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[UnnamedReef]

Hey everyone, I've been wanting to get another elegance coral and looking for recommended vendors. I bought an indo at a local reefing event and it melted within a couple months, all the signs of ECS. Worked through that with the members on here and was unable to save it, unfortunately. LFS has indos and when asked they say they melt away frequently.

I want to make sure this time around I get a healthy specimen and I give myself the best chance of success. Looking for a pink or purple tip, gotta be Aussie from what I've read about successful elegance keeping. Biota is out of stock, anywhere else elegance owners recommend getting a healthy one? Thanks!

 

[Tahoe61]

https://vividaquariums.com/collections/lps-corals/products/australian-elegance-coral

I have not personally bought an Elegance from Vivid. Every coral I have gotten from Vivid I have been pleased with.


Good Luck.

 

[UnnamedReef]

Thank you! I did see their listings but it seems a bit cheap for an aussie import. I could ask them directly to confirm, though. The pink tip looks beautiful

 

[kevgib67]

Corals.com has some beautiful ones as well.

 

[UnnamedReef]

Thanks! Their specimens look really open and healthy. Reviews on R2R are good as well for them in general

 

[BryanM]

I agree, $129 seems too good to be true. I'd definitely ask them.

 

[Uncle99]

Hey everyone, I've been wanting to get another elegance coral and looking for recommended vendors. I bought an indo at a local reefing event and it melted within a couple months, all the signs of ECS. Worked through that with the members on here and was unable to save it, unfortunately. LFS has indos and when asked they say they melt away frequently.

I want to make sure this time around I get a healthy specimen and I give myself the best chance of success. Looking for a pink or purple tip, gotta be Aussie from what I've read about successful elegance keeping. Biota is out of stock, anywhere else elegance owners recommend getting a healthy one? Thanks!

When elegance go on sale, time is short.

With very few verifiable exceptions, never once, did an elegance coral ever last more than 9-12 months in our systems. We no longer stock these as there were just too many complaints. They are like Long Tentacle Plates, never past 6-8 months with most gone at 3 months.

It’s worth to note that they always go “on sale” after 60 days from receipt.

Some say collection location (Australian) may have an impact on time. Sometimes I am unsure exactly, where the specimens were sourced.

To be fair, I’ve seen a few reported in excess of 2 years but over 30 years.

 

[UnnamedReef]

It does seem to be a risky buy, I acknowledge that success is not guaranteed by any means with Elegance. Lots of members on here have been successful, so I think with the right prep I can be too if I get a healthy specimen to start with. Aussies seem to have the best track record.

The corals.com ones have been there for almost a month and look healthy. They got back to me right away on some questions I asked. I think I'm going to give it a shot

 

[kevgib67]

It does seem to be a risky buy, I acknowledge that success is not guaranteed by any means with Elegance. Lots of members on here have been successful, so I think with the right prep I can be too if I get a healthy specimen to start with. Aussies seem to have the best track record.

The corals.com ones have been there for almost a month and look healthy. They got back to me right away on some questions I asked. I think I'm going to give it a shot

I’m fortunate enough live 25 minutes from Corals. Com and am able to do curbside pickup. Where are you at in Connecticut? I have family in Westport and Southport an I lived in Bethel in the 70’s.

 

[Bob Weigant]

I think Luke at Wine Country Coral in Northern California has one