A new #NameTheChalice contest for 2017, sponsored by Carolina Aquatics and CORAL Magazine.
Learn more about the unique new Chalice Coral imported by Carolina Aquatics, and be sure to read the official rules and then submit your entry in the comments section of this page. UPDATE – Note, this contest is now closed. Learn more about the winner here.
No-Name Chalice Echinophyllia sp.
Excerpt from CORAL Magazine
May/June, 2017
With the vast growth of the reef aquarium trade, one could argue that number of corals unknown to aquarists is rapidly diminishing. Still, once in a while, a new variety is discovered that will stop even the most seasoned coral hoarder in their tracks. Such is the case with the latest introduction from Carolina Aquatics, a saltwater livestock wholesaler based in Kernersville, North Carolina.
Kris Cline, founder and president of Carolina Aquatics, reports that they received only two of these corals. When sharing first images of the coral, Cline simply quipped, “This one is going to be HOT, I think.” First impressions are everything, and reactions from everyone who has caught a glimpse of this photograph decisively support Cline’s assessment of this new chalice coral.
Looks can be deceiving; this mother colony is roughly 4″ (10 cm) across.
Some immediate responses:
“Holy Hell, that’s absolutely nuts. I’ve never seen anything remotely like that.”
“Now that is astonishing. Ohmigawd Dept!”
“Oh my freakin’ god. Holy —- …have you ever seen anything like that? That’s one to hold and culture!!!”
We even passed this image along to Jason Fox, a CORAL Visions contributor who’s well known for his taste in exceptional coral morphs. Fox perhaps offered the most restrained response, noting “I’ve seen this type of chalice from Indonesia, but not with as crazy a pattern as the one pictured.”
The new unnamed Chalice Coral variant hails from Jakarta, and arrived at Carolina Aquatics late 2016. Only two distinct colonies, both visually identical, were received, and were presumed to be the same coral. What makes this coral even more interesting is that it didn’t always appear this mind-blowing; looking back at the original images from the coral exporter, this Chalice may have simply started out as a relatively unassuming reddish variety with chartreuse coralites and only small splashes of differing color. But now, the coral is a jaw-dropper.
While Carolina Aquatics is not known specifically for culturing corals, this variety instantly earned tank space for limited, select propagation. One of the two specimens has been reserved intact, while the second was fragmented in late February, 2017. The frags have since healed and are showing signs of slow growth. All the specimens are currently being housed under T5 lighting.
Several frags of the new chalice coral growing out at Carolina Aquatics.
Carolina Aquatics expects to start offering cultivated frags exclusively to their wholesale customers in limited numbers in the coming months, but this coral needs a unique trade name. Following the successful “crowd naming” of the Toxic Zebra Chalice for A&M Aquatics back in 2015, CORAL Magazine readers are invited to post their suggestions, and Carolina Aquatics is ready to show its appreciation.
The aquarist who supplies the name chosen will receive a frag of the new coral, compliments of Carolina Aquatics. Shipping to continental U.S. (lower 48 states) only. New for this edition of our #namethechalice contest, Kris Cline has offered a social media challenge prize, which CORAL Magazine will also match. See contest rules below:
Carolina Aquatics sells wholesale only to the aquarium trade.
GRAND PRIZE
A single (1) Chalice Coral Frag of the currently unnamed variety – or – A Three-Year Subscription to CORAL Magazine
(Frag Shipping only to an address in the continental U.S. [lower 48 states])
Three Runners-Up
One-year Digital Subscription to CORAL Magazine
(Available to all entrants)
The grand prize winner shall have his/her choice of prize.
OFFICIAL RULES
1] The #NameTheChalice contest is open to everyone except contributors, advertisers, and staff of CORAL Magazine, Reef to Rainforest Media, LLC, along with employees of Carolina Aquatics and its subsidiaries, as well as the immediate families of all the aforementioned.
2] The live no-name chalice coral frag prize option will be shipped only to an address in the continental U.S. (lower 48 states).
3] To enter, you must comment on this page with your proposed name for the no-name chalice coral cultivar. Entrants must include a valid email address in the email field, required for contacting the selected winner. In the event that the winner cannot be contacted, no prizes will be awarded to any other participant. CORAL / Reef to Rainforest Media, LLC, is not responsible for entries not received / marked as spam on Reef2Rainforest.com; be sure your comment is in public view.
4] Deadline for entries is 11:59 PM EST, May 31st, 2017.
