🔹 Sunrise Mist Chalice
Echinophyllia sp. (Pale Orange & Green)
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Semi-Aggressive
Colour Form: Soft orange base with pale green marbling and highlights. Under actinic or blue-dominant lighting, the green fluoresces gently while the orange takes on a misty glow, giving this chalice a subtle yet elegant appearance.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–12, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Pectiniidae
Lighting: Low to moderate (intense light may wash out the pastel tones)
Supplements: Calcium, Magnesium, Trace Elements, Amino Acids
Water Flow: Low to moderate — gentle currents to preserve delicate tissue
Placement: Lower reef zones with stable substrate or rock base
🧬 Overview
The Sunrise Mist Chalice is a pastel-toned morph that blends soft orange and pale green for a refined, understated beauty. Unlike high-contrast chalices, this coral offers a calmer colour palette that glows subtly under reef lighting. Perfect for aquarists who want a unique, tranquil centrepiece with soft fluorescent accents.
🍽️ Feeding & Care
While largely photosynthetic, chalices thrive with weekly target feedings of reef roids, coral pellets, or fine meaty foods. Feeding enhances polyp extension, maintains pastel colour intensity, and supports steady encrusting growth.
📈 Optimal Parameters
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Alkalinity (dKH): 8–12
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Calcium (Ca): 420–460 ppm
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Magnesium (Mg): 1250–1350 ppm
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Nitrate (NO₃): 2–10 ppm
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Phosphate (PO₄): 0.02–0.08 ppm
📍 Placement
Best kept in shaded or low-light areas of the reef, on sandbed or lower rockwork. Provide space away from other corals to avoid aggression from sweeper tentacles.
📸 Important Note
The photos shown are examples of the coral’s colour and form. You will receive a frag of the same morph, fully healed and similar in appearance, though natural variations occur between specimens.