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Looks great! Probably a branching based on the shape. When it closes at night, are there seperate little heads or is it a long river of tentacles?
Separate heads, I'm just surprised how full it looks during the day for a branching.
 

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If you buy an elegance make sure it's Australian. I bought an Indonesian elegance before I knew any better and it's the only thing that's ever died in my tank (fish, invert, or coral).
 
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If you buy an elegance make sure it's Australian. I bought an Indonesian elegance before I knew any better and it's the only thing that's ever died in my tank (fish, invert, or coral).
Yeah Ive heard the Indo versions dont have well shaped heads either, the Aus versions have the true 'hammer tips'
 

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Picked this cutie up yesterday, what do y’all think? :)
 

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Nice torch ! Looks very similar to our Rasta . Its the 1st torch I've had that didn't care were it was placed love the contrasting colors 20210311_164727.jpg
I’ve looked at some other threads and it seems that Euphyllia’s don’t like sand around them, it surprises me that it stays so well anyway;)
 

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I’ve looked at some other threads and it seems that Euphyllia’s don’t like sand around them, it surprises me that it stays so well anyway;)
Its been in the sand for a month until I'll move it onto rock work into similar flow , but all my euphy lives on the sand .
 

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Check for any bugs/pests. Assure
I hope I can get mine like that…not sure what it’s problem is

alk-ca- salinity,-flow, nitrate not elevated. Feed 2-3x per week and moderate light and
 

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alk-ca- salinity,-flow, nitrate not elevated. Feed 2-3x per week and moderate light and
Thanks! I dipped before putting in. Can’t see any bugs or pests

alk 8.2
Cal 420
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate was 5-10
Phosphate creeped up to .18 but slowly brining down

Have it on sand in what I previously measured as 100 par ish
 

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Thanks! I dipped before putting in. Can’t see any bugs or pests

alk 8.2
Cal 420
Salinity 1.026
Nitrate was 5-10
Phosphate creeped up to .18 but slowly brining down

Have it on sand in what I previously measured as 100 par ish
Phosphate could be a partial stressor
 

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Because this coral will grow to a relatively large size, if healthy, the elegance coral is best suited to larger tanks – around 90-100 gallons in size. However, that’s under the assumption that you would like to keep this coral along with several other species. If you wish to keep this coral in a smaller tank, consider making it the focal point and provide plenty of room to grow.
Like most other LPS corals with large, fleshy polyps, elegance corals tend to do best with a moderate water flow. Higher water flows will cause the tentacles to remain retracted and small (at best). At worst, they may get damaged and ripped.
It isn’t healthy for an elegance to keep its tentacles retracted for long periods of time. An individual specimen with retracted polyps is likely to starve. They will readily accept soft, meaty foods. A few good foods are krill, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, or small pieces of fish and shrimp.
Care should be given to the size you feed and give preference to high-quality foods that are relatively smaller in size. An elegance coral may greedily accept larger food, but it may get regurgitated later if the food is too large to reach its digestive tract.
 

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Because this coral will grow to a relatively large size, if healthy, the elegance coral is best suited to larger tanks – around 90-100 gallons in size. However, that’s under the assumption that you would like to keep this coral along with several other species. If you wish to keep this coral in a smaller tank, consider making it the focal point and provide plenty of room to grow.
Like most other LPS corals with large, fleshy polyps, elegance corals tend to do best with a moderate water flow. Higher water flows will cause the tentacles to remain retracted and small (at best). At worst, they may get damaged and ripped.
It isn’t healthy for an elegance to keep its tentacles retracted for long periods of time. An individual specimen with retracted polyps is likely to starve. They will readily accept soft, meaty foods. A few good foods are krill, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, or small pieces of fish and shrimp.
Care should be given to the size you feed and give preference to high-quality foods that are relatively smaller in size. An elegance coral may greedily accept larger food, but it may get regurgitated later if the food is too large to reach its digestive tract.
Yup. I’ve watched and read like 10 videos on them. Some say lots of flow others say moderate. Mine is getting low to moderate but hard to tell w it not fully opened
 

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Think I found it. My salinity has risen to 1.028 after I received my new refractometer when my old plastic hydrometer broke. Appears it was slowly failing and with it my salinity was increasing. So I’m slowly going to add rodi over the next few weeks in water changes to get it back down. Hope that’s the trick
 

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