Aussie elegance coral arriving an about an hour- so confused at where to place

[Nanoprincess]

Its like after watching you tube all night. Their placed all over. Some I see on the sand bed, some I see on the rocks..I think in one tank I actually saw it at the top of a tank on a rock- that person has had it now for two years.

Blahhhhhhhwaaazzziiieeeeee..my head is like huh? I thought the sand bed?

I moved things and left a section of the bottom right of my tank bed for it. Isn't that where I should place it. It's a small one..which was my goal. Not to spend too much and see how it does in my tank. Spent 45.00 for it. Better then 175.00 for a large one.

Any advice on acclimation and when they say place it on its Skelton they do me just sit it down in the sand with tentacles upward right? Some I see propped against a rock on the sand bed, some I see squeezed in a rock like hanging facing out as if it's suspended lenghtwise.

Okay dish to me what you know so I can try and have some success.

Craaaazy me..got me a little elegance love in her life-so excited to see what it really looks like when it arrives
Thanks all

 

[dmatt88]

Id start in the sand skeleton down. Acclimate corals slowly under lower light. It'll let u know if it wants more light. Just don't want to damage the flesh.

..........reefing. not for the faint of heart.

 

[PSU4ME]

yeah skeleton down.

Bold move on an elegance......they are tricky! And a small one ta boot!

 

[Nanoprincess]

Omg...are you saying smaller is harder..I so quit..lmao
Thanks all... Crap if smaller was harder I would have ordered the larger for 20.00 bucks more... That one was 6 inches.. This one is like 3 inches..Ayayaya

This is how I look at it..Iam a danger to anything flown in and placed in my tank. Because...... Their at my mercy. But I do try..and at the end of all this trial and error...the strongest shall survive. At this rate in about a year..what has survived and thrived...are gonna be my go to corals..so I can switch everything into my rsm 250... Whoot whoot.

In about 3 months I will have saved for one. Problem would I really want to go through all that work and spend the money if what I have I can't get to thrive in this tank??? Soooo practice makes perfect to me. This is my trial and error tank?? I think...and my learning tank.

Ayayayayayay..so are you saying the smaller Aussie is gonna be harder???? Wiping tears.

Hugs
Carol

 

[Roots]

I want an elegance coral myself. I just don't know if I have enough room left in my tank for one. They truly are one of the most beautiful corals in the hobby. When they get large they are definitely a centerpiece coral for a reef tank.

I wish you all the best with your new one. I hope it thrives for you.

 

[Nanoprincess]

Thanks roots.... Ya should have seen me moving everything the past few days. Now man...how I wish I got the larger one.

Just moved my clam to the very front side of my tank and have a lot more room in the middle bottom of my tank.

When I ordered it I assumed 3 inches meant not expanded. But shoot maybe that meant expanded..lol

Yep my clam has no room to grow..but hey..that's why I am saving for the bigger tank.

I don't want a bigger tank though. I really really love this one. But if in the next 6 months when you think about it everything in my tank was to thrive. I would have to go bigger.

My torch I think that is growing the most btw. For now to me that is my showpeice. I love my torch. So fluffy.

Okay off to order my Fiji leather coral and colt coral and yellow coris wrase.

I have shopping issues..serious shopping issues..lol