Chalice in a Biocube?

[PicassoClown04]

What all display tanks do you currently have?

Salt- 20 peninsula, 25 lagoon, 45 lagoon

Fresh- 10 planted crystal shrimp breeder, 10 planted betta fish, 210 arowana + etc big red fish, 90 planted grow out for fish destined for the 210 so they don’t get eaten by the arowana

 

[Galliente]

I have been offered a beautiful chalice frag from a friend. Obviously I don't want to accept it unless I can provide for its needs. According to Than at Tidal Gardens chalices need about 100 PAR lighting. I have a stock 32 LED Biocube and don't have a PAR meter nor access to one at a LFS. I currently have thriving LPS and softies. Has any had success (thrive, not survive) with a chalice in a stock LED Biocube? Appreciate and suggestions and/or advice.

Here is what I found from someone who used a par meter on a stock biocube .

 

[SaltFishTV]

I have chalices flourishing in my BioCube! I saw upwards of 300 PAR!
I also made a PAR measurement video here:

 

[Galliente]

Great video. I'm with you. I never understood all the hate with the stock lights. The natural go to was never try other lights. I grew sps in my biocube as well. Monti/ birdsnest. Etc.

My complaint was about the white intensity on the stock lights not their ability. Seemed to wash out some fluorescence over time.

 

[mdb_talon]

Chalices are very forgiving of wide ranges of par in my experience. They seem to have a sweet spot for color/growth to be ideal, but will grow in wide range.

I actually had a miami hurricane chalice that a torch fell on overnight(stupid turbo snail homewreckers). The chalice was pretty much a goner i dipped it in iodine but almost all flesh flesh was gone, so gave it zero chance of survival.l and tossed it in sump with rubble cause it was on a decent sized rock. Weeks later i noticed it was alive and very bleached out but growing. Had been surviving on spillover red light from refugium chamber!

 

[CavalierReef]

Great video. I'm with you. I never understood all the hate with the stock lights. The natural go to was never try other lights. I grew sps in my biocube as well. Monti/ birdsnest. Etc.

My complaint was about the white intensity on the stock lights not their ability. Seemed to wash out some fluorescence over time.

Thanks for the video. My 32 Biocube is 9 months old and hammers, frogspawn have done well. I now have pipe organ and candycane on the sand growing and healthy. I also have a birdsnest that was on death's door from a fellow reefer and it has recovered and is growing within 2 months in my tank. And of course xenia growing to worrisome proportions. But I still don't have that chalice.

 

[SaltFishTV]

Great video. I'm with you. I never understood all the hate with the stock lights. The natural go to was never try other lights. I grew sps in my biocube as well. Monti/ birdsnest. Etc.

My complaint was about the white intensity on the stock lights not their ability. Seemed to wash out some fluorescence over time.

That’s true

Thanks for the video. My 32 Biocube is 9 months old and hammers, frogspawn have done well. I now have pipe organ and candycane on the sand growing and healthy. I also have a birdsnest that was on death's door from a fellow reefer and it has recovered and is growing within 2 months in my tank. And of course xenia growing to worrisome proportions. But I still don't have that chalice.

Looks awesome!!

 

[CavalierReef]

That’s true

Looks awesome!!

If my lights are on, my blues are on. Seems the "washed out" issue is less intense. Still I have some coral which will never have the fluorescent quality they had in the dealer's tank unless I change the lighting.

 

[Galliente]

If my lights are on, my blues are on. Seems the "washed out" issue is less intense. Still I have some coral which will never have the fluorescent quality they had in the dealer's tank unless I change the lighting.

100 % agree I had my white on only 7 hrs blue the rest. A month after upgrading corals started to pick up the colors again

 

[SaltFishTV]

If my lights are on, my blues are on. Seems the "washed out" issue is less intense. Still I have some coral which will never have the fluorescent quality they had in the dealer's tank unless I change the lighting.

100 % agree I had my white on only 7 hrs blue the rest. A month after upgrading corals started to pick up the colors again

Yeah, spectrum does play a big role in coloration to include many other factors, but for stock it ain’t all too bad.