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AC Rainbow Explosion Chalice
An Addicting Corals Original
AC Rainbow Explosion Chalice Limited Edition LPS Stony. Addicting Corals Colony Image.
Perhaps the ultimate Melting Point type of chalice with a wide range of pigment splotches.
Surface contains pink, orange, red and turquoise blue. Very dark almost black spots can occur.
Small surface bumps can be colored whitish cream on their upper surfaces.
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A rainbow colored Melting Pot type of chalice is the best way to describe the AC Rainbow Explosion Chalice. There appears to be 4 primary pigment colors for the melting pot splotches. Orange, red, pink and turquoise blue. In the upper image there also appears to be additional yellow or golden pigment along the left edge. Some small areas of the surface can develop very dark almost black spots to tiny splotches. Small rough bumps occur in radiating rays from the corallite and these bumps can appear more creamish in coloration.

The AC Rainbow Explosion Chalice was discovered and acquired by Nick at Addicting Corals. Nick believes this melting pot type of chalice will actually produce colorful fragments even at small sizes. The first edition below is an example of the typical small fragment the AC Rainbow Explosion can produce when growing. This appears to be a low light and low to moderate water current chalice. It was imported about two months ago near the end of spring 2011. Cut ends had healed and started new growth on the main seed section.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this coral for Reeffarmers.com in a 130 gallon Raceway Gyre BiZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a semi-cryptic zone and a reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive weak to moderate light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. The first edition fragment of this coral was auctioned at the 2011 IE-CFM Coral Show.

AC Rainbow Explosion Chalice Limited Edition LPS Stony. Addicting Corals Closeup Image.
This closeup image shows the wide variety of corallite pigment patterns that can develop.
The corallite in the center bottom area contains orange, pink, red and turquoise blue.
The corallite on the center right edge contains pink and orange with small bumps colored creamish.
The corallite in the upper right corner is mostly turquoise blue with orange and pink splotches.
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AC Rainbow Explosion Chalice Limited Edition LPS Stony. Reeffarmers First Edition Image.
This is the actual Reeffarmers First Edition fragment with about 2 1/2 corallite eyes.
Section on the left is primarily pink while the section on the right is turquoise blue.
A small area on the right end is primarily pink. Fragment maximum length is 1 inch.
 Image Copyright © 2011 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2011 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
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