Bubble tipped elegance?

[tooshay]

I have had this Elegance coral for a few months now. It had bubbly tips while it was at the LFS for a couple of weeks, and still has them 3 months later. Has anyone had one that stayed that way?

 

[elegance coral]

It's not a great pic but you can see where some of the tentacles have the swollen appearance. This is due to environmental factors, mainly flow. If the light is a little strong they can do this near the top of the coral that is more exposed to the light. Most often it is flow. From the pic you posted it looks like the flow is bouncing off the glass and coming straight down on top of the coral. If the flow was changed where it came across the coral horizontally this condition may subside. It is very difficult to get the flow just right for one of these corals. If you can get the flow to move the tentacles and not the polyp the coral will be happy. This is not as easy as it may sound. If you experiment with the flow a little you should be able to cause the tentacles to get long and straight.