Elegance - too much flow? Suggestions for success?

[Reef Knub]

Hi all - got a large elegance today that I'm really hoping opens up as much as it did when I purchased it earlier today.

It's been in my tank for about 5 hours, but do y'all think there's too much flow hitting it? It's opening up but pointing up, as opposed to flat and fully opened up flat as it was in store. See video.

Also any feeding regimen recommended?

I currently dose 4 ML of quantum bio-enhance, and 15 ML of all for reef daily through the day. Have 100g display.

Parameters are all in range, and have two red sea g2 115s

Any thing else y'all suggest I do for success with the elegance?

Thanks!

 

[petcellar]

Off the top of my head... I think these folks have elegance. I'm sure there are many more.

@vetteguy53081
@JoJosReef
@BryanM

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi all - got a large elegance today that I'm really hoping opens up as much as it did when I purchased it earlier today.

It's been in my tank for about 5 hours, but do y'all think there's too much flow hitting it? It's opening up but pointing up, as opposed to flat and fully opened up flat as it was in store. See video.

Also any feeding regimen recommended?

I currently dose 4 ML of quantum bio-enhance, and 15 ML of all for reef daily through the day. Have 100g display.

Parameters are all in range, and have two red sea g2 115s

Any thing else y'all suggest I do for success with the elegance?

Thanks!

Elegance takes a couple of days to settle in but also you want subtle flow. You don’t want the flow to be too high or too low but allow the tentacles to flow gently. Too little flow and elegance corals will not make it. Too much flow and you risk tearing the polyps, as water flow brings food and nutrients to the coral's polyps which should be drifting in the water flow.
Elegance are photosynthetic, which they have an inner algae called zooxanthellae that lives inside its tissue and provides nutrition by converting the energy by light. You want a PAR of about 80-120 and They require regular feedings. with foods such as krill, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, or small pieces of fish, and shrimp.

 

[BryanM]

Hi all - got a large elegance today that I'm really hoping opens up as much as it did when I purchased it earlier today.

It's been in my tank for about 5 hours, but do y'all think there's too much flow hitting it? It's opening up but pointing up, as opposed to flat and fully opened up flat as it was in store. See video.

Also any feeding regimen recommended?

I currently dose 4 ML of quantum bio-enhance, and 15 ML of all for reef daily through the day. Have 100g display.

Parameters are all in range, and have two red sea g2 115s

Any thing else y'all suggest I do for success with the elegance?

Thanks!

I don't think that's too much flow, but it may be on the higher side. Mine are definitely in a bit less flow than that.

They took a couple days to open up when I first got them.

 

[Kooma]

I used to have a 10" elegance, they like soft flow and dont need a huge amount of light. I had mine under my gyre so it has an upwards water flow, and it was on the end of a 36" long tank lit by a single G2 Radion.

Let it settle for a week, i dont think it would be tanning in the backyard if I went on a trashbag trip to someone elses house either.