Mystery Coral - Have no idea.

[jessikarabbit]

We went to our LFS today and picked a nice ricordea mushroom from the frag tank. I was curious about another frag in there, and I dont think he was sure what it was. Anyway, he gave it to us for free and I was wondering if anyone knew what this may be. There are two pictures both taken under the same light. Excuse the poor quality as it was taken with my iphone.

 

[Steven R]

i do believe it is a chalice

 

[turbo21]

looks like a chalice to me. could be a diamond in the rough.

give it low light and low flow and you can try to feed mysis once a day to help it recover( just looks a little beat up)

bob

 

[kschweer]

i do believe it is a chalice

+1^

 

[BillyC]

A rainbow chalice in disguise.

 

[jessikarabbit]

Thanks for the input! I have it in a higher place in my tank right now, so I will movie it to a lower ledge close to a cave. I hope it makes it through!

 

[jessikarabbit]

Our chalice is eating, but I am having trouble keeping the mysis on it. We turn off our wave maker but the current from the return pump pushes it away. Any suggestions?

 

[FishLipz]

Try making a little feeding dome from the top of a soda bottle. Just cut off the top off the bottle so it's large enough to cover your coral. Set it over the coral and use a turkey baster to drop the mysis in through the hole where the cap is. I have to do it because the vultures in my tank won't leave any food untouched.

 

[Mstansbery]

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