Chalice Gardens... let's see them!!!

[Macropora]

I bought some clear 1/2" ID pvc. I cut it into 1" lengths, and epoxied these onto the rock structure. My chalices are on frag plugs, and these fit into the pvc pipe. chalices grow out pst the edge. Makes fragging a breeze. And you can move the chalices around for low or light requirements

I have a Miami Hurricane colony 5 inches across that is a plate, and is still movable because it sits on a 1" diameter frag plug on these small pieces of clear PVC.

Great idea!!! Thanks for sharing.

 

[MarvinsReef]

Here is a front/back pic of the MH colony, flash and no flash, and a couple other pics of my chalice tank. Notice the MH colony is all skeleton, besides the frag plug. That is a result of it growing above the rocks on the pieces of pipe. Not necessarily natural looking, but good for fragging, if I ever frag any of my chalices!
Dave

ah... like!!!

thanks for sharing... got a somewhat FTS of all the chalices?

 

[fenderguy1]

Great idea Acroholic!

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Thank you. I've really got to do a fts and built thread cuz I have not seen anyone doing what I am doing. The chalices are in raceways similar to the ones calfo describes in the book of coral propagation (not the long straight raceways that most importers use, same look but with walls to redirect flow instead of pumps, and my tank is 9" deep not 24" like these importers tanks). My tank is so unnatural it looks cool, people come over and are amazed. This system I have been describing is 130g. It took me over a year and a half to conceptualize. There are 5 tanks forming a big waterfall, and three of those tanks are raceways with zero pumps in them. Gravity and the walls that redirect flow is all i've got. I've set a goal of designing a gen 2 system similar but with improvement by today! So I was on here looking for ideas but I ended up giving them out

 

[fenderguy1]

Wow! Get buzy on that build thread lol. That sounds like an amazing setup.

 

[JR's Reef]

Here are some of mine alot are in this area but some are on sand bed and others or rock in other places of the tank.

With flash

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Acroholic: I like your ideas. Thanks for sharing with us

heres some old pics, i don't have a camera at this moment I have made some changes since these pics but you get the idea


Compartmentalized Waterfall Raceway System

here is a standard top down shot of one of my chalices in this system

 

[versach000]

Beautiful guys~!!

 

[CHALICEKEEPER]

LOL, I'm still not convinced that is the best place for it... I may still move it, since it really prefers more light.

I glue them to the rockwork. I don't frag my chalices much (actually, except for a couple large pieces, I never frag my chalices). If I want a frag of one, I glue a frag disc/plug to the edge, and let the coral grow onto it. Once enough has grown, I snap the plug off and cut the connecting tissue. It's not the fastest way to do it, but I never "cut to order" either.

THAT IS WHAT I PLAN ON DOING I LIKE TO SEE THEM GET BIG AND BAD. :tongue:

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

This thread is great! Thanks for the pics guys.

 

[SDguy]

I've got a couple frags I am about to mount, but they are on square plugs. I plan to cut the corners off with my dremel, to at least give them a somewhat more round look. Anyone do this?

 

[inactive]

For Marvin...

Bare with me, new bulbs new cam.. blah I hate it but whatever..

Don't clown or something will RTN in your tank tonight.

 

[JR's Reef]

Very nice kray!

 

[nayrgaijin]

Wow Kraylen those are some nice pieces!!!
Definitely nothing to be ashamed about when it comes to reefing.

What is that super bright red/orange one?!

 

[inactive]

Not sure which one you are barking upon.

 

[Tanked]

Also kraylen is that a aspera

 

[inactive]

Which one are you talking about? Which aspera and which piece?

 

[JR's Reef]

What is that super bright red/orange one?!

Not sure which one you are barking upon.

Think he is talking about the one in the middle of the top pic.

 

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I noticed some people talking about some of the products we make that they use. So I ran to the LFS and took some chalice pics that are mounted to our stuff. Plus they are cool corals so that alone is worth taking pictures.

 

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Some more. These are mostly mounted to our Frag Station Disks and placed into Big Uns. Nice thing about chalices you can push the plug out from the bottom and trim your frag off and put it back. It then regrows the same shape ot the big un. Looks and function all in one.