tucked slightly facing the back to avoid being seen by guests and to some extent...by myself.
The amazing thing is that these 2 daughter satellites are actually isolated from the parent colony and are coming out independently from the skeleton when normal reproduction among these kind of corals is asexual in nature. Amazing! So this phenomenon does happen after all!
Here is the pic I took this morning showing the daughters. The other pic (taken last month) show how it looks when expanded. Can't really see the daughters from that pic though.
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All is not lost. There is a chance the coral will recover, but the best part is that injury might induce budding and fission in the coral. Even if the coral looks dead, don't throw the skeleton away, leave it in the same spot and new polyps might appear...per Tanzy
Read from RC that coral such as these seem to reproduce after such incidents...per Phang
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Die hard coral fans should really avoid putting angelfish of any kind in their tank even if these angels do not directly peck at corals. A bit excessive here given the beauty of these fishes and the temptation that comes with it...but really...corals do thrive and grow faster without them.
If you are a 50/50, by all means keep them but be preparred for the potential risks to coral growth that will start stagnating, halt or deteriorate if one fine day, it develops a taste for coral meat. I feel sad for such exotic and beautiful corals meeting their demise in this way
Its always a question of fish or corals. Not both. JMO.
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Kinda busy with work lately that's why have not been posting much.
Not to worry Clowntrigger. This renewal process your leather finger is going through will take some time. Normally, it will shed its "shiny skin" within a week but I do have a few pieces that have given me a shock by not opening up for a full 20 days! Your water is also OK since you observed that it is still expanding in the day (only without polyps). That's a good sign.
If I am you, I'll still sleep peacefully. Leather fingers are really hardy.
Anyway, if you have lost yours, you can always ask me for a replacement. I am beginning to find them much like weeds...just j/k
If only acropora grows like them!!! 
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Hi Bluecarpet,
Yup, did that too
Its a complete mystery to me...How is yours faring so far? Do you feed it?
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Hmm...so its a avelopora. Thanks.
Tank only have a royal gamma, damsel & yellow nose goby. Don't think they are the culprits as they have been with the coral since introduction. No stinging corals near it...mainly brains and other SPS well away from range. Maybe the water quality but all other corals are very good. Then again we never know it could be sensitive to a specific chemical in it to which the others are not. Just happy that its alright now.
Hope it lasts long in your tankHope so too. Slightly more than 1 year old only.
AT, will you be planning on keeping Gonios in your tank?
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Anyone keeping this coral? Really cute flowers but I seem to be in doubt cos something strange happened 2 weeks ago...The polyps just went on strike for 8 days and set my panic stations on. Day after day, all I can see is a "botak" coral and then on the 9th day, it came back out again...just like that.
I really have no idea what's going on. My conditions are all stable and other corals and inverts do not have any tell tale signs of an impending disaster. In fact, life goes on very normal for the rest of the inhabitants. Anyone having similar experience with this coral? Could it be a phase that flower pots go through?...but 8 days?
Phew...that was a close call with death.
...or so I thought. 
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2 years! That's quite a record. Cool
But your description of your last survivor don't sound too good though. 6 months without food may be alright for now but what about the subsequent 6 months and the next. It will eventually succumb at this rate, won't it?Do you have an ID book where you can give me a name or maybe even a pic so that I can keep a look out for it?
What colour is it anyway?
Do anthias really lack longetivity? Has anyone kept any anthias with them alive for years and still is alive now like Reefgang's?
I am planning a group for my tank and really want them to last as long as me!
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Newdamsel, if you are interested in aragonite, I believe you can get it from Sealife and I think its quite expensive. Seen it before in a big packet quite some time back. Think its the CaribSea brand or something like that. Sam also sells it loose (by weight) if you so request.
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From Fenner's "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist". Its a picture taken from a clam hatchery set up to meet the needs of us hobbyists and to take the strain off the reefs. Its a good step forward for the saltwater hobby.
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Are nitrates bothering you guys? Make way in the sump, for the answer is here...the latest in NNR systems!
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They call it 'Pissing Prawns' in Hong Kong.
How coincidentally appropriate!!!
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Looks like T. maxima but I can't be sure until I see the shell.
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BTW, does a brown mantle clam changes its colour after gradually exposing it to higher light source??
Corals for Beginner
in General Reefkeeping_
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Morgan,
Thanks for the compliment.
In the 4 ft it was sitting midway in the tank under 10K MH 175 watt (3yrs) & 20K MH 175 watt (another 3) and finally in my 2ft using 10K Compact Fluo. (55 watt) + Blue Compact Fluo. (55 watt) + Arcadia Actinic Fluo. (18 watt).
I don't specifically feed it but I don't deny that it might have made an occasional meal of frozen mysid or bs meant for my fishes. That itself is quite rare cos I don't have much fishes to feed. I am actually a 98% coral 2% fish kind of person.
I am sure you can have better success with them cos your other corals look nice and healthy. Esp. like your poci.