Help identifying chalice and possible bleaching

PlayaDelReefer

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I'm new to the hobby and picked up this chalice coral three days ago (in addition to a few other frags) from a LFS. I know there are many types of chalice and needed help identifying mine.

I also noticed a a reddish/white ring near the base of the coral. I'm worried it might be bleaching already. I'm running two starfires at low intensity (20% white, 40% blue) for 8-9 hours to acclimate and my parameters are all okay otherwise (SG: 1.023, pH: 8.08, Ca: 380, Alk: 10, Mg: 1200).

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The redish white ring you are describing is probably the growth rim... unless it looks receding like the coral flesh is coming off the skeleton.

Careful placing corals near that... they send out some pretty long stingers.
 
Thanks for the ID. The flesh doesn't look like it's receding and I definitely don't see any part of the skeleton. I'll continue monitoring it in the hopes that it's indeed a growth rim. Thanks for the help!
 
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