Gold Tip Elegance
A variant of Elegance coral (Catalaphyllia jardinei)
Representative Elegance coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A green-to-tan based *Catalaphyllia jardinei* whose long flowing tentacles fade to glowing gold or yellow tips. Reef Builders called the gold/yellow tip the modern elegance status symbol.
📜 Backstory
A wild-collected Australian color form rather than a propagated line. Sold by numerous vendors as a 'gold tip' or 'yellow tip' elegance (for example BTAquatics and Vision Aquatics in the UK offer it as WYSIWYG 'Gold Tip Elegance'), and highlighted by Reef Builders (2019) as a collector showpiece. Elegance corals very rarely survive fragging, so most colonies are imported wild pieces; origin is wild Australian reef collection.
Keeper tips for this variant
Place on the sand bed or low rockwork in low-to-moderate, indirect flow so the fleshy polyp can fully inflate; moderate light (roughly PAR 100-150) keeps the gold tips bright without bleaching. Give it wide spacing, as the sweeper tentacles sting neighbors.