5] One winning name will be selected from all entries by Carolina Aquatics. Three runners-up will be chosen by the editors of CORAL Magazine. Winners will be announced on this website.
6] In the event that there are multiple identical/duplicate submissions of the winning name, only the first person to have submitted the name will be eligible to receive the prize. All comments are time-stamped and saved by the website software for accurate determinations.
7] Shipment of the live coral prize to the winner is handled by Carolina Aquatics. Given the exclusive nature of this coral, no guarantees of live arrival or subsequent survival are made by CORAL, Reef To Rainforest, or Carolina Aquatics.
8] In the event that the prize becomes unavailable due to circumstances beyond the control of Carolina Aquatics, a similar, comparable frag of the same chalice coral will be furnished by Carolina Aquatics.
9] Any and all applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner(s).
BONUS PRIZES
If the official contest announcement post made by CORAL Magazine on the CORAL Magazine Facebook page is shared from the CORAL Facebook page by 500 individual fans by 11:59 PM EST, May 31st, 2017, a second grand prize winner will be selected.
SHARE THIS POST -> https://www.facebook.com/coralmagazine/photos/rpp.44893992766/10155267581197767/?type=3&theater
The rules and availability of the second prizes are the same as the initial PRIZES listed above; either a single (1) Chalice Coral Frag as outlined above, or a second (3) Three-year Print + Digital subscription to CORAL Magazine, will be offered to the bonus-prize winner. The winner of the bonus prize will be selected by Carolina Aquatics as the 2nd-choice, a runner-up, from all the name entries submitted on this page.
We’re looking forward to your entries!
Coat of many Colors
“Cotton Candy Combustion” Chalice (Echinophyllia sp.) 2017 #Namethechalice
Turquoise Harambe
“Sky Blue Lightning” Chalice 2017 #namethechalice
“Fractured Reality” Chalice
2017 #Namethechalice
fruity pebbles
kaleidoscope
Unicorn Bliss Chalice
Kaleidoscope Chalice
holy grail
fractal
Stained Glass Chalice
Rainbow bright or rainbow bliss I also thought of mirrored reflection chalice
Sistine Chapel
Pop Rox Chalice
mosaïque de calice
psychoactive
carnival dust
interstellar
Shattered Rainbow Chalice Coral
Unicorn flame chalice … #namethechalice
Shattered Dreams Chalice
Stain glass chalice
Stained glass chalice
Shattered stained glass chalice
Prismatic Iris Chalice (Echiniophyllia sp.) #NameTheChalice
-Iris is the Greek goddess of rainbows and messages, and would be a pretty cool name for a coral.
-I am Iris, an eighth grader at Mill Springs Academy. We have a marine lab here at our school which focuses on coral propagation. We would be honored to receive a sample of this beautiful chalice coral.
Smashed Sky Glass Chalice Coral
Broken Sky and Glass Chalice Coral
fairy dust
cumulonimbus chalice… the type of cloud most lightning originates from… say it 5 times fast it just rolls off the tongue. Seriously like one of the hardest words in the English language to say. So you should name it that just to screw with people
Shattered stained glass
Pharaoh’s Prism
“Spalted Rainbow” chalice… absolutely beautiful!
Clines Mosaic
Interstellar Minagerie
It should be called ultimate rainbow unicorn
Picasso’s Panty Dropper
Shattered Sonic Bliss
Or just sonic bliss
Da vinci’s palette
Guardians of the galaxy chalice
Infinity stone chalice
Doctor strange chalice
Aliens palatte
God’s church chalice
cryovolcanic
cryptovolcanic
cryptovolcanic
Mind blown chalice
Rainbows and volcanos chalice
Final fantasy chalice
dark matter
Elemental chalice
Oden’s chalice
Anti-matter chalice
Antigravity chalice
Purple lamborghini chalice
Fountain of youth chalice
Trolls chalice
Birthstone chalice
photovoltaic
Frog in a Blender
Spock’s Brain
singularity
Picasso’s Dandruff
Fractured atlas chalice
Rainbow Granite Chalice.
Van Gogh’s lightning unicorn
Or Van Gogh’ s unicorn lightning
Mindfreak Picasso Chalice
Acid Drop Picasso
CA Jakartice
Lost Marbles
Augmented reality
auroras rainbow
“Holy Mosaic” chalice
Bifröst
The bridge Oden and Thor use to cross galaxies.
Oil spill chalice
Keep those great entries coming, and don’t forget to do the Facebook share to unlock the bonus Grand Prize!
