Watermelon Chalice
Echinophyllia, a chalice. Intermediate to keep, typical PAR 50–120, low to moderate flow.
A look, not a line. It names a colour or grade, so unrelated corals can carry it.
Collector tier: uncommon, where the trade ranks it from common through grail. In stock at 10 surveyed shops on 2026-10-19.
Bright PINK body with green corallites and a green trim around the growing edge, which is the whole metaphor: pink flesh, green rind. Some blue often sits in the background.
Before you buy one
A descriptive name rather than a lineage, so several unrelated chalices carry it, and the named variants run both ways round: Jayda's is pink with a green mouth, Bubblegum is green with a pink mouth. Judge the actual piece. Note the direction especially against a Mummy Eye, which is the reverse arrangement and was originally sold as a reverse watermelon; this entry had the two describing the same coral until it was checked.
Keeping chalices
Low light and gentle flow, where nothing can sweep it. Watermelon Chalice is intermediate to keep at a typical PAR of 50–120 in low to moderate flow. A typical starting range for this type of coral, not measured on this one.
What Watermelon Chalice goes for
No verified sales yet. A range publishes once 3 dated, checkable records from 3 different sources exist, priced per frag and reported as a median, with what shops ask kept separate from what buyers paid. One frag is a single cut on a plug, whatever its exact size. Colonies, mini colonies and mother stock are excluded rather than averaged in. Nothing on this page is for sale. Shops are typically asking $37 to $80 per frag, median $60, across 10 shops surveyed on 2026-10-19; the full sweep ran $25 to $130. Asking prices are what sellers want, not what buyers paid. On 2026-10-19 it was in stock at 10 surveyed shops: cherrycorals.com, coralscoral.com, discountcoral.com, northstarcoral.com, pacificeastaquaculture.com, palmettoreef.com, and 4 more.