💚🩵🪸 Catalaphyllia jardinei – WYSIWYG
Pale Green Elegance with Blue Tips – Size M
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (long sweeper tentacles)
Colour Form: Soft pale green coloration across the tentacles, finished with contrasting blue tips. Under actinic lighting, the green develops a delicate fluorescent glow while the blue tips become more pronounced, creating an elegant pastel two-tone appearance.
Size: M
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Euphylliidae
Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 50–120)
Water Flow: Low to Moderate, indirect (gentle sway)
Placement: Sandbed / Low reef
Type: WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
🧬 Overview
This Catalaphyllia jardinei features a refined combination of pale green coloration and contrasting blue-tipped tentacles.
Its softer colour palette gives the specimen a clean, elegant appearance, while the blue tips add definition and contrast throughout the extended tentacles. Under blue spectrum lighting, the pale green develops a subtle fluorescent glow and the cooler blue tips become increasingly visible.
As a Size M specimen, it offers an excellent balance between presence and versatility, providing the characteristic flowing movement of an Elegance coral without requiring the space of a larger specimen.
🧾 WYSIWYG
You will receive the exact specimen shown, selected for its coloration, contrasting tips and overall appearance.
Selected for:
• Soft pale green coloration
• Contrasting blue tentacle tips
• Attractive fluorescence under actinic lighting
• Balanced Size M specimen
• Elegant pastel colour combination
• Beautiful tentacle extension and movement
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Elegance corals benefit from both photosynthesis and occasional feeding.
Recommended feeding occasionally:
• Mysis shrimp or small meaty foods
• LPS pellets
• Target feeding to support growth and tissue health
📈 Optimal Parameters
Parameter | Ideal Range
Alkalinity (dKH) | 7.5–8.5
Calcium (Ca) | 420–450 ppm
Magnesium (Mg) | 1300–1400 ppm
Nitrate (NO₃) | 5–15 ppm
Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.03–0.10 ppm
📍 Placement
Best placed on the sandbed or low rockwork in an area with gentle, indirect flow. Allow sufficient space around the coral for full tentacle extension and to prevent contact with neighbouring corals.
💚🩵 Catalaphyllia jardinei – WYSIWYG
Soft pale green with delicate blue tips — an elegant Size M Elegance with beautiful contrast and flowing movement.