Elegance Coral lighting vs. Ca/Alk/Mg

[whatcaneyedo]

I've had an Australian Elegance for nearly 9 months now. It has put on considerable skeletal growth in that time under indirect 250W MH, low to moderate flow, frequent target feeding (bits of krill or silverside several times a week) and 'optimal' water chemistry levels. I target Ca 420, Alk 9, Mg 1400, NO3 0 and PO4 0 but usually my Ca, Alk and Mg are higher.

From what I've read of them they should simply not be collected out of Indonesia. In most cases the Australian turn out to be healthy and hearty like they all used to be many years ago. What I typically hear is if they're destined to die they do it almost right away shortly after being imported. Where as Gonipora tend to die after a year or so due to some nutritional deficiency... That seems to be the general consensus.

I actually went so far as to frag mine two weeks ago. So far the three sections are doing well but I want to wait until they've made a full recovery before I share my pictures and observations.