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Chalice Coral

Easy to Moderate

Semi-Aggressive

Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (typically collected off the coast of Australlia, around numerous different Indo-Pacific islands, in the Red Sea, and further North off the coast of Japan)

Lobophylliidae (Indo-Pacific Species) & Merulinidae (Atlantic Species)

Large Polyp Stony

Chalice corals are made up of several different species. In 2016, the chalice family Pectiniidae was abolished. Chalice under the genera Echinomorpha, Echinophyllia and Oxypora were transferred to Lobophylliidae, and the genera Mycedium, Pectinia and Physophyllia were transferred to Merulinidae.

Chalices are fairly easy to care for and require low to moderate light and flow. Some chalices can be known to send out long sweeper tentacles to feed at night, so use caution when placing them in your aquarium and give them some room away from other corals.

Although Chalice corals are mainly photosynthetic, relying on the products of their zooxanthellae, they should also be fed phytoplankton and zooplankton, mysis shrimp, as well as other products like Coral Feast, Reef Energy, and Amino Acids.