lets see those elegnace corals!!
 

such a beautiful coral, this is and has always been by far my favorite species even more so then the pretty polyps i collect.sadly the past years have not done well for this species and the mortality rate is high and numbers collected is high.

before posting your gorgeous elegances, please take a minute to read the two links below.

cheers:)

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/eb/index.php


http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/132890/0




heres my girl;)


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1327819592




shes so tiny in this pic:)

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1327819860






mines around 16-20" long and grows in a "c " shape , it has around 25 mths
it gets fed daily some sort of meaty food and is a hog for the light.


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1346453289

these are not the E-L-E-G-A-N-C-E you are looking for.. move along..

those are beautiful pictures. i wonder why no one else has put theirs into this thread?

apparently untill about a few hours ago it was hidden lol :P:P

Are you saying its a trap Admiral?

Here's mine, sold it today tho because its taking up to much room in my frag tank and the clowns in my dt will kill it

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...38961BA707.jpg

Old pic in dirty tank

Seemed to always like dirty water

Here's mine

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/27/pa9avebu.jpg

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Purchased in December 2009, here is an older picture of my now 3 year old elegance. I sold two frags of this and kept this one for myself. The claims about this coral are true, they can certainly be very difficult to keep. I believe that the two frags that I sold both died in their new owners tanks. If you want to attempt one wait until your tank is very mature and stable. Don't bother if you have fish that might pick at it or be rough with it. Buy an Australian specimen and feed it bits of silverside, krill or other sea food a couple of times each week.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...o/IMG_6795.jpg

awesome piece man and great advice for anyone thinking about purchasing one:)

Just purchased this yesterday from Aquagiant in Edmonton, yesterday

It's green with pink, about 4" across

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps87d9dc87.jpg

Nice corals

The reefkeeping article link isn't working for me
Anyone else able to read it ?

it use to but doesnt seem to work anymore

Resurrecting an old(er) thread.....
 

My contribution for today: Australian Gold/Orange Tipped Elegance with a Purple base......

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...psc1e864d1.jpg

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps904806bc.jpg

very nice indeed:)

lol...that was FAST. Thanks for the compliment. :) Also: regarding the articles to read in your first post - This piece was actually "fragged" or propagated from a mother colony at an lfs here. This was a small piece that grew unnoticed (or at the very least unfettered) for a few months at the lfs. I couldn't afford the "mother" colony that was sold to another hobbyist....but managed to get my hands on this one. :) So far...the mortality rate from the known frags have been very positive.