Elegance corals. (1 Viewer)

[H-D-Fatboy-16]

What does it take to keep an elegance coral happy and growing. I saw one at the fish gallery off of 45 in spring I think and I'd like to get it but need to know how to take care of them.

 

[frankc]

Hopefully @markus will respond. He has one he's been growing over 20 years, so he must know a thing or two about them. Also, if he still has frags for sale, getting one that has been in aquarium conditions that long would give you the best chance for success.

 

[Daniel92481]

Watch this video. Great information here.

 

[markus]

That is an easy question for me because I don't do anything extra to take care of my elegance. I have had it under every kind of light and in all kinds of conditions and it still thrives on light and whatever else it picks up in the tank. I don't feed it. I feed the fish maybe once a day or every other day so that is all it gets other than kalk in the topoff. I probably has to do with the type of elegance you get. There are some out of Australia that people have had success with. I would not put several types in the tank together, as some people have lost them all trying that.
I can tell you there are several of my babies I have sold over the years that are not babies anymore and have been around for years in other Marshians tanks . I have now had this one in my tank for over 25 years( older than my kids), and I do have some frags for sale right now.

 

[markus]

Lol. I have never seen this video before now. I agree with the video for the most part.
I don't agree with:
1. The size of the skeletons being small. Yes they don't need much skeleton to survive but the ones that I have grown have all grown large skeletons. The first couple of times I fragged them the skeleton base was about 2 feet long.
2. Elegance killing snails. I have never seen or heard of this. I have lost many snails over the years but I am sure that was due to fish rather than any coral.
3. Propagation has been easy for me although I was very very nervous doing this the first time. I had one piece that was the size of a dime left over the last time with a sliver of skeleton. It survived and has more than quadrupled in size in 6 months.

 

[Daniel92481]

25 years is really impressive! @markus
I’m not sure if the video mentions about the different origins of them, such as, the Indonesian varieties being more difficult to care for/more susceptible vs. the Australian ones. I have heard this from other hobbyists about not wanting to pick one out that has a cone shaped base vs. a squared one. Is this true?

 

[markus]

I'm not sure I have seen a difference in the base of elegances. May just be the way it was cut off.

 

[markus]

I have seen the ones that look like the video with the green throughout the middle don't seem to do as well but there are some outliers that have done well.

 

[Daniel92481]

That’s good to know about the bases. Thanks for clarifying! Are you posting your frags for sale?

 

[SHAZELEY]

That is an easy question for me because I don't do anything extra to take care of my elegance. I have had it under every kind of light and in all kinds of conditions and it still thrives on light and whatever else it picks up in the tank. I don't feed it. I feed the fish maybe once a day or every other day so that is all it gets other than kalk in the topoff. I probably has to do with the type of elegance you get. There are some out of Australia that people have had success with. I would not put several types in the tank together, as some people have lost them all trying that.
I can tell you there are several of my babies I have sold over the years that are not babies anymore and have been around for years in other Marshians tanks . I have now had this one in my tank for over 25 years( older than my kids), and I do have some frags for sale right now.

How much for your frags? And any pics??

 

[H-D-Fatboy-16]

The elegance im talking about is at the fish gallery in spring.

 

[Reefahholic]

@webster1234 has an elegance that will eat a horse. Although he's had a love/hate relationship with that coral. It's happy one day and then sometimes it's cranky.

 

[markus]

Here is a picture of mine.

 

[Reefahholic]

Here is a picture of mine.

That's a nice specimen right there.

 

[H-D-Fatboy-16]

Wow that's nice.

 

[Reefahholic]

Look at this beauty!

 

[H-D-Fatboy-16]

Dam that's nice.

 

[Cody]

Look at this beauty!

Wait, that's an elegance?!

 

[Reefahholic]

Wait, that's an elegance?!

Yeah, I believe so.

 

[Tangs]

Up here they are pretty cheep. I payed the equivalent to 35 us for this one. I do not know what they go for down there. But mine only last a year or 2 tops. What are your parameters.