Chalice aquascaping thread!

[shred5]

Nice i just started a all Chalice and Acan tank and your right it seems most people place all there chalice on the sandbed

Well I think allot of people do that and put way to many on the sandbed and I hate the look of the sandbed littered with frags or corals.

 

[H2Oceans]

Here is a few Pic's of some of the chalice in my tank i will work on a full tank shot

Rock City Corals Chalice ( No name Yet )

Rock City Corals ( Picaso Chalice )

Trop Overdose Chalice

WT Fiery Phoenix Chalice

Reef Koi Orange Chalice

 

[bige]

How come some people can keep chalice in high light, out in the open? I have to keep mine shaded. I try to move them out but they don't like it and quickly recede.

 

[Gills&Roots]

What lights are you running?

 

[H2Oceans]

I am running 12- 3 watt Royal Blue LEDS 8 hours a day and they get some 20k metal halids from the frag system next to the tank i am waiting on my 460nm bulbs to come in so i can replace all the white Leds that i am not using right now i might keep 3 whites and replace 9 with 460 nm bulbs when they get here i will see. And some of my chalice i keep under 400 watt 20k and they do great.

 

[RadReef]

I am running 12- 3 watt Royal Blue LEDS 8 hours a day and they get some 20k metal halids from the frag system next to the tank i am waiting on my 460nm bulbs to come in so i can replace all the white Leds that i am not using right now i might keep 3 whites and replace 9 with 460 nm bulbs when they get here i will see. And some of my chalice i keep under 400 watt 20k and they do great.

I would say it depends on the chalice type. I have a pink chalice less than a foot below a 250W MH and it is growing like a weed. I also have a red and orange chalice and they both thrive in high light, but are placed lower in the tank.

 

[zibba]

Nice collection you have going there H2Oceans. Looking forward to seeing a FTS but I think you have the right idea from the look of your third picture. I agree with shred5; littered sandbeds aren't attractive IMO so I wanted to see ideas on how to work around this.

 

[jrizo1]

 

[Tabasco1]

Love that this got resurrected!! Would still love to see actual aquascaping w chalices. Theres got to be more than 2 people with more than just frags laying around. :p

 

[RogerWilco357]

nice collection of chalice there..