How many entry names can each user enter? I see many people inputting multiple names in hopes of increasing their chances at winning.
Chris, whether you input 1 name or 100 names, only one name is going to actually be chosen. So it’s not about quantity, it’s about quality!
Stained glass Chalice
Carolina Cotton Crack
Carolina Cotton Crush
Sea Glass
Majestic Vector chalice
CA Jakarta Dream.
CA Crushed Ice
CA Dreams May Come
Soulshine chalice.
Stained-glass chalice. Just keep it simple and descriptive.
Jigsaw Puzzle Chalice
Or Jigsaw Chalice
Mystic Mosaic Chalice
Smurf Puke Chalice
Terrazzo Chalice
Ocean Opal or Ocean Opal Mosaic
Sapphire Sea Opal.
Psychedelic Terrazzo Chalice
That moment when you realize Julian sprung decided to comment
Great name! And not just b/c this is from Julian.
Gaudí chalice for Antoni Gaudí the master architect and his mosaic designs
Heaven’s Stained Glass Chalice
Blue Mosaic Chalice #namethechalice
“Cotton Candy” Chalice
“Prism” Chalice
Celestial Roadmap Chalice
“Crayola Crayon” Chalice
“Jolly Rancher” Chalice
Mosaic Masterpiece #namethechalice
Grossmünster chalice
Named after the Grossmünster Cathedral in Switzerland.
Mosaic chalice
Krakatoa Mosaic
Jakarta’s Krazy Kaleidoscope Chalice
Paleo Puke
Prism shard
Topographi
Pemetaan
penggambaran peta
Cartographic dream
Puzzle me blue
Tears of a clown
Gospel Mosaic
The “Tesla Coral” or “Tesla Chalice”
Geode slice
Utopian shard
Super Kaleidoscope
Break The Glass
Easter Egg
Color Me Cracked
Bubble gum ice cream
Rainbow sherbet
Jakarta opal oasis chalice
Gem Jam Coral
“Breccia Chalice” or “Rainbow Breccia Chalice”. Breccia is a type of rock that looks the same, look it up online for pictures!
Holy Terrazzo Batman! Chalice Coral — with a bow to Julian Sprung and Colin Clarkson who used the word “Terrazzo” earlier
Cathedral
Dr who Chalice
Rainbow Granite Chalice
PsychoMeteoric Chalice
WET DREAMS CHALICE
Mosaic Chalice
Mosaic tile chalice
Dark Opal Chalice
Turquoise dream
Marbled Solar Explosion Chalice
Tye-Dye Acid Trip Chalice
Fly Eye Hallucination
Shattered Dreams
Crazy Crumble
Jakarta petrified Wood
Carolina Confetti
Jakarta opal
Opalucination chalice
Cerulean burst.
Enter the matrix chalice
Liquid jazz chalice
Challucination
Sea Glass
Mosaic chalice
Monet’s Masterpiece Chalice
Bejeweled
Mindstorm Mosaic chalice
Picassos Timepiece
Picasso’s Highway
Polychromatic kaleidoscope chalice
Indo opalesence chalice
Tiffany Chalice
Marbled chalice
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Collage chalice
Grand Mosaic Chalice
Mosaic Chalice
Woodstock Chalice
Kaleidoscope Dream Chalice
Dreamscape
Refracted Light Chalice
Marbled Dream
Mosaic Dream
Color Collage Chalice
Color War
jaw dropper
anti-gravity
CERN Collider
CERN Accelerator
Psychedelic Marble Chalice
Psychedelic Marbles Chalice
Mosaic Minefield
Acid Eater Chalice
Blue dream
It’s the stained Glass chalice.
Oceans and Flamingos
Nuclear Kaleidescope Chalice
Mosaic
Ruptured rainbow
Illusions #namethechalis
Unicorn Sprinkles
Unicorns Dream
Unicorn because it’s so rare, sprinkles for obvious reasons, dream as an option as we all know unicorns dream in vivid color.
Inception Chalice
Dream within a Dream
Dreamscape
Both here play on the dream in a dream from Inception movie as this coral is truly a dream.
Dazed and Confused – This coral is obviously confused as to what color it’s supposed to be.
Euphoric Visions – visions of color causing euphoria
Rapture – The splitting of the colors in this chalice
Mosaic hand of God chalice
Broken stained glass Or
Easter bunnys revenge.
LSD Chalice
Toxic Flyover
It’s obvious. The name is Mosaic. It describes exactly what it is and it’s easy to remember and evokes a feeling of high-end class.
