Acanthastrea echinata orange eye Candy Cane Its unique light pink coloration

Its unique light pink coloration and blue to lilac tips is unique among Acropora and it really shines under broad daylight spectrum lighting

They don’t require lighting as intense as many stony corals do and they have a high tolerance for dissolved organic material

Its structure is more thicker set than the average stage formation and is slower growing

The Hollywood stunner Chalice Coral is an LPS coral from a family formally called Pectiniidae

Feeding: Relies on zooxanthellae and plankton

Acanthastrea echinata orange eye Candy Cane Its unique light pink colorationAcanthastrea echinata orange eye Acanthastrea echinata, are commonly known as acans or the starry cup coral. This species of coral is in the family Lobophylliidae. Acans are a wide ranging species found from the western Indian Ocean, throughout the Pacific Ocean, and eastward to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It can inhabit any reef habitat to depths of 50 m. It is a hungry coral that does benifit from night feeding and a little nutrient in the reef