Chalice, Do NOT Grow List...who has em'
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SD you should name it then. How about Icy Mars Mountains or Mars`s Ice Mountain?
CoralBandit
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IMO chalices like most corals need to be properly healed once fragged. Once a coral is stressed one of the worst things you can do is change the environment it was originally acclimated to (pre-fragging). Also you can get them to grow but they need the proper [Ca/Mg/Alk] and more importantly keeping consistent [Ca/Mg/Alk]. Another key is not moving them around in your tank when you introduce them. Shifting corals around, sand on them from gobies etc. seems to stress them considerably. Hope I could help... Also a dip in Lugols couldnt hurt incase the tissue is getting burned by the O2 produced by the zoanthellae. Sometimes this happens when LPS are introduced to intense light after being stressed. Hope I can help
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Seriously, would you delete posts on this thread?
I thought Moderation was used only if profanity, threats, rascism or the like was used, not a thread simply getting a bit off topic in a friendly manner.
Dave
Dave, I think he was asking to be polite if the original poster would like some of the off topic remarks to be deleted so people could follow it and answer the original question. The mods here do not rule with an iron fist, they let a lot go that you could not get by with in a lot of other forums. Even when there are arguments they usually let it go until it starts to get out of hand and then they will step in.
They all grow too slow but that is part of the challenge of this hobby that keeps me so interested.
Sikryd
hmm...Sweet!
Its funny how that works.
Same with the prices. If the prices weren't high and the most colorful ones were abundant - NO ONE WOULD WANT THEM. Its how it works. Soon you won't be able to sell zoo's for more than $20 a frag/mini-colony because everyone has them and they literally grow like weeks. Its the cyclical nature of things.
A lot of the people made about the price - including me sometimes - is because I want a piece and don't have the funds or choose not to allocate x-amount of money for it.
The slowest grower/receder has to be Girl-X
I know I posted two chalices before but those are not the only ones I own. I do have also a bubble gum (no lineage) a tyree Lamellosa (just purchased a week ago ) i couldn't tell you the growth on it yet. (hope this thread is still around then) and lastly I have a cotton candy for the last six months. Dim. 1" across and 2" long and the only growth I saw was the sides got covered or grew over I should say. So is that good for six months?
agreed!!!!!
CoralBandit
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yea chalices grow slow thats why the hefty PR tag. Also the increasing price has to be attributed to the exponential amount of people joining the hobby daily!!! its crazy and it makes economic sense, If I were you all instead of complaining about the prices I would invest all your worthless stock market money and invest it in $500 colonies worth 5,000 the best return there is anymore in any market.
westcoastreefer
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Yeah, I have to agree 100%. I notice a lot of my chalices that comes from Aussie seems to be very slower grower and loses its color. Won't die...but just does not hold up color well. Any secrets on that anyone. I have them in low light under 250 w xm 20k with 78-80 degree temp. Any suggestion?
experiment a bit...maybe give them higher light to see if that will get the colors to pop
