angelfishlover

Lol i have put up already so can share....Anyways it's not from wet web media but from suite 101

Here are some tips i have found while reading up on these corals: Some things to keep in mind if you are going to care for this animal, despite warnings against it, the purple tipped variety is the worst to attempt to keep. Since these are the corals being collected today, this article will focus on their care. * Low flow is necessary, but 10 x tank turnover is the minimum * Fine sand or mud substrate * Calcium and strontium, as per all stony corals * Pristine water condition is not good for this particular animal, high organic nutrient concentrations with 10's of PPM of nitrates is desired. Be careful not to over skim! * Mouths facing up, V shaped point stuck down in the mud is the way this animal should be oriented. * NEVER place this coral in live rock or at an angle * Calm water movement, away from a power head. * Target fed with meaty food two to three times a week * Low-Medium lighting, using compact fluorescents or VHOs, do not use metal halides What i read from other marine forums that they say last time these corals are more adaptable to HO or NO lightings as they get sunburn.The symptoms is that the coral swell up and excrete loads of mucus and shrink.Below an article relating to Elegance Coral Syndrome. Beginning sometime in the late 1990s, specimens entering the trade were doomed by a condition that had no known cause or cure, ECS, characterized by the following: 1. Colony's o ral disk swells, sometimes with excessive mucus production from the mouths 2. Tentacles do not expand 3. White opaque mucus-like webbing may present itself across the o ral disk, originating between the coral's tissue and skeleton. This stage typically lasts from days to nearly a month. 4. Coral bleaching or colour change 5. Tentacles lose their stickiness and so the coral does not feed 6. The coral's tissue eventually shrinks 7. Secondary infections may occur, but are not common 8. Colony dies despite all manners of experimental intervention that have been attempted That's all for now.If find any relating articles you may wish to post it here

Ahh ok.I found an interesting article.This is it: Elegance Coral Syndrome (ECS) Beginning sometime in the late 1990s, specimens entering the trade were doomed by a condition that had no known cause or cure, ECS, characterized by the following: 1. Colony's o ral disk swells, sometimes with excessive mucus production from the mouths 2. Tentacles do not expand 3. White opaque mucus-like webbing may present itself across the o ral disk, originating between the coral's tissue and skeleton. This stage typically lasts from days to nearly a month. 4. Coral bleaching or colour change 5. Tentacles lose their stickiness and so the coral does not feed 6. The coral's tissue eventually shrinks 7. Secondary infections may occur, but are not common 8. Colony dies despite all manners of experimental intervention that have been attempted My colony only expel a bit of mucus and goes normal after that.And i heard that purple tip elegance are harder to be taken care of?And mine is purple.....Hmm i'll see how it goes.I am reducing my fishload a lot with only 1 clownfish in my tank.Another article i found below. Some things to keep in mind if you are going to care for this animal, despite warnings against it, the purple tipped variety is the worst to attempt to keep. Since these are the corals being collected today, this article will focus on their care. * Low flow is necessary, but 10 x tank turnover is the minimum * Fine sand or mud substrate * Calcium and strontium, as per all stony corals * Pristine water condition is not good for this particular animal, high organic nutrient concentrations with 10's of PPM of nitrates is desired. Be careful not to over skim! * Mouths facing up, V shaped point stuck down in the mud is the way this animal should be oriented. * NEVER place this coral in live rock or at an angle * Calm water movement, away from a power head. * A Thalassia (Turtle Grass) habitat is extra good, providing filtered light, but any vascular grass is good. * Target fed with meaty food two to three times a week * Low-Medium lighting, using compact fluorescents or VHOs, do not use metal halides Maybe i should put this up somewhere in the LPS coral forum....

Very gorgeous indeed.I love those corals that falls under Caryophyllidae like Euphyllia species,bubble corals and the magnificent elegance.Hope it will survive in my tank for more than a year as i heard these corals won't last long.......

Lucky i didn't feed it last night.......Ok i will take note of that.Last time i tend to overfeed my corals.This is my first time taking care of these magnificent creatures.I got the thin purple tip one.See the pink one later look more like RBTA scared my clownfish go in....

I got the feeling it's the bouncers.....

Small only.Trying out.It expanded good but then i just need to keep the flow from hitting it too hard.It receives medium flow as i can't find a spot with low flow other than my euphyllia corner.Their tentacles are damn sticky.I need to get more prawns for the corals....

I also realised that if your wavemaker kept doing the sand sifting ssand by rolling the particles,it won't have any algae growing.And i got an Elegance from GO :eyebrow:

I got no idea why i search for elegance coral,your tank thread appear in the list..... >.>

What if they keep the gems PERMANENTLY? :eyebrow:

Awe so cute with nice colours too!!!

what is this ****?Uhh try to spread the words further abit to reveal it.....

They look cute but too bad got poison.Hmm list down the parameters please.I know gonio needs a little bit of NO3.

They look cute but too bad got poison.Hmm list down the parameters please.I know gonio needs a little bit of NO3.

Quality wise is bad for livestocks as you can see the tanks isn't lighted up properly....

Wah lemon lemon your torch is so big!!!Care to frag? :eyebrow:

Not me as i am using chaetos to keep the NO3 and PO4 down.But must filter with wool or else the chaeto will become NO3 factory itself.

My contributions Both corals are bought from the same LFS Branching octo(At first thought it was a hammer until it opens up nicely in the tank then realised it is not a hammer) True octo(Got it at $10 from a nice LFS which imports corals most of the time)

Hmm quite true.But i wouldn't take from beach on main island.I'd rather take sand near coral reefs in singapore or where a lot of seagrasses all growing.

That's what i usually do at home.But lazy to search the web again.Might gonna invest in that soon.

I love that elegance of yours!!!!where did you get it?

Wah the les paul guitar.The bass i know is one of the popular brands in US too.

It looks happy but try to get the nitrate levels lower as i can see loads of slime algae.Those may take over SPS very fast.....

Abang,go to their website.They show the pic of the studio.Uhmm the ad there got the website....

Do you guys provide tuner too? Hmm is those names Black Hole,Red Mist etc the room names? Thanks.