Triton’s Cathedral
Galaxy chalice
Colors granite chalice
Beach Glass
Road to Atlantis Chalice
Saltwater Taffy
Unicorn poop
Tropical Marble
Toxic Bubblegum
Shattered Dreams
Electric Slide
Starfire Nebula Chalice
Dazed and Confused
Picasso’s Patchwork Prism Chalice or Patchwork Prism Chalice
Minotaurs Maze
In a galaxy far, far away chalice.
Cuz that’s where is from!
LAETUS
Toxic Picasso
Jesus’ Tears
Glass galaxy
Patches McChaliceface
The name I’ve chosen refers to the windows designed by Sigmund Polke for Grossmunster Church.
The “Magnificent Tapestry” Chalice
The Color Maze Chalice.
The Tessellated Chalice.
“Raja Ampat’s Salvation” Chalice
The Tessellated Chalice.
“RTR” chalice
“Space Eye View” because it looks like earth pics from space! #namethatchalice
Turquoise
Rainbow Mosaic Chalice
Velvet Elvis
Insane Aerial Terrain
space glimpse
Quantum Flux
rainphyllia Chalice
First Flight Chalice
Unicorn Fragguccino Chalice
Reminds me of that crazed Starbucks drink Unicorn Frappuccino
Pumapunku
Staycation
Riviera
Champagne Vinaigrette
Picasso
” Into Space “
Outta This World
Transept Rose Chalice
gemstone mosaic chalice
Pop Rox Chalice
Picasso’s Dream
Fruity Pebbles Chalice
Mosaic
Picasso’s Mosaic Explosion
Picasso’s Technicolor Dream
O’Keeffe’s Stainglass
Holy Grail Chalice
Clown Confetti
Kaleidoscope Chalice
Tessellation Tumbler
Message
Kaleidoscope chalice
Polka pop chalice
Crackling acid trip
God’s Rainbow Chalice
Carolina Stained Glass Chalice
Carolina Mosaic Chalice
“Marble Mosaic”
#namethatchalice
Rainbow Mirage Chalice
Pink quartz
Petrographic Chalice.
Google petrographic or thin section and tell me this chalice is not a dead ringer!
Carolina Psychedelic Punch chalice
Stained glass chalice
Stained seaglass chalice
Mermaids Dream
Mosaic Meteorite Chalice
Cathedral chalice. Looks like the most intriquite stained glass from any cathedral ever created
Mosaic Brain Splatter Chalice
Brain Splatter Chalice
Stand glass
Cracked Stained Glass Chalice
Phycho Cathedral
Dragons loot
Web of dreams chalice
The Emporer’s Chalice
Poseidon’s Soul Chalice
“Colors in Chaos” Chalice
Mosaic Tile Chalice
Leonardo Da Vinci
Grayson’s Bib
THE Chartres Chalice
https://www.google.com/search?q=chartres+cathedral+stained+glass&oq=Chartres+Cathedral&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0j5j0.2500j0j4&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=8o9UMfbcA4NS4M:
The Fuchsia Chalice!
The Cubist
Unicorn Vomit
“Opal Coral”. Simple, when I first saw it, I thought of the colors of an Opal
Crown Jewel Chalice
Bollywood Chalice
Nebulous Chalice
Starry Night Chalice
“Rainbow Metamorpha” chalice
Rainbow Metamorphic Chalice
Rainbow Breccia Chalice
Hypnotic Mirage Chalice
Reckless Rangoli Chalice
Hypnotic Drift Chalice
” The Mosaic Masterpiece”
My 8 yr old insisted on putting his suggestions in as well:
Magical Chessboard Chalice
Flower Petal Art Chalice
Radioactive Ambition Chalice
Razzle Dazzle Chalice
” Tesla’s Trance ”
” Time Traveler ”
” 9 th Wonder”
Michaelangelo’s drape
1. Magicians marble. 2. Clines illusion . 3. Clines menagerie . 4. Socerers stone . 5. Easter egg madness . 6. 50 shades of coral.
Fractured Nebula
Pandoras Box chalice
stained glass mosaic chalice
Labradorite chalice, Opal chalice, Tourmaline chalice.
