Actually.. I've had a green flower pot now for about 5 months. That's pretty good. But it could die any day on me now. They say 3-6 months on these things. Elegance's even shorter. Here in Florida at least... the experts are saying there is a problem keeping Elegance alive for some unknown reason. I'm wondering, even if you are in Texas or the West Coast, what anybody is doing out there to keep these things alive. Even if I could keep and Elegance alive for 6 months I'd be happy. They are one of the most beautiful corals I've seen and notorious for rapidly dying on me. Should I just give up? What are you guys doing who are successful? Flower pots really flouresce very well but I gotta tell ya.... an Elegance is 5x brighter. It's like they have a generator attached to them instead of a battery pack.