Elegance Coral lighting vs. Ca/Alk/Mg

[dragoneggs]

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From what I've read of them they should simply not be collected out of Indonesia. In most cases the Australian turn out to be healthy and hearty like they all used to be many years ago. What I typically hear is if they're destined to die they do it almost right away shortly after being imported. Where as Gonipora tend to die after a year or so due to some nutritional deficiency... That seems to be the general consensus.

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How do I determine Aussie vs. Indo variety???

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by dragoneggs

How do I determine Aussie vs. Indo variety???

Visually you cant tell for sure. However a lot of the Indo elegance are collected as small free-living colonies and have a small cone shaped skeleton. While many of the Aussi elegance are cut from much larger colonies and have a wall shaped skeleton with flat broken or cut areas. The best way to know is to be told from a trustworthy retailer.

Elegance coral apparently live in turbid sea grass areas of a reef which is why many believe that they need nutrient enriched water. However I think most would agree that even the cleanest tanks are still much 'dirtier' than a healthy reef.