Gold mouth green rim chalice?

R6REEFER · Feb 8, 2016

Hey guys,

My wife was up at the LFS and could not pass up this gem for my valentine's day gift. I'm working overnight so I haven't seen it in person, she just sent me this pic. 90% of me wants to say it's a chalice, the other 10% is thinking maybe an echi? What do you guys think? It has alot of the same characteristics as my golden eye watermelon chalice. Anyone want to take a swing at it? Whatever it is I assume $30 bucks was a decent steal as they didn't know what it was

Shep · Feb 8, 2016

I would say acan based off of the patterns around the eyes.

Tom Blevins · Feb 8, 2016

echinata? I am more of a stick head but thought I would give my 2 cents, I would be concerned about all the stuff around the plug.

R6REEFER · Feb 8, 2016

Tom Blevins said:
echinata? I am more of a stick head but thought I would give my 2 cents, I would be concerned about all the stuff around the plug.

I was thinking maybe echi but looking at flesh textures it looks more like a chalice. The echi's and acans have similar textures and polyps, I'll be able to tell for sure when it's feeding time. The head placement doesn't look like acan though.

R6REEFER · Feb 8, 2016

She is sending more pics shortly and I will upload as they come!

Shep · Feb 8, 2016

Here is a random acan echi pic, if you look you can see how similar the patterns and textures are to your pic

ngvu1 · Feb 8, 2016

You hit the grand price! I am not talking about the coral, don't care much about that chalice or enchinata

; What is a better gift than a wife giving a reefer dude corals on valentines day!!!!!

R6REEFER said:
Hey guys,

My wife was up at the LFS and could not pass up this gem for my valentine's day gift. I'm working overnight so I haven't seen it in person, she just sent me this pic. 90% of me wants to say it's a chalice, the other 10% is thinking maybe an echi? What do you guys think? It has alot of the same characteristics as my golden eye watermelon chalice. Anyone want to take a swing at it? Whatever it is I assume $30 bucks was a decent steal as they didn't know what it was

tj w · Feb 8, 2016

Shep said:
Here is a random acan echi pic, if you look you can see how similar the patterns and textures are to your pic

+1 on this

R6REEFER · Feb 8, 2016

Shep said:
Here is a random acan echi pic, if you look you can see how similar the patterns and textures are to your pic

That does look quite similar. I have never owned an echi or acan so it was hard for me to tell.

R6REEFER · Feb 8, 2016

ngvu1 said:
You hit the grand price! I am not talking about the coral, don't care much about that chalice or enchinata ; What is a better gift than a wife giving a reefer dude corals on valentines day!!!!!

Lol you ain't lying, she's a keeper!

R6REEFER · Feb 8, 2016

Don't worry, my hermits will take care of that HA.

Shep · Feb 8, 2016

R6REEFER said:
Don't worry, my hermits will take care of that HA.

That is an acan for sure, beautiful coral. Make sure you give it enough room, they do NOT play well with others.

Tab28 · Feb 9, 2016

Agree with all post it is an enchinata and it hates all other corals except echinatas. They will attack any other acan or coral within 3" of itself. Not too many corals survive an echinata attack. They are beautiful corals but not like neighbors.

evolved · Feb 9, 2016

Shep, you posted an acan, but not echinata - that's acanthastrea rotundoflora.

The OPs coral is an acanthastrea echinata.

Shep · Feb 9, 2016

evolved said:
Shep, you posted an acan, but not echinata - that's acanthastrea rotundoflora.

The OPs coral is an acanthastrea echinata.

SOrry about that, just grabbed a random google image, should have looked closer.

PedroYoung · Feb 10, 2016

Cool pic showing how aggressive these guys are. Not my pic, I leave PLENTY of room around mine. Love these corals.

R6REEFER · Feb 10, 2016

Tab28 said:
Agree with all post it is an enchinata and it hates all other corals except echinatas. They will attack any other acan or coral within 3" of itself. Not too many corals survive an echinata attack. They are beautiful corals but not like neighbors.

Thank you for the heads up, I had it by my bubblegum monster, that would have enraged me!