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elegance corals
- Thread starter bioscot
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Elegance corals are beautiful, but for some reason, they have become very difficult to keep. Last I knew no one was really sure of the reason. I would recommend against them.
I snatched up a beautiful one last summer - gorgeous greens and yellows in it. It's huge. I put it on the bottom of my tank like I was supposed to (I've got a 75g with 4x96 watt pc's) and it lost its color, put out tons of mucus and started receding. This went on for about 2 months and then it just stayed a brownish color and didn't do much of anyhing. Just recently (maybe a month ago?) it started putting its tentacles out there (barely) and looking better and happy, but it will probably always be this ugly color now.
I snatched up a beautiful one last summer - gorgeous greens and yellows in it. It's huge. I put it on the bottom of my tank like I was supposed to (I've got a 75g with 4x96 watt pc's) and it lost its color, put out tons of mucus and started receding. This went on for about 2 months and then it just stayed a brownish color and didn't do much of anyhing. Just recently (maybe a month ago?) it started putting its tentacles out there (barely) and looking better and happy, but it will probably always be this ugly color now.
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by bioscot:
<strong>I was thinking of adding an elegance coral to my tank. Are these difficut to keep. Anthing special I should know...I dont want to buy something thats as likly to survive as a powder blue tang</strong><hr></blockquote>
If Julian Sprung is correct, the problem with elegance corals is that they are coming in infected with a pathogen, which can be eliminated by the use of antibiotics. See Reef Notes in the current FAMA.
<strong>I was thinking of adding an elegance coral to my tank. Are these difficut to keep. Anthing special I should know...I dont want to buy something thats as likly to survive as a powder blue tang</strong><hr></blockquote>
If Julian Sprung is correct, the problem with elegance corals is that they are coming in infected with a pathogen, which can be eliminated by the use of antibiotics. See Reef Notes in the current FAMA.
I have been told they sometimes don't ship too well, therefore becoming susceptible to infection. Bascially I was told if you find a good specimin and are very careful not to harm the tissue in transit home from the lfs, that they do really well. I've seen a few at my local store that they've kept in their show tank for a while now and are doing really well. Just my 2 cents.
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