Where to buy Chalice Coral
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About Chalice Coral
Echinophyllia aspera displays large, fluted corallites with thick walls and prominent septa, forming encrusting to mounding colonies. Coloration ranges from bright yellow, orange, and red to pink and purple, often with contrasting polyp centers or rim colors and white skeletal edges.
Key facts
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Appearance Description
- Echinophyllia aspera displays large, fluted corallites with thick walls and prominent septa, forming encrusting to mounding colonies. Coloration ranges from bright yellow, orange, and red to pink and purple, often with contrasting polyp centers or rim colors and white skeletal edges.
- Additional Notes
- True chalice coral with distinctive chalice-like growth pattern.
- Care Requirements
- • Moderate to high lighting (PAR 150-250) • Moderate water flow, avoid direct blasting • Stable calcium and alkalinity levels • Occasional target feeding with small foods (zooplankton) • Sensitive to water quality swings; requires established tank
- Coloration
- Yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, often with contrasting polyp centers and white skeletal ridges
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Coral Type
- LPS
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (100-150 PAR)
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Feeding Needs
- Light supplemental feeding
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific from Indonesia and Philippines to the Great Barrier Reef and Solomon Islands, typically found in deeper reef slopes and caves.
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