Catalaphyllia / Elegane coral

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Ive tried to keep them 3 times now, every time no matter how good the quality of it was in the lfs, it just deteriorates and eventually gets ecs and dies, just last month it was extending to about 4 inches across and 8 inches long but literally it seems to just nosedive overnight and dosen't recover, i remember seeing a video explaining that all the new elegance corals going into the hobby suffer from this due to them being from deepwater and how even while theyre being harvested, once theyre brought up to the collection boats they bloat up and suffer from pressure change and how the ones that do well and still survive are due to them being in the hobby from years ago and harvested from shallow water. Would my best bet be to just buy elegance coral frags?
 
There are aquacultured Elegances for sale. Biota has them. So does Pieces of the Ocean. That might be worth trying.
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

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  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

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  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 4.7%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 9 14.1%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

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  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

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  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

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  • Something else (explain in the comments)

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