Glass art Chalice
Atomic Marble chalice
Zombie Blood chalice
Meteor chalice
Meteor chalice Black opal chalice
Ego’s Beauty Chalice
Pandora’s web chalice
Venus’ web chalice
Disco streamer
Gemstone Glory Chalice
Disco Screamer Chalice
Primordial Ooze Chalice
Acid Flash Chalice
Neon Nursery Chalice [cause of blue and pink]
King’s Cup
Prehistoric Pop Art Chalice
Prismatic Spray Chalice
Rock God Chalice
Monty’s Grail Chalice
The Fred Flinstone
A Girl’s Favoriite Stone
Mental Mine Runoff
Toxic delta
Monsanto/GMO Space Monster
CA Carolina Lowcountry love
Rainbow puddle chalice
Psychedelic Ant-farm
Opaline oil slick
Land O Lakes Chalice
Toxic fly over
Mental mine spill
Carolina Lowland love
GMO’s from space
Psychedelic Ant farm
radical rice paddy
Stained glass chalice, patchwork chalice, Picasso’s chalice, the graphic chalice, sea glass chalice
Pompeii’s mosaic chalice, Pompeii chalice, mosaic madness chalice, mosaic marvel chalice
Psychedelic Mosaic Chalice
Unicorn Poop
Unicorn Barf
Shattered Vase
Shards of Stained Glass
Picasso Meets Warhal
OMFG Chalice
Reefstar chalice
Nuclear wasteland
Gumdrop chalice
Trippy chalice
City lights chalice
Northern lights chalice
Aurora borechalice
“Shattered Dream” Chalice
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Unicorn blood
Fairy Fart
Pixie Soul
The “Snap-Crackle-Pop” Chalice.
The Bonzo Jak Chalice.
Mind rape challice
“Reefer Madness” Chalice
Rainbow rice paddy
Mystic Marble Chalice
The eye of God chalice
Stained glass chalice
LSD (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds)
Rainpora
Kings plate
Or
Royal plate
Psilocybin Dreams Chalice
Gram Stained Brain Chalice
Carolina Confetti Chalice
Joseph’s Technicolor Dream Chalice
Jesus Christ Super Chalice
70s Housecoat Chalice
Grandma’s Blouse Chalice
Universal Quilt Chalice
Mind of Yahweh Chalice
Hallelujah Chalice
Atheist’s Quandary Chalice
Gram’s Stained Glass Chalice (get it? Gram stain….)
Van Gogh’s Broken Dream Chalice
“The Mosaic Madness Chalice”
“Legen… wait for it… dary Chalice”
“Legendary Chalice”
Dragonfly chalice
” Aura” Chalice.
Broken Pane
PHOENIX FIRE, because it rose from the red amber!!!
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION.
Grand Prismatic Chalice
kaleidoscope chalice cause thats what you see when you look int a kaleidoscope
My daughter came up with the name Fraggle Rock, it completely looks like it!
Pandora
Lucid nightmare
Peanut butter jelly time
Tidal pools
Batik Challice
Lost At Sea
Hidden Treasure
Treasure Chest
Lost In Space
Marbled Ice
Shattered Dreams Chalice
Hallucinogenic Marbled Chalice
Psychotomimetic Marbled Chalice / Chalice of Resplendence / Prismatic Marbled Chalice / Hey, I want that Chalice / I’ll steal that in your sleep Chalice
Joseph’s dreamcoat
Rainbow rice farm
Albert Hofmann´s chalice.
Carolina Tar Batter Chalice
Everlasting Gobstopper
Carolina Rainbow Rocks
Quantum distortion chalice
Trix chalice
Melting pot chalice
Trix on acid chalice
All the colors chalice (ATC chalice)
I would name the chalice: Spirited rainbow
CA’s Rainbow Widow Web Chalice
Thaumas’ Hidden Treasure Chalice
Pontus’ Color Palate Chalice
Pontus’ Shattered Palate Chalice
Thaumus & Pontus were Gods of the sea… Thaumus – God of the wonders of the sea & Pontus was the primeval God of the sea and presided over the seas, fish & other sea creatures.
Verry Garcia Chalice
Carolina Kaleidoscope…
Quilted Dreams Chalice
United Polyps of Jakarta
Warhols Dream Chalice
Leonid’s Pallet Chalice
Patchwork Prizm Chalice
Stained Glass Menagerie Chalice
Mind Maze Chalice
Psychedelic Mind Maze
CA’s Look At Me Now! Chalice
No Point of No Return Chalice
Unicorn Thoughts Chalice
Am I Green? Chalice
Flamboyant Rainbow Chalice
Symbiotic Rainbow Mayhem Chalice
Psychedelicology Chalice
Looks like we’ve just hit the deadline for entries! Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry. We’ll have an update soon!