Melting Pot Lighting

[Ultimateaquariums]

What type of lighting does the Melting Pot Chalice like best? (High, low, or in between.) Does anybody have a piece large enough to know

 

[Texas]

I have one in a 29 biocube under a 150 sunpod and the other is on the bottom under 2 250 and 4 T5'S.Seem to color up under lower light.It seems to be a fast grower.

 

[SaraB]

I know that it got its colors in the photo under T5 lighting. I only have MH, so mine is not as colorful.

 

[143gadgets]

Not trying to stir the pot, but I've seen it under T5s and MH and it's not that
impressive. Looked nothing like the photo. I'm pretty sure the photo was an actinic pic. Don't get me wrong. It was nice, but not a must have under daylights. Maybe I'm wrong or the one I saw was just under average conditions, but I have yet to see a pic or frag in person to change my opinion.

 

[Hypertek99]

Every pic that i have seen of it looks like a plain red chalice to me. Everyone always use the stock pic so they can sell it for high price. I hope you didn't pay $$$ for it as it doesn't impress me either until i acutally see a pic of a frag that has more color than red. I posted a thread awhile ago about it asking if people that have it can post pics and no one was willing to post a pic it seems like. I guess they don't want to lose that pride that they paid high dollars for a piece that acutally isn't all colorful like the pic.

 

[AquaWorldPSC]

When it grows bigger it will start to develop all the different colored pigments. Our mini colony started to get some blue, green, and some red. I will try to post a picture our computer at the store has a virus and can't get the pictures off of it.

 

[AquaWorldPSC]

Oh and we keep it under very low light conditions like 160 par. (halides)

Oh and did everything in your shipment come in okay?

 

[Hypertek99]

UltimateAquariums can you post a pic of your frag?

 

[AquaWorldPSC]

Every pic that i have seen of it looks like a plain red chalice to me. Everyone always use the stock pic so they can sell it for high price. I hope you didn't pay $$$ for it as it doesn't impress me either until i acutally see a pic of a frag that has more color than red. I posted a thread awhile ago about it asking if people that have it can post pics and no one was willing to post a pic it seems like. I guess they don't want to lose that pride that they paid high dollars for a piece that acutally isn't all colorful like the pic.

I posted my pic here. (It's colored up a lot more now but computer has virus and we just fragged the heck out of the mother colony)

http://reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14802&page=3

 

[Ultimateaquariums]

UltimateAquariums can you post a pic of your frag?

It's just a small new red frag at this point. Not much to photo.

I've experienced first hand Chalice corals changing once they get to a certain size. My old rainbow Chalice was ugly when I got it as a frag, but really colored up when it got close to 3". The frags of it always lost color.

 

[Ultimateaquariums]

Oh and did everything in your shipment come in okay?

Everything is doing great! thanks

 

[Dace]

I'm sorry but i have to agree with Chris and hypertek. I feel if your buying a frag that is so high end, that frag should at least look like the coral your buying. to wait a long period of time hoping it would look like the original pic is not worth the gamble to me...
Really sorry to derail this thread

It's just a small new red frag at this point. Not much to photo.

I've experienced first hand Chalice corals changing once they get to a certain size. My old rainbow Chalice was ugly when I got it as a frag, but really colored up when it got close to 3". The frags of it always lost color.

 

[KEEPERZ]

Ahhhh Dace- maybe you will change your mind once someone is able to pop the MP like the mother colony and when and if that day arrives-hmmmmm-sounds like a challenge I don't mind being part of

 

[Dace]

Ahhhh Dace- maybe you will change your mind once someone is able to pop the MP like the mother colony and when and if that day arrives-hmmmmm-sounds like a challenge I don't mind being part of

well goood luck to you, i'm cheering you on....... :bigsmile: , But like stated by others, we have not seen that yet

 

[dieselab]

Could this be where the hobby is heading? $200 for a frag of a recent import or $1000 for a frag of a coral that "might or might not" color up. Both corals you are taking a risk, but only 1 has potential to be something special....sounds like a Hallmark Card.

Joe- Don't you have a piece of the Melting Pot?

 

[chadfarmer]

can i get a frag yet? starting feeding that thing

 

[AquaWorldPSC]

I think the the Melting Pot will look really nice when it grows our for sure. It will probably look like the daylight picture that Ktar took. (located in the thread i posted earlier)

 

[KEEPERZ]

No one seeing it replicated makes it that much better IMO-but I am sick like that

Lam- March is going to be a good month-

 

[dieselab]

No one seeing it replicated makes it that much better IMO-but I am sick like that

Lam- March is going to be a good month-

I agree. I think the best part of it is trying to replicate the colors. That's where I am heading towards by collection. Its becoming more of a science project then anything else. March indeed will be a great month. :wink:

 

[Fish n' Frags]

Well, i'm in line to pay the $300.00 price tag and i can't wait! August can't come fast enough!!