Care, Growth, and propogation of Chalice Corals | Reef2Reef Chalice growth - Chalice growth is really dependent upon the specimen Some species such as enchinopora lamellosa (aka hollywood stunner) with paper thin skeletons have a very rapid growth rate Oxypora sp (aka usually have one large central mouth surrounded by small mouths and grows in a circle) are fairly slow growers and tend to have a
I am new to chalice corals give me the chalice 101 lesson! Generally lower light I have yet to kill a chalice from too low light That said, some look much better in higher light (like some pink chalices turn red in low light) Low flow Generally don't let them touch, and many fish will pick the food out of them, so feeding can be tricky if you have lots of fish that pick off th floor rocks
Coral Spotlight | Chalice | Reef2Reef Common Names: chalice coral Difficulty Level: Chalice corals range from beginner species of oxypora, such as “Firefly” chalice, up to expert species of echinophyllia in needs such as light and chemistry Feeding: Most chalice corals feed at night with small feeder tentacles though some may have long sweepers
Advice on chalice placement | Reef2Reef Hello I have just bought my first chalice the other day on the Jason Fox live sale Never had one before and wondering where to place it and best care for a chalice From what I understand it’s best to place in the sandbed or lower 2 3rd of your tank What about flow and par levels, would sandbed suffice if put in a moderate flow area of my
Will rainbow chalice grow new colors not in frag? | Reef2Reef That is a nice chalice But as mentioned some rainbow chalices will and others maybe not Many who collect chalices will only buy a rainbow chalice they see That way they will choose one with all the colors of the mother colony This does not mean it may not get another color as it gets bigger it all depends on the chalice
Chalices Receding | Reef2Reef Need some help trying to identify and fix my chalice stning It starts at the base and is slowly losing flesh Most of these chalices I've had for around 1-6 months As far as parameters, everything has been stable I've seen my peppermint shrimp and emerald crab picking on it at night but I'm
Fragging A chalice without a coral saw? | Reef2Reef I just cut 15-20 chalice frags a couple weeks ago I used toe-nail clippers ("bone cutters') they crack the skeleton not really cut it then cut the flesh with a razor the trick is getting it to crack in the direction you want but it can be done
Echinophyllia v chalice | Reef2Reef "Chalice" is just a common name for these types of corals Whereas "Echinophyllia" is a scientific genus There are two genera which make up most of the "chalice" corals: Echinopora and Echinophyllia "Hollywood Stunner" is a Echinopora lamellosa species, whereas your other two chalices are likely something else
New chalice losing color | Reef2Reef Chalice don't seem to need much light but I have kept them in as little at 50 par and as much as 300 with success Chalice seem to like high mag levels I keep mine at 1450, cal at 450 and alk at 12 Chalice need some nitrate and phosphate so a 0 0 SPS system may be a suboptimal environment but at 7 a water change might be in order