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mr.reef
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ok like the title says i got one today and i did not know if my clowns playing in it will kill it or not??????
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mr.reef
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ok well i got one yesterday and i did not if it would hurt it.. its 9 in so its good size..
windlasher
Member
Originally Posted by MR.reef
http:///forum/post/3055552
ok well i got one yesterday and i did not if it would hurt it.. its 9 in so its good size..
I want one of those... let us know how yours does. I hear they are "DIFFICULT"
spanko
Active Member
On this animal from Bob Fenner.
Conclusion:
The Waikiki Aquarium (Oahu, Hawai’i) has probably the best specialized "Elegance Coral Tank" I’ve ever seen. Let me describe this set-up for you (all
It has a few inches of fine sand, a bunch (really too many, I'd clear some so you could see the coral specimen) "seagrass" (in their case Thalassia hemprichii) a few fishes (a Phalaena goby, gorgeous green filefish, unid'ed rockfish of some sort), not much circulation, no added aeration, but bright light (the plants and algae were giving off obvious gas bubbles from the halides and sunlight (the roof is "missing")... and the specimen? It is alone, by itself, lying in the "mud/sand" horizontal on the bottom
Now, let me assure you, I've collected this (and other) Caryophyllid (the family of this, the Euphyllias like Frogspawn, hammer...) corals in the wild, and this is how all Elegance corals I've seen live: Horizontal, in relatively stagnant, grassy areas, with bright light, low circulation, with no other stinging celled animals around, in probably "high nutrient" settings
And how do aquarists by and large try to keep Catalaphyllias? In vertical orientations, with brisk, constant circulation, in almost nutrient-free water, with other aggressive stinging-celled animals...
Now, does all this make more/better/any sense? These animals are being kept in barely to un-tolerable conditions. They don't live in environments like your other corals at all. The places where I've seen them live are more like their wild conditions...
Conclusion:
The Waikiki Aquarium (Oahu, Hawai’i) has probably the best specialized "Elegance Coral Tank" I’ve ever seen. Let me describe this set-up for you (all
It has a few inches of fine sand, a bunch (really too many, I'd clear some so you could see the coral specimen) "seagrass" (in their case Thalassia hemprichii) a few fishes (a Phalaena goby, gorgeous green filefish, unid'ed rockfish of some sort), not much circulation, no added aeration, but bright light (the plants and algae were giving off obvious gas bubbles from the halides and sunlight (the roof is "missing")... and the specimen? It is alone, by itself, lying in the "mud/sand" horizontal on the bottom
Now, let me assure you, I've collected this (and other) Caryophyllid (the family of this, the Euphyllias like Frogspawn, hammer...) corals in the wild, and this is how all Elegance corals I've seen live: Horizontal, in relatively stagnant, grassy areas, with bright light, low circulation, with no other stinging celled animals around, in probably "high nutrient" settings
And how do aquarists by and large try to keep Catalaphyllias? In vertical orientations, with brisk, constant circulation, in almost nutrient-free water, with other aggressive stinging-celled animals...
Now, does all this make more/better/any sense? These animals are being kept in barely to un-tolerable conditions. They don't live in environments like your other corals at all. The places where I've seen them live are more like their wild conditions...
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mr.reef
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well this morning the mh kick on and it opened up so i got some shrimp and feed it.. its closed up right now and is eat the shrimp... i think i can make it happy or i hope so.. do yall know of anyother coral that are waving and i can hand feed shrimp and sliver sides to.. thats my fav thing to do...
windlasher
Member
Originally Posted by MR.reef
http:///forum/post/3055631
well this morning the mh kick on and it opened up so i got some shrimp and feed it.. its closed up right now and is eat the shrimp... i think i can make it happy or i hope so.. do yall know of anyother coral that are waving and i can hand feed shrimp and sliver sides to.. thats my fav thing to do...
i can hand feed my duncan.... about 20 heads.
http:///forum/post/3055631
well this morning the mh kick on and it opened up so i got some shrimp and feed it.. its closed up right now and is eat the shrimp... i think i can make it happy or i hope so.. do yall know of anyother coral that are waving and i can hand feed shrimp and sliver sides to.. thats my fav thing to do...
i can hand feed my duncan.... about 20 heads.
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mr.reef
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thats cool..
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mr.reef
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well bad news.. i was feeding last night and seen a damsel go after the coral and tore it up at one end real bad.. i wish i could get my hands on him i would shoot the little sh**...
hlcroghan
Active Member
Originally Posted by MR.reef
http:///forum/post/3056302
well bad news.. i was feeding last night and seen a damsel go after the coral and tore it up at one end real bad.. i wish i could get my hands on him i would shoot the little sh**...
your damsel attacked your coral??? that is really weird. yet another reason I would never own one...
http:///forum/post/3056302
well bad news.. i was feeding last night and seen a damsel go after the coral and tore it up at one end real bad.. i wish i could get my hands on him i would shoot the little sh**...
your damsel attacked your coral??? that is really weird. yet another reason I would never own one...
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mr.reef
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ya idk why?? i was feeding and he attacked it. so this morning i put some food on the top of the water then caught and flushed the like butt.. the coral is coming back out i hope it lives
veni vidi vici
Active Member
Put it in the shade and when it starts to develop a mucus on it ,use a turkey baster to lightly blow it off.They are very delicate and even a clown hosting one can kill it.
windlasher
Member
Originally Posted by MR.reef
http:///forum/post/3056327
ya idk why?? i was feeding and he attacked it. so this morning i put some food on the top of the water then caught and flushed the like butt.. the coral is coming back out i hope it lives
sorry to hear that - They don't have "DAM" in their names for nothing. hope it recovers
http:///forum/post/3056327
ya idk why?? i was feeding and he attacked it. so this morning i put some food on the top of the water then caught and flushed the like butt.. the coral is coming back out i hope it lives
sorry to hear that - They don't have "DAM" in their names for nothing. hope it recovers