Getting first Chalice--HELP
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+1.... place it low to acclimate it, most chalices prefer low diffused/shaded light to color up nicely, especially if you have MH lighting, also low/moderate current..make sure to post a picture of it
Its a green bodied purple rimmed with white polyps, he also has a chunk of alien eyes that I might grab too depending on how it looks. Nothing special just wanting to get into them without dropping huge cash on the big namers.
oceanparadise1
The Coral Dudes
dont move it!!!!! when i was moving mine all around it didnt like it and would retrack and show lots of skeleton! once i found it a home it has more then doubled in size in less then 3 months
Pitcom
Not Reef Safe
I have never seemed to have good luck with chalice corals. I keep them on the sand bed and they seem to just bleach and recede after a few months. I never get any growth out of them. I'm totally jealous of the awesome chalice corals and growth i see on the site.
this is what has happened to me recently. they dont die right away but the skeleton shows and recedes slowly and never really extends
the thing is ive had chalices in the past and had great success but now i just havent been able to keep it goin
Have you guys tried treating with interceptor?? Seems to help with recession
coral88
Hobbyist for now
I think if you really want chalices you don't need as much light. I had one in my sps tank on the bottom. I was only running 4 of my 8 T5s and only one was a white bulb the chalice was starting to fade. I moved it to a tank with a 50/50 PC and 2 T5 actinics. It looked better in a matter of days and is still doing just fine. I do think although I have not tried that more actinic than white light may do a lot for the color of most chalices. In my frag tank that seems like I may never get finished I have 3 blue and one white. I'm thinking of changing the one white (ATI 12K) to a 50/50.
Pitcom
Not Reef Safe
Thanks for posting this link. I had a very nice orange sherbert that one day just melted in half and turned white. A couple days later my tubs alien eye and tubs blue started the same thing. I had the sherbert for over a year and it was doing very well. The only thing that i changed in the system was i added 3 frags of aussie acans, one of which has completely bleached out on me for no reason. I have some interceptor handy and think I'm gonna do a dose.
Yep those aussie acans have the black bugs i have seen them. I remember when the aussie craze just started i did get a lot of my micros receeded but didn't get to save them. If i only knew about the interceptor then. Haven't had any problems for like 6 months now. But always good to have the knowledge incase it happens again. Make sure you take out your inverts.
Pics!
Green with Purple Rim
Blue with orange/yellow eyes
Then there is this guy, my personnal favorite.
Does anyone know if any of these are named? I know that the last one came from SniperSPS originally. Hope you all enjoy them, I do. Sorry my camera work sucks.
Green with Purple Rim
Blue with orange/yellow eyes
Then there is this guy, my personnal favorite.
Does anyone know if any of these are named? I know that the last one came from SniperSPS originally. Hope you all enjoy them, I do. Sorry my camera work sucks.
