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    Elegance Coral

    in LPS Coral forum

    Posted

    That's right we hijack too much space already.Sorry bro if you are reading this :) .If i manage to keep em for 6 month maybe i'll try another one.Their tentacles are even stickier than RBTA which i just realised as i unpack em from the bag.

    May be we could share some pics here to share the successes of some people with catalaphyllia.

    Elegance Coral

    in LPS Coral forum

    Posted

    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 :)

    Vlamingi_cont's 2nd tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    it depends. there is a condition called elegance coral disease that affects only cataphyllia.can go read up the article for more information. no cure. look out for the symptoms.

    other than that, elegance is quite easy.

    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....

    Vlamingi_cont's 2nd tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    feed can. but dun overfeed unless u wan ur coral to die. once per week/2 weeks is enough and feed it small piece please. elegance is one of my favourites. gorgeous isnt it?

    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....... :(

    Vlamingi_cont's 2nd tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    pls dun over feed ur elegance. trust me. kept many elegance before. one small piece of prawn every 2 weeks is enough.

    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....

    Vlamingi_cont's 2nd tank

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    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....

    Hi All, New Jamming Studio

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Bro...You can always buy a guitar tuner as cheap as 20-30 bucks....Or if you want free tuning you can also tune ur guitar

    from youtube guitar tuning section by hearing laa.... ;)

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

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