biggest home grown chalice you've got?!?

[MarvinsReef]

the past 2-3 years have been good for chalice collectors... frags are getting somewhat cheaper than they use to, so that's good for all the frag collectors... anyway, just wanted to find out what's your biggest home grown chalice? how big / how many eyes was it when you got it? pls post a progression shot and how long it took to get to where it's at... this should be a good thread...


Original ME Progression...


07-09-08

11-20-08

02-18-09, we fragged it a few weeks after... unfortunately, lost most of the frags...

08-18-09, starting over in the 110g...

10-30-09

11-28-09, fully encrusting a 3" round disks and still on a growth spurt... yAy!!!

 

[cobraz]

Wow very nice Marvin...
Why are there different versions of this guy... I have seen them very green with orange eyes and others just green with red eyes.. is it lighting or variations ?

 

[MarvinsReef]

Wow very nice Marvin...
Why are there different versions of this guy... I have seen them very green with orange eyes and others just green with red eyes.. is it lighting or variations ?

Thank...

for the Orig ME, the more light you give it, the more the inner part becomes orang'ish... mine have always been on the sand bed so it stays pretty green for me... I tried to shade a little when I had it on the 28g but I noticed that it didn't expand as much as the part being lit...

see pic below... upper right side shaded...

 

[Darren]

Here is my MH from about a month ago. Grown more since then. That is a quarter for reference....

 

[MarvinsReef]

very nice Darren... I know you've grown a few other LE's... do you have any progression pics of them?

also, how big was the MH when you first got it? and how long did it take for it to get that big?

 

[SDguy]

My orig ME has grown well:

 

[Joezreef]

I have a bubblegum chalice 12" across!

 

[fenderguy1]

I have a bubblegum chalice 12" across!

No pic no proof

 

[hlam420]

Here's my OME

 

[MarvinsReef]

No pic no proof

+1...


Peter, can you put a time stamp on the progression? thanks...


Pls DoN'T FoRGET ThE TiME StAMP...

 

[Joezreef]

sorry for the bad pictures they are from first of summer

 

[SDguy]

+1...


Peter, can you put a time stamp on the progression? thanks...


Pls DoN'T FoRGET ThE TiME StAMP...

Sorry, I don't have access to that at work. Gonna have to edit the post once I search my files at home

 

[MarvinsReef]

Sorry, I don't have access to that at work. Gonna have to edit the post once I search my files at home

no prob Peter... Thanks...

 

[Keiki]

I would love to see the huge BGM. It must be awsome.
What kind of flow do you have on them? Mine dont grow that fast. Do you direct feed them often?

 

[GHOST]

When I got it

And now

 

[MarvinsReef]

bump...

I know you guys can grow chalices... :hammer:

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Marvin, that is awesome! What are you feeding yours?
Thanks, Dave

 

[MarvinsReef]

Marvin, that is awesome! What are you feeding yours?
Thanks, Dave

I don't spot feed my corals, except the brains... but maybe the chalices benefit from the spot feeding by catching the stray left overs.... when I do spot feed the brains, it's formula 2 and/or Arctic pods...

 

[fenderguy1]

Edit. I couldt find a before pic

 

[impur]

I'll play

1" frag