Description

The mummy eye chalice is an all time classic and grows very well in the the correct conditions. Having a bright green body with ultra red, orange and yellow eyes this piece is sure to be a eye catcher in your reef aquarium. The mother colony was collected at a Ventura Frag swap in 2012. Doc Aquarium uses this coral in most creative custom aquarium designs placing it low on the reef or on secluded rock island in the sand.

Lighting: medium- medium high lighting80-150 PAR.

Flow: low to medium high flow

Care Level: intermediate

Original Location Range: Indonesia, Coral Triangle, South Pacific

Grown in our California coral farm where we provide zero impact corals

Water chemistry: Calcium 400-450, Magnesium 1290-1350, KH 7-9.5, pH 8.1-8.4, Nitrates .01-10, Phosphates .01-.1, salinity 1.026

Temperature Range: 74- 81 Fahrenheit

Attachment: Use disposable gloves, a small flathead sculpting tool, coral glue and coral clippers. In many of our custom aquarium builds we like to use coral glue. It is recommended to try and break off as much of the disk safe enough not to damage the skeletal branch or underside of the coral. We do this by using coral bone cutters. Add a good amount of coral glue to the underside of the coral branch. Prime the reef area you wish to place the coral by smearing the glue onto the rock.  Press the coral disk onto the desired location. It does help to slightly twist, tilt back and forth the coral to help cure the glue. Press it down firmly and use your favorite sculpting tool to clean up and smooth out the excess glue. Be sure the coral is fully secure, the coral should never fall off the reef. Most frags will grow quite large so be a little generous with the glue to withstand the weight of the future coral colony growth. We find it helps using only the extra thick reef glue gel. Be sure to rub a little reef glue onto the reef section and there is enough reef glue on the coral plug to set it securely.

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