The Chalice (Oxypora sp.) is very easy to maintain, making it a very good choice for a beginner coral keepers. Being a hardy species, it can be grown in high to low light environments. This Chalice grows best exhibiting its brightest colors under moderate to high light. It features long sweeper tentacles that can sting the neighboring corals, therefore keeping the other corals at a distance is recommended.

The Chalice should be placed horizontally in areas of low to medium and water movement. It is known to have both the habit of encrusting when placed other corals as well as a plating habit when housed in an open areas. It benefits from small pieces of meaty marine foods, such as baby brine shrimp, Cyclop-eeze, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. Addition supplements of calcium, strontium, and other trace element to the water column is also proved beneficial for its continued good health.