- Name:
Hollywood Stunner Chalice
(View AKA's) - Family: Pectiniidae
- Species: Echinophyllia
- Scientific Name: Echinophyllia aspera
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Difficult
Care Level
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Aggressive
Temperament
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Medium
Light
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Very Slow
Waterflow
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Middle
Placement
- 77.2
Temp (Temperature)
- 7.89
pH (pH)
- NAN
NH3-4 (Ammonia)
- 20
NO3 (Nitrate)
- 0.1
PO4 (Phosphate)
- 6
AT (Alkalinity)
- 420
Ca (Calcium)
- 1350
Mg (Magnesium)
- 1.025
SG (Salinity)
- NAN
ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential)
General info about Hollywood Stunner Chalice
In general, species from Echinophyllia has an encrusting growth where their colonies can form folds or cups. The corallites that are located at the middle are usually elevated with warty bumps. The color of their mouth usually has a different color from their fleshy body.
For the Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia, they are predominatly colored blue with green mouth. This are the water parameters for cultivating Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia:
- Calcium: 380 - 430 ppm
- Alkalinity: 3.2 - 4.8 MEQ/L
- Phosphates: 0
- Magnesium: 1200 - 1350
- Strontium: 8 - 10
- Temperature: 74° - 82° F (23° - 27° C)
- Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.023 - 1.025
Hollywood Stunner Chalice Diet & Nutrition
The Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia gets much of its nutrition from the symbiotic zooxanthellae living within their tissues. However, we still recommend you do supplemental feeding by adding mysis and brine shrimp.
Fragging / Propagating Hollywood Stunner Chalice
A mature tank is recommended in cultivating Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia. They are highly adaptive that it can grow and encrust any surface, including the glass component of your tank.
Flow / Lighting Requirements for Hollywood Stunner Chalice
The Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia requires moderate lighting and low to moderate waterflow. If they are exposed to strong waterflow, their tentacles wiill not go out, which in turn, will deprive them from feeding.
Parasites & Diseases that Affect Hollywood Stunner Chalice
The Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia are prone to brown jelly infection, especially if water conditions are not met and maintained.
Hollywood Stunner Chalice Origin
The Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia can be found in the waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Caution Should be Taken with Hollywood Stunner Chalice
The Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia has an aggressive behavior. Therefore, proper spacing must be maintained with regards to nearby corals.
How to Acclimate Hollywood Stunner Chalice
The Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia are purely marine, therefore, salinity must be maintained thoroughly at 1.023 to 1.025 specific gravity.
Stinging Tentacles on Hollywood Stunner Chalice
The tentacles of the Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia are classfied as sweeper tentacles where it can extend, invade and sting nearby corals.
Original Detail
| Name | Species | Family | Scientific Name | More Detail | Added by |
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| Hollywood Stunner Chalice | Echinophyllia | Pectiniidae | Echinophyllia aspera | In general, species from Echinophyllia has an encrusting growth where their colonies can form folds or cups. The corallites that are located at the middle are usually elevated with warty bumps. The color of their mouth usually has a different color from their fleshy body. For the Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia, they are predominatly colored blue with green mouth. This are the water parameters for cultivating Hollywood Stunner Chalice Echinophyllia:
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