Chalice show off thread

[mvm]

And a my Miami?

 

[picoreefguy]

Seth The Wine Guy;831627 wrote: I'll contribute with cipps I have of a couple. I'll try and get some others added later.

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Impressive colonies you've got there Seth I love the Rastas as well

Edit: Almost didnt notice that Jedi mind trick undata lol I'm gonna come rob your tank lol

 

[jennm]

I'll play

It's not rare, it's not expensive. It's just big. Well, bigger than big...

First pic taken 8/17/2012 (It's bigger now)

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My son took this pic - it's on our website home page.

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This one was taken a year ago this week, Jan 27/2012. Again, it's probably 1/3 larger now, but gives you some perspective.

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I've had it somewhere between 7 and 8 years, it was a frag the size of my thumbnail when I got it, and at the time, Hollywood Stunners were going for about $100 for a frag that size. We've pruned off so much over the years it isn't funny. Grows like a weed.

We're working on growing out a blue variant that I've had for a couple of years now, but we fragged some of it. It's starting to grow but it will take a while to get as big as its cousin.

Jenn

 

[fidofence]

Jenn definitely has the biggest one, too bad that isn't the Bpc Flamethrower

 

[jennm]

Heh if it was a super-expensive one, I could retire! :lol:

There's the catch... by the time one of those insanely expensive ones grows out, so has everyone else's and the law of supply and demand applies.

Seems like the more colourful/rare, the slower it grows. We have a few "named" ones we got as frags, and a few unnamed ones (well, we don't know their "names" - I'm not into that really), but they grow slower than molasses in January.

Jenn

 

[midas]

Wow, biggest chalice I have ever seen - that thing is a monster. Too bad you're right about the supply/demand or you could change the name of it to "Million Dollar Chalice".

 

[jennm]

We've sold our share of frags... but some have "come back" when people take down or re-do their tanks. I have some decent sized pieces in the shop, as well as lots of small bits.

Hard to "give the stuff away" now LOL!

 

[seth the wine guy]

This was the MM when I got it. Instead of trying to find larger and larger frag discs to stack it on, I use a hole saw kit on a thin sheet of acrylic for larger discs. It's a lot easier than looking for monster sized ceramic frag discs. The original frag was on a standard little round plug. I just drill a hole in the center of the acrylic disc to be able to slip it on and off the plug's shaft. When I need a larger disc size, I slip off the old one and slip on a new larger one. Since the acrylic is smooth, the chalice does not "stick" to it.

 

[CoralShop]

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[clay4au]

Seth The Wine Guy;831695 wrote: Since the acrylic is smooth, the chalice does not "stick" to it.

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I've heard a smooth surfaces makes them grow faster too. can you tell a difference?

 

[silver surfer]

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Nothing special, just one of my favorites in the tank.

 

[seth the wine guy]

Clay4AU;831712 wrote: I've heard a smooth surfaces makes them grow faster too. can you tell a difference?

Appears flow is a larger factor to rate of growth for mine. They produce very thick skeletons when in higher currents. Same goes for everything in my tank though. When I dial back the flow for a few weeks everything looks like it's having a growth spurt. It's really not the case. Things just switch their growth pattern.
High current = Skeletal circumference and density increase (Tabling growth pattern in the case of some SPS)
Low current = Outward growth and expansion increase (Branching growth pattern in the case of some SPS)

I prefer my chalice to have "slow growth" where the skeletons are very thick. Seems the colors are richer and more intense than a chalice in a low current/fast outward growth pattern. Maybe because the pigmented tissue is actually thicker?

I keep the tank at higher than usual flow rates 75% of the time then dial it back to normal flows the other 25%.

 

[darren24]

Some of mine..... They are much brighter in person.

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[90galguy]

I pucked up these two at last year's frag swap. I've never known their names but I like them just the same.

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[seth the wine guy]

Nice. I think I saw one of those in its infancy at the store. Tried to buy it and was told it was already sold.

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