The Green Chalice Coral (Echinopora sp. or Oxypora sp.) is a classic, hardy Large Polyp Stony (LPS) coral valued for its bold, metallic green coloration and impressive encrusting-to-plating growth form. It features a smooth or textured, paper-thin tissue skeleton painted in brilliant neon-to-emerald green, studded with distinct, slightly raised corallites that often flash contrasting pale green, white, or turquoise mouths.
Coloration: Vibrant neon-green, emerald, or metallic mint-green tissue base, accented by bright green, pale turquoise, or white corallite centers.
Growth Pattern: Encrusting and Plating (starts by laying a thin tissue base over rockwork before developing wide, overlapping horizontal plates or delicate scroll-like tiering).WYSIWYG.
Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 75–150).
Water Flow: Low to Moderate (Gentle, indirect sweeping current).
Feeding: LPS prey-capturing; extends delicate sweeper tentacles at night to catch micro-plankton, Artemia, fine particulate feeds, or liquid aminos.
Aggressiveness: Aggressive (produces long, thin nocturnal sweeper tentacles that will sting nearby corals).
Care Level: Easy to Moderate (One of the hardiest chalice varieties, making it an excellent entry point into Pectiniidae and Scleractinia LPS).
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