🌿🔥 Red Core Elegance Coral
Catalaphyllia jardinei (Green Tentacles with Red Mouth)
Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Semi-aggressive
Colour Form: Vivid lime green tentacles with a contrasting deep red oral disc that pulses with intensity under reef lighting — a striking contrast that draws the eye instantly.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–11, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.023–1.025
Family: Caryophylliidae
Lighting: Moderate
Supplements: Calcium, Magnesium, Trace Elements
Water Flow: Low to moderate, indirect
Placement: Sandbed only (never on rock)
Overview
The Red Core Elegance Coral is a bold variant of Catalaphyllia jardinei, highly desired for its glowing green tentacles and rare crimson-red mouth. Its long, flowing polyps gently sway with the current, adding elegant motion and intense colour to your reefscape.
Often considered a showpiece coral, this morph adds dramatic vibrance to any tank and is best displayed as a standalone on soft substrate.
Care & Feeding
While photosynthetic, Catalaphyllia greatly benefits from occasional feeding — offer small meaty foods like mysis, enriched brine shrimp or coral blends 1–2× per week.
Maintain soft, consistent flow and stable parameters. Avoid high light or direct jets which can cause polyp retraction or tissue stress.
Optimal Parameters
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Alkalinity (dKH): 8–11
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Calcium (Ca): 420–460 ppm
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Magnesium (Mg): 1250–1350 ppm
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Nitrate (NO₃): 2–10 ppm
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Phosphate (PO₄): 0.01–0.05 ppm
Placement
Only place on the sandbed, never on rock. The delicate tissue and base structure are prone to damage when in contact with hard surfaces. Ensure adequate spacing from aggressive corals.
🌿🔥 Red Core Elegance Coral
A flowing beacon of contrast — refined, vibrant, and unmistakably exotic.