(Echinophyllia sp.)
Description:
The Jack O’ Lantern Chalice is a standout LPS coral that lights up your reef with a fiery orange base, radiating yellow streaks, and hypnotic neon green eyes. Under actinic or blue LED lighting, its textured ridges and fluorescent pigments create a bold, glowing contrast — making it a must-have for collectors or anyone building a high-colour LPS display.
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✅ Features:
🔸 Intense pumpkin-orange base with glowing green eyes
🔸 Encrusting growth form — great for shaping rockscape edges
🔸 Unique texture with bold visual impact under blues
🔸 Rare and highly sought-after collector piece
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💡 Lighting & Placement:
• Lighting: Moderate (PAR 80–120) – too much light may fade colours
• Flow: Low to moderate – enough to prevent detritus, but not harsh
• Placement: Lower rockwork or sandbed for optimal colour and health
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Coral Care:
• Care Level: Moderate
• Growth Rate: Medium
• Type: LPS Coral (Chalice – Echinophyllia sp.)
• Feeding: Responds well to target feeding (reef roids, mysis, coral foods)
• Compatibility: Reef-safe, but allow space — may have sweeper tentacles
Description:
This eye-catching Chalice coral showcases glowing orange mouths scattered across a smooth, encrusting base of deep violet and blue. Under actinic lighting, the contrast intensifies — creating a molten glow effect that makes this piece a fiery gem in any LPS display or collector frag rack.
Features:
Multiple bright orange mouths
Smooth violet-to-blue tissue with radiant glow under blues
Classic encrusting Chalice growth pattern
Ideal for LPS collectors and colourful accent spots
Lighting & Placement:
• Thrives under low to moderate PAR lighting (100–200 PAR)
• Prefers low to moderate flow to prevent tissue recession
• Best placed on flat rockwork or frag tiles with room to spread
Care Level: Moderate
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Type: LPS Coral – Chalice (Echinophyllia or Oxypora sp.
Description:
This eye-catching Chalice coral showcases glowing orange mouths scattered across a smooth, encrusting base of deep violet and blue. Under actinic lighting, the contrast intensifies — creating a molten glow effect that makes this piece a fiery gem in any LPS display or collector frag rack.
Features:
Multiple bright orange mouths
Smooth violet-to-blue tissue with radiant glow under blues
Classic encrusting Chalice growth pattern
Ideal for LPS collectors and colourful accent spots
Lighting & Placement:
• Thrives under low to moderate PAR lighting (100–200 PAR)
• Prefers low to moderate flow to prevent tissue recession
• Best placed on flat rockwork or frag tiles with room to spread
Care Level: Moderate
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Type: LPS Coral – Chalice (Echinophyllia or Oxypora sp.
Description:
This eye-catching Chalice coral showcases glowing orange mouths scattered across a smooth, encrusting base of deep violet and blue. Under actinic lighting, the contrast intensifies — creating a molten glow effect that makes this piece a fiery gem in any LPS display or collector frag rack.
Features:
Multiple bright orange mouths
Smooth violet-to-blue tissue with radiant glow under blues
Classic encrusting Chalice growth pattern
Ideal for LPS collectors and colourful accent spots
Lighting & Placement:
• Thrives under low to moderate PAR lighting (100–200 PAR)
• Prefers low to moderate flow to prevent tissue recession
• Best placed on flat rockwork or frag tiles with room to spread
Care Level: Moderate
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Type: LPS Coral – Chalice (Echinophyllia or Oxypora sp.
Description:
This eye-catching Chalice coral showcases glowing orange mouths scattered across a smooth, encrusting base of deep violet and blue. Under actinic lighting, the contrast intensifies — creating a molten glow effect that makes this piece a fiery gem in any LPS display or collector frag rack.
Features:
Multiple bright orange mouths
Smooth violet-to-blue tissue with radiant glow under blues
Classic encrusting Chalice growth pattern
Ideal for LPS collectors and colourful accent spots
Lighting & Placement:
• Thrives under low to moderate PAR lighting (100–200 PAR)
• Prefers low to moderate flow to prevent tissue recession
• Best placed on flat rockwork or frag tiles with room to spread
Care Level: Moderate
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Type: LPS Coral – Chalice (Echinophyllia or Oxypora sp.
Description:
This eye-catching Chalice coral showcases glowing orange mouths scattered across a smooth, encrusting base of deep violet and blue. Under actinic lighting, the contrast intensifies — creating a molten glow effect that makes this piece a fiery gem in any LPS display or collector frag rack.
Features:
Multiple bright orange mouths
Smooth violet-to-blue tissue with radiant glow under blues
Classic encrusting Chalice growth pattern
Ideal for LPS collectors and colourful accent spots
Lighting & Placement:
• Thrives under low to moderate PAR lighting (100–200 PAR)
• Prefers low to moderate flow to prevent tissue recession
• Best placed on flat rockwork or frag tiles with room to spread
Care Level: Moderate
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Type: LPS Coral – Chalice (Echinophyllia or Oxypora sp.
Description:
This Chalice coral boasts a smooth, encrusting growth form with a rich dusty rose-to-lavender tissue tone. A few central mouths are visible, with faint glowing edges and an almost halo-like fluorescence under actinic light. This one has more subtle coloration, making it perfect for a mellow contrast to brighter pieces in a mixed LPS display.
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Key ID Traits:
• Smooth, gently ridged encrusting body
• A few subtle mouths, spaced far apart
• Hints of violet-blue fluorescence under actinic/UV
• Tissue is dense and velvety, not bubbly or polyp-dominated
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Lighting & Flow:
• Low to medium light (100–150 PAR)
• Low to moderate flow — too much can damage the thin tissue
• Give it space — Chalices often have long sweeper tentacles at night
Type: LPS Coral – Echinophyllia sp.
Care: Moderate
Growth: Slow
Description:
This Chalice coral boasts a smooth, encrusting growth form with a rich dusty rose-to-lavender tissue tone. A few central mouths are visible, with faint glowing edges and an almost halo-like fluorescence under actinic light. This one has more subtle coloration, making it perfect for a mellow contrast to brighter pieces in a mixed LPS display.
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Key ID Traits:
• Smooth, gently ridged encrusting body
• A few subtle mouths, spaced far apart
• Hints of violet-blue fluorescence under actinic/UV
• Tissue is dense and velvety, not bubbly or polyp-dominated
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Lighting & Flow:
• Low to medium light (100–150 PAR)
• Low to moderate flow — too much can damage the thin tissue
• Give it space — Chalices often have long sweeper tentacles at night
Type: LPS Coral – Echinophyllia sp.
Care: Moderate
Growth: Slow