Chalice coral growth

[fishy408]

Will these grow outwards without having structure to grow on?

 

[Turkeysammich]

Yes but they will droop and possibly break due to its own weight. They make their own skeleton.

 

[fishy408]

Yes but they will droop and possibly break due to its own weight. They make their own skeleton.

thanks! I couldn't find much online about them. When you see an image of a rainbow chalice they are always on Frag Disks.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Chalices are lower light corals.

 

[BAYMAC]

Will these grow outwards without having structure to grow on?

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IME they will follow the plug vertical surface down to the edge, then start growing outwards. The eventual shape will be like a hat.

 

[dangalang]

 

[Coral reefer]

I’ve seen them grow straight out, droop down, or even go up
I imagine it changes based on conditions and the type of “chalice” since that covers kind of a large group of corals.

 

[fishy408]

I’ve seen them grow straight out, droop down, or even go up
I imagine it changes based on conditions and the type of “chalice” since that covers kind of a large group of corals.

The hollywood stunner grows out nicely imo, the chalices that I have are called rainbow chalices so was wondering on that.

 

[Gudhjem]

The Hollywood Stunner definitely grows outward with no substrate, but it is one of the thin chalices. It's like a potato chip thickness at first. This pattern might not happen for the thicker ones

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[Darkxerox]

This was one I got at the September swap last year vs. June this year. It created a big chalice shape whereas the pink boobies chalice next to it encrusts down into the sand and incorporates it into its skeleton:

 

[tribbitt]

Chalices are a pretty broad group of genera

Many different corals with many growth forms. For chalices you would figure out the genus your piece is first

I just go through the species and compare to online images if the coral isn’t named

 

[fishy408]

This was one I got at the September swap last year vs. June this year. It created a big chalice shape whereas the pink boobies chalice next to it encrusts down into the sand and incorporates it into its skeleton:

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I wish there were a list of which chalices would encrust and which ones would grow out like your examples.