🍊🔥🪸 “Ktar Orenji” Chalice – Colony
WYSIWYG Specimen – Ultra Orange Chalice with Neon Eyes
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Aggressive (sweeper tentacles at night)
Colour Form: The “Ktar Orenji” Chalice displays a blazing orange base with contrasting neon eyes that glow intensely under actinic lighting. Under blue spectrum, the eyes radiate electric green to yellow fluorescence, while the orange tissue ignites into a deep molten glow. Under balanced white lighting, the coral reveals rich tangerine, burnt orange and copper tones with sharply defined eye structures across the surface.
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Pectiniidae (Echinophyllia sp.)
Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 50–120)
Water Flow: Low to Moderate, indirect
Placement: Lower reef, shaded to moderate light zones
Type: WYSIWYG Colony
🧬 Overview
The “Ktar Orenji” Chalice is a high-impact LPS coral prized for its intense orange coloration and glowing contrasting eyes. Its encrusting growth pattern spreads across rock surfaces, forming a vibrant, textured plate that evolves over time.
Under actinic lighting, this coral becomes a true showpiece, with the neon eyes creating a dramatic contrast against the fiery orange base. The layered skeletal structure and subtle ridges add depth and dimension, enhancing its visual complexity.
As the colony grows, new eyes develop across the surface, increasing both density and visual intensity.
🧾 WYSIWYG
You will receive the exact colony shown in the photo, selected for colour saturation, eye definition and overall health.
Selected for:
• Intense orange base coloration
• Bright fluorescent neon eyes
• Strong contrast and pattern definition
• Healthy encrusting growth structure
• High visual impact under blue lighting
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Chalice corals benefit from both photosynthesis and supplemental feeding.
Recommended feeding occasionally:
• Mysis shrimp or finely chopped foods
• LPS pellets
• Target feeding at night when feeding tentacles extend
📈 Optimal Parameters
Parameter | Ideal Range
Alkalinity (dKH) | 7.5–8.5
Calcium (Ca) | 420–450 ppm
Magnesium (Mg) | 1300–1400 ppm
Nitrate (NO₃) | 5–15 ppm
Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.03–0.10 ppm
📍 Placement
Place in lower light areas with gentle, indirect flow. Allow space from neighbouring corals, as chalices can extend sweeper tentacles, especially at night.
🍊 “Ktar Orenji” Chalice
Molten orange intensity with piercing neon eyes — a bold encrusting chalice that delivers colour, contrast and collector-level presence.