Introduction to Chalice Coral Care

?Chalice Corals are some of the most well known Large Polyp Stony (LPS) corals out there! They come from several different countries in the central Indo-Pacific region, where they are usually found on shallow reefs. “Chalice” is a broad name…

Candy Corals 11+ Color “Prismatic Chaos” Contends For Rainbow Chalice Grand Title

In the past, Reef Builders has shown off many top-tier chalice corals. Notable examples are Rainbow Road, Ludicrous, Splatoon, and Fruit Salad. While each of these chalices is stellar in their own right, when you compare them to Candy Corals…

Fruit Salad Chalice Coral Looking Sweet at Nick’s Aquarium

The Fruit Salad Chalice Coral from Cairns Marine remains one of the most eye-catching, memorable corals we’ve ever covered. Jake Adams first wrote about it back in 2021 but the wholesaler procured at least two more, both of which ended…

Crazy Ludicrous Chalice in the wild!

Once in a while, you come across a coral during a dive, and you can’t not share it with everyone. This was the case during an exploration dive in the south of Sumba. Exposed, high swell, cold up-wellings, everyone was…

Watermelon Chalice is a stunning coral

While diving in North Sulawesi, we came across a fantastic small colony of Oxypora lacera, the Watermelon Chalice. While this color morph is quite common in Australia, it’s quite rare in Indonesia. The perfect red colony color, with a green…

CDU’s Gucci Chalice features every color of the rainbow

Think of a Rainbow chalice and you’ll probably picture an Asian Bugatti or Jelly Bean, but the Australian Rainbow Chalices coming out of Queensland display color and patternation on a whole other level. This “Gucci” Chalice collected by Corals Down…

The Nishi Chalice, Echinomorpha nishihiroi, is One Rare Coral

Words like that are used to describe the relative abundance of corals like ‘rare’ have all but lost any meaning in the aquarium hobby because it gets thrown around so much. But if there’s one holy grail coral species among all…

A Multilevel Display for Shrooms, Chalices and Anemones [Video]

In our latest video we showed off the new incarnation of our Mode retail rack system which has been an integral part of the Reef Builders Studio for several years now. The multitiered aquarium system was initially purposed as a…

Confused Moseleya Grew Like a Chalice Coral

Of all the coral species that can make us rubberneck at a reef aquarium conference we have to admit that Moseleya is rarely able to elicit that kind of response. Save for few exceptions the honeycomb-shaped moon coral is almost…

Ultimate Mycedium Chalice Corals Spotted in Indonesia

We love to photograph Mycedium under water – Mycedium elephantotus is probably one of the most photogenic corals because it always exhibit a variety of bright colors on the same colony with contrasting mouths. During a diving trip in central…