Chalice growth

[leewish]

Any suggestions on how to get a chalice to grow faster? I love this piece. Had it for a year and has not grown. Lost 1/2 to it being stung.

 

[Garia666]

Amazing peace ! Tagging along
Do you feed the polyps?

If not I would suggest

 

[leewish]

Always just broadcast fed. May try target. Ty

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Keeping stable alk and 400 cal will promote stony coral growth.
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[leewish]

Keeping stable alk and 400 cal will promote stony coral growth.
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That I have. Even have trident and keep it stable. My other chalice and my sps grow well.

 

[BVF]

My Bubblegum Monster chalice was stalled out for 6 months. It seemed like it wouldn’t spread off the plug, but was adding mouths. One day my goby snarfed a bunch of food off it and took most of the flesh with it. I moved it to a safe place to recover for a couple weeks, and then reglued it back in place.
Within a couple weeks it had spread off the plug and now it’s taking off. I do feed it nearly every day (Mysis shrimp and LRS Reef Frenzy) and give It plenty of time to eat. Good luck, yours is a very colorful one.

 

[nano reef]

How do you

My Bubblegum Monster chalice was stalled out for 6 months. It seemed like it wouldn’t spread off the plug, but was adding mouths. One day my goby snarfed a bunch of food off it and took most of the flesh with it. I moved it to a safe place to recover for a couple weeks, and then reglued it back in place.
Within a couple weeks it had spread off the plug and now it’s taking off. I do feed it nearly every day (Mysis shrimp and LRS Reef Frenzy) and give It plenty of time to eat. Good luck, yours is a very colorful one.

feed a chalice? I never saw them eat! Can you visually see it eat or does it just soak into the flesh or what? i have never noticed any feeding activity with mine

 

[PeterC99]

What’s your pH?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

How do you


feed a chalice? I never saw them eat! Can you visually see it eat or does it just soak into the flesh or what? i have never noticed any feeding activity with mine

Turn off all the pumps, feed the fish first, and then target feed some mysis or other meaty food to the chalice, as close to a mouth as possible. Do what you need to to keep the fish from taking the food, and just watch . It's a neat thing to see!

 

[EakTheFreak]

I actually never thought to feed a chalice until coming on to R2R to read about Raja Rampage. After starting to target feed it Reefroids and LRS broken up it seems to grow a new mouth every couple days!!

Stability is still the king but feeding has absolutely accelerated its growth!

The next chalice I want is Jelly Bean Favia

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I actually never thought to feed a chalice until coming on to R2R to read about Raja Rampage. After starting to target feed it Reefroids and LRS broken up it seems to grow a new mouth every couple days!!

Stability is still the king but feeding has absolutely accelerated its growth!

The next chalice I want is Jelly Bean Favia

That's a "favia", not a chalice

 

[EakTheFreak]

That's a "favia", not a chalice

That’s what I meant, but similar looking growth pattern correct? I called it a favia lol just called it wrong before that

 

[iquitreef]

Any suggestions on how to get a chalice to grow faster? I love this piece. Had it for a year and has not grown. Lost 1/2 to it being stung.

Very nice!!