Lighting
50-150 PAR is a starting range; fleshy tissue should expand without paling, stretching, or pulling against skeleton.
LPSIntermediateCare score 6/10
Hollywood Stunner Chalice
Echinopora lamellosa
Hollywood Stunner Chalice care and ID profile for fast plating chalice, thin green plates, fast sweeper reach from thin plating edges, and practical placement decisions for mixed reef compatibility.
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Snapshot
Quick Care Snapshot
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Care score
- 6/10
- Placement
- Low
- PAR range
- 50-150 PAR
- Flow
- Moderate
- Aggression
- High
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Minimum tank age
- 4 months
- Minimum tank size
- 25 gallons
Care note
This entry has low confidence or is marked for expert review. Treat the ranges as conservative starting points and compare them with your own system.
- Trade-name lineage should be verified before implying exact species or provenance.
Images
Reference Photos
Photos are shown only when a source includes reusable license metadata. Always verify appearance against the coral in your own lighting and flow.
Primary reference: Kerryn Johns
Source: Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY 4.0
Photo: Paul Muir
Source: Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY 4.0
Photo: Ryan McMinds / Joe Pollock
Source: Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY 2.0
Ranges
Water Parameters
These ranges are approximate starting points from the coral database and should be adjusted to the stability and history of your system.
- Temperature
- 76-80 F / 24.4-26.7 C
- Salinity
- 1.024-1.026
- Alkalinity
- 8-9.5 dKH
- Calcium
- 400-460 ppm
- Magnesium
- 1250-1400 ppm
- Nitrate
- 2-15 ppm
- Phosphate
- 0.03-0.1 ppm
Care
Care Notes
Flow
moderate indirect flow should move tissue gently without folding it into sharp skeleton or neighbors.
Stability
For Hollywood Stunner Chalice, verify salinity and alkalinity trends before changing placement; repeated moves and direct corrective swings can irritate fleshy tissue.
Variability
Hollywood Stunner Chalice requirements vary by specimen, aquaculture history, shipping stress, and tank maturity; use these ranges as starting points, not guarantees.
Feeding
Feeding
- Benefits from feeding
- Yes
- Food types
- small meaty foods, mysis, LPS pellets
- Frequency
- weekly when feeding response is visible
ID
Identification
Key features
- fast plating chalice
- thin green plates
- long sweeper tentacles
Common colors
- Green
- Purple
Similar coral references
How to tell apart
For Hollywood Stunner Chalice, start with fast plating chalice, thin green plates, and long sweeper tentacles before checking color. Compare it with Chalice Coral and Scroll Coral by looking at corallite walls, polyp shape, tissue inflation, and where recession begins, especially after polyps or tissue are fully extended. Because trade photos can exaggerate color, skeleton shape, polyp layout, and expansion pattern are stronger clues than color alone.
Placement
Compatibility
Compatibility depends on specimen size, flow, growth, aggression, and spacing. Use these references conservatively and watch for contact over time.
Usually compatible with spacing
Use caution near
Avoid close placement with
Spacing recommendation: keep about 6 inches of clearance, then adjust based on extension and neighboring coral response.
Troubleshooting
Common Problems
Use these as troubleshooting checks, not a diagnosis. Symptoms may point to more than one issue.
Hollywood Stunner Chalice fast sweeper reach from thin plating edgesOpen for symptoms, likely causes to check, and practical next steps.
Symptoms that may indicate it
- thin plate edge sends long filaments and neighboring tissue retracts
- Hollywood Stunner Chalice shows less normal extension, inflation, or feeding response than its recent baseline
- changes are localized rather than a confirmed single-cause condition
Likely causes to check
- aggressive growth, underestimated sweeper length, or placement too close to lower-aggression corals
- recent placement, lighting, flow, or chemistry changes affecting Hollywood Stunner Chalice
- possible irritation from neighbors, pests, detritus, or handling depending on the coral group
Quick checks
- check Hollywood Stunner Chalice alkalinity trend and look for nearby stinging contact
- reduce direct flow if tissue is pressed against skeleton
- increase spacing and observe the coral under white light and after lights out
Checklist
Common Mistakes
- give Hollywood Stunner Chalice more space than its daytime plate size suggests
- placing Hollywood Stunner Chalice before confirming fast plating chalice and its spacing needs
- using Hollywood Stunner Chalice color or trade name alone instead of comparing it with Chalice Coral
- changing light, flow, and chemistry together when Hollywood Stunner Chalice looks irritated
- ignoring fleshy tissue protection from direct flow when keeping Hollywood Stunner Chalice
Compare
Similar Corals
Neighbors
Compatible Corals
These corals are usually compatible with spacing, observation, and stable conditions. This is not a guarantee.
Usually compatible with spacing
Favia
Dipsastraea spp. / Favia spp.
- Category
- LPS
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Aggression
- Moderate
Usually compatible with spacing
Favites
Favites spp.
- Category
- LPS
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Aggression
- Moderate
Usually compatible with spacing
Brain Coral
Trachyphyllia spp. / Lobophyllia spp. / Platygyra spp.
- Category
- LPS
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Aggression
- Moderate
FAQs
FAQs
Is Hollywood Stunner Chalice beginner friendly?
Hollywood Stunner Chalice is better treated as intermediate because placement, flow, feeding response, or aggression can vary by specimen.
Where should Hollywood Stunner Chalice be placed?
Start Hollywood Stunner Chalice low in the tank or on the sand/low rockwork when its tissue form allows it. Use 50-150 PAR and moderate flow as a starting point, then adjust from tissue extension, color, and nearby coral response.
Should I target feed Hollywood Stunner Chalice?
Hollywood Stunner Chalice may benefit from careful target feeding with small meaty foods, mysis, and LPS pellets. Use the listed frequency as a starting point: weekly when feeding response is visible. Feed only when the coral accepts food and avoid forcing food into stressed tissue.
Can Hollywood Stunner Chalice touch other corals?
Give Hollywood Stunner Chalice about 6 inches of clearance as a starting point. Its database aggression level is High. Use caution near Acan Coral, Blastomussa, and Candy Cane Coral. Avoid close placement with Zoanthids, Mushroom Coral, and Acropora. Compatibility is not a guarantee, so check contact points as colonies expand.
What should I check if Hollywood Stunner Chalice looks stressed?
Use this as a troubleshooting check. For Hollywood Stunner Chalice, thin plate edge sends long filaments and neighboring tissue retracts and Hollywood Stunner Chalice shows less normal extension, inflation, or feeding response than its recent baseline can indicate Hollywood Stunner Chalice fast sweeper reach from thin plating edges. Likely causes to check include aggressive growth, underestimated sweeper length, or placement too close to lower-aggression corals and recent placement, lighting, flow, or chemistry changes affecting Hollywood Stunner Chalice. Start with these database checks: check Hollywood Stunner Chalice alkalinity trend and look for nearby stinging contact and reduce direct flow if tissue is pressed against skeleton.
What stability issue matters most for Hollywood Stunner Chalice?
For Hollywood Stunner Chalice, verify salinity and alkalinity trends before changing placement; repeated moves and direct corrective swings can irritate fleshy tissue. The database lists 4 months as the minimum tank age and 25 gallons as the minimum tank size. For LPS-style care, protect fleshy tissue from repeated moves, direct flow, and abrupt chemistry corrections.
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