Chalices in ULNS

BillyC · Mar 23, 2012

I've heard a lot that chalices love "dirtier" water. What's the best way to make chalices thrive in super "clean" water?

dnov99 · Mar 23, 2012

BillyC said:
I've heard a lot that chalices love "dirtier" water. What's the best way to make chalices thrive in super "clean" water?

Feed them more than normal. Use AA's that are designed for LPS corals. Thats what I do and I run Zeovit...

Nuocmam · Mar 23, 2012

What would you consider more than normal?

NU2REEFIN · Mar 23, 2012

Maybe this is why my chalices took a turn for the worse lately. I am now using Zeovits Phol's xtra, AA's and sps coral food. I may give chalices another shot later on.

BillyC · Mar 23, 2012

dnov99 said:
Feed them more than normal. Use AA's that are designed for LPS corals. Thats what I do and I run Zeovit...

Which amino acid do you use? And if I don't have time to feed them am I just destined to get out of the chalice game?

dnov99 · Mar 23, 2012

Nuocmam said:
What would you consider more than normal?

I have found a happy medium at every other day. The key though is too use a very high quality, high protein food. I have found that the pellets actually are rejected by a lot of the chalices, several hours after feeding, so I stopped using them and have gone to my own frozen blend. Seems to me that corals injest natural, "real" food much better. Another trick I do, since I am running Zeovit is I feed my fish heavily. The fish waste is an excellent food for all the corals in the tank, and is readily broken down, by the Zeovit system.

NU2REEFIN said:
Maybe this is why my chalices took a turn for the worse lately. I am now using Zeovits Phol's xtra, AA's and sps coral food. I may give chalices another shot later on.

Try the Zeovit LPS AA's, I have seen a huge improvement in my chalices when I started using them.

dnov99 · Mar 23, 2012

BillyC said:
Which amino acid do you use? And if I don't have time to feed them am I just destined to get out of the chalice game?

Billy, Zeovit LPS AA's. If you dont have time to feed them, try just feeding your fish a lot, as that may help. You may just experience decreased growth, but hopefully the health of the chalice remains good.