Silly but serious question

[Wick3d_1]

Do chalice corals truly encrust? I want to get a ceramic reef safe skull and put a rainbow chalice on it to hopefully fully encrust it. (Cheesy I know but I love the look of encrusted reef sculptures). Thanks

 

[nanonøkk]

by truly do you mean do they attach their full skeleton to it or do they hover encrust over it like this is what you mean because they do both


edit just came up with a better example picture two

 

[Wick3d_1]

Fully attach to it. Not plate out like montis do. Similar to the way Leptos do.

 

[nanonøkk]

Fully attach to it. Not plate out like montis do. Similar to the way Leptos do.

ok well then your awnser would be both unless you get a really well fitted chalice coral frag that is flush enough for it to do that

 

[Shirak]

I think it would depend greatly on the type of chalice you got as there are 4 or 5 different genera of 'chalice' corals.

 

[Wick3d_1]

I kinda figured that. I just haven't found any of the other encrusting corals that I really like. I'm unsure of what kind of chalice the frag I was looking at is. It's a tiny piece of no name but gorgeous. So, there's no way to know until it grows out.

 

[Shirak]

I kinda figured that. I just haven't found any of the other encrusting corals that I really like. I'm unsure of what kind of chalice the frag I was looking at is. It's a tiny piece of no name but gorgeous. So, there's no way to know until it grows out.

Do you have a picture? So if you put it on top of the skull it will either grow nicely all over the surface or will make a nice sombrero for your sculpture

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Chalice corals grow in cup formations i believe. They will encrust and attack and start to grow in a round cup formation. Hths
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

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