I want to know more about chalice corals? What do you know about them?

[Saffer1]

Herewith ...

 

[merkmerk73]

I know there seems to be these two types that I see

One is a flatter, plating type that seems easy to keep

The other is fleshier, moundier, and has more prominent mouths and seems to be very fussy.

 

[Tommy B]

My itty bitty little chalice frag

 

[JonoH]

I have 2 in my tank that dont seem to want to grow! Still on the frag plug after about 8 months.

 

[MrGisonni]

Look at this weirdness! Raja cup

 

[MrGisonni]

jellybean chalice

 

[MrGisonni]

Oblivion chalice

 

[Badblackdog]

Oblivion chalice

Wow! Those colors are striking.

 

[MrGisonni]

Wow! Those colors are striking.

Thank you! That's the best phone pic I have ever taken

 

[Pod_01]

The top two grow fast, the others are slow growers.

From my experience they like clean water, can take as much light and flow as my acros.
I suspect chalices may tolerate less than ideal conditions but they will not look the best.
Some of the expensive chalices can be as temperamental as expensive acros, stn/rtn within a day. Had it happened on few occasions, one day there was nice chalices, next day white bone structure.
The Hollywood stunner has long sweepers so that chalice needs its space… The other not so bad.

Good luck,

 

[Gumbies R Us]

The top two grow fast, the others are slow growers.

From my experience they like clean water, can take as much light and flow as my acros.
I suspect chalices may tolerate less than ideal conditions but they will not look the best.
Some of the expensive chalices can be as temperamental as expensive acros, stn/rtn within a day. Had it happened on few occasions, one day there was nice chalices, next day white bone structure.
The Hollywood stunner has long sweepers so that chalice needs its space… The other not so bad.

Good luck,

Very helpful information thank you!! All of your chalices look great!

 

[Saffer1]

I know there seems to be these two types that I see

One is a flatter, plating type that seems easy to keep

The other is fleshier, moundier, and has more prominent mouths and seems to be very fussy.

I would agree with you, mine was a grafted frag and more of the plating type.

 

[Dkmoo]

Oh wow, didn't know they could get aggressive like that

Yup, here caught them sweepers in action today, usually they come out at night and is 2x as long. I was doing some broadcast feeding today and they came out during day time. This is why my gorgonian stalks are bare lol

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Look at this weirdness! Raja cup

Weird! I have never seen a chalice look like that before

 

[VintageReefer]

I had a raja grow from 1.5 to 8” in a year then suddenly die from some type of hole boring worm

And i have this Taiwan rainbow that I keep in high par and flow.

The brightness of red has morphed, and the eyes have changed from orange to yellowish/green. It’s growing well so I don’t really want to move it, but I do wonder if lower par would make the red return

Present

 

[damsels are not mean]

It certainly doesn't help that the trade has labelled several different species from completely different families with unique growth forms and uniquel habitats all as "chalice". It's frustrating in the same way "softies" and "sps" are as categories wrt care.

 

[kevgib67]

I got mine from a gentleman on here, his was dinner plate sized but it’s sweepers were stinging his gonis so I fragged it for him and he gave it to me. Mine is on a rock just off the sand. I have fragged it 3 times to keep it's size down after I let it get to big and it took out two acan colonies. The last fragging was Friday.

 

[raythereefer]

Give them plenty of space ! This one has grown this much in about 9 or 10 months