Tangerine Tornado Chalice

Tangerine Tornado Chalice, Echinophyllia sp., is a large polyp stony coral known for its encrusting to plating growth form, textured tissue, and colorful feeding eyes. This WYSIWYG frag features a rich tangerine-orange body with darker speckling, warm golden highlights, and orange-red eyes that create a bold, high-contrast chalice appearance under reef lighting. Echinophyllia chalice corals are prized by reef hobbyists for their vivid color, compact growth, and ability to become standout accent pieces in lower to mid-level reef placements. Care Guide: Echinophyllia sp. chalice corals generally do best in low to moderate lighting and low to moderate indirect water flow. Avoid intense lighting at first, as chalices can bleach or recede if moved too quickly into high PAR; start lower in the aquarium and acclimate slowly. Give this coral space from neighboring corals because chalices may extend sweeper tentacles and sting nearby tissue. Maintain stable alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, salinity, and temperature. This coral is photosynthetic but benefits from occasional target feeding with small meaty foods or quality LPS coral foods when feeding tentacles are visible.