Ultra Metallic Green Elegance
A variant of Elegance coral (Catalaphyllia jardinei)
Representative Elegance coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A metallic, deeply saturated green elegance marketed for its uniform high-end green coloration, sometimes with contrasting blue tips.
📜 Backstory
A wild-collected color form given a descriptive vendor grade. Sold by Ethical Aquatics (Canada) as 'Elegance Coral Frag - Ultra Metallic Green' (they also list a 'Metallic Green with Blue Tips' variant). As with nearly all elegance, traded pieces are wild imports — a 2021-2022 captive-breeding breakthrough by Dr. Jamie Craggs's UK team showed the species can be bred, but it is not yet a commercial aquacultured line.
Keeper tips for this variant
Sand bed, low-to-moderate indirect flow, moderate light; let the heavy polyp fully inflate before judging color. Space it away from neighbors.