Solar Fusion Chalice

🧡💛 Solar Fusion Chalice
Echinophyllia sp. – Orange & Gold Fusion Colony

🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Semi-aggressive (can sting nearby corals)
Colour Form: A radiant blend of molten orange and metallic gold spreading across rippled, encrusting plates. The colony glows with fiery brilliance under actinic or blue lighting, with gold flecks shimmering like sunlight on lava. Its textured surface catches every shimmer of light, creating a hypnotic depth that changes with the current and angle of view.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–11, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Pectiniidae
Lighting: Moderate
Water Flow: Gentle, indirect
Placement: Lower rockwork or sandbed

🧬 Overview
The Solar Fusion Chalice is a collector’s masterpiece — a living canvas of orange fire and golden light. This Echinophyllia colony embodies everything that makes chalices extraordinary: glowing pigment, dimensional texture, and luxurious fluorescence.

Its orange-and-gold fusion creates an effect reminiscent of molten sunlight captured in coral form, making it an unforgettable centrepiece for any LPS or mixed reef.

🍽️ Care & Feeding
While photosynthetic, Echinophyllia thrives with supplemental feeding 1–2 times per week. Offer Reef Roids, Coral Dust, or finely minced Mysis for optimal tissue expansion and colour depth. Maintain stable trace elements (manganese, iron, and potassium) for enhanced fluorescence and skeletal growth.

📈 Optimal Parameters

📍 Placement
Place in low-flow, moderate-light areas where its folds and ridges can fully expand. Avoid contact with aggressive neighbours — chalices possess powerful sweeper tentacles when defending territory.

🧡💛 Solar Fusion Chalice
A molten masterpiece — where orange flame and golden light fuse in a living display of pure reef luxury.