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There is no way to be 100% sure of where an Elegance came from. We can get pretty darn close though. Most, but not all, Indo Elegance have cone shaped skeletons. The tentacles are short and stubby. If the coral has not bleached, it will have very, very dark zooxanthellae. The overall health of the coral will be poor when first imported into the states. The three larger Elegance corals in this pic are recovering from this problem and have been in captivity for some time. It is rare to find Indo Elegance corals this healthy.
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I have to say that my observation differs a bit, indo elegance tends to come in very bright color and comes in almost all color morphs of the aussie ones & other region including purple tip and very neon green and yellow. However their survival record tends to limit to 1 -2 months max with receding tissue that drops from the skeleton.
By cone shape, I think you mean that half curved U-cone shape indicating it is a full colony (as suppose to a frag of the aussie one).