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This echinopora lamellosa chalice is an encrusting aquacultured piece grown right here in our facility. This piece has grown well in captivity preferring moderately high lighting (PAR 80-150) with moderate flow. This can also bring out some orange coloration around the eye!
The genus Echinopora is actually part of the Family Faviidae despite growing and acting like other chalice species.
This species is broadcast fed our live phytoplankton, rotifers and enriched baby brine to ensure it gets proper nutrients. It is best to give this coral space from others as it can put out sweeper tentacles at night.
Echinopora Chalice (Firefly, Hollywood Stunner)
All corals at K&P Aquaculture specified as aquacultured have been tank raised under Aquaillumination and Red Sea LEDs. Our parameters are kept relatively stable using dosing pumps distributing Calcium supplements in the morning and alkalinity supplements at night.
- Salinity 33-35 (specific gravity 1.024-1.026)
- Alkalinity 8.4-9.0
- Calcium 420-440
- Magnesium 1300-1400
- Nitrate 2-4 ppm
- Phosphate Below 0.05
We use UPS Overnight for coral shipment. To minimize the risk of shipping delays we ship on Tuesday or Wednesdays only after contacting you, which we will do via email after Checkout. Your tracking information will also be sent via email as soon as your order has been packaged and delivered to our local UPS location. If you require a shipping day other than Tuesday or Wednesday, please contact us so we can discuss other options. Please note that before we ship any order out we check the weather in our area as well as the weather in your area to ensure livestock travels as safely as possible without delay. However, we do understand that there are always the possibillities of delays so for that reason we cover ANY livestock that arrive dead. All we require is just that pictures are taken and sent to us within 1-2 days of your package arriving.