Zoaelite photo dump thread - Page 2

Zoaelite · #1 08-15-2013, 11:23 PM

An army of Rainbows... Sounds fabulous

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What makes a "Rainbow" chalice, all I know is that they are expensive and I'm already addicted?

DAVE · #2 08-16-2013, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

An army of Rainbows... Sounds fabulous

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What makes a "Rainbow" chalice, all I know is that they are expensive and I'm already addicted?

They are very rare and are notoriously slow growers. Also, a difficult chalice to keep, they are collected in deep water and sometimes don't adjust to aquarium life. Best to buy a rainbow that has been with a tank for 6+ months.

With the high price tag you want to be sure it's got a good chance for survival.

The Grizz · #3 08-16-2013, 04:31 AM

Wow now that's a chalice tank!! You should just give me the rest of your Zoas to make room for more chalice goodness

reefermadness · #4 09-27-2013, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

An army of Rainbows... Sounds fabulous

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What makes a "Rainbow" chalice, all I know is that they are expensive and I'm already addicted?

I just noticed nobody really answered this for you Levi. Maybe you know by know but here are how chaices get rare and expensive.....here is a list of things that make a chalice rare and desirable to the collector.

-a nice and bright base colour (duh)
-contrasting eyes (green wont cut it here, must be yellow,orange,pink,red etc.)
-a green rim or contrasting coloured rim
-splashes of other colours in the body

any combination of these traits are good and finally we come to the explanation of what a proper rainbow chalice is.... basically it has a multicoloured base with contrasting eyes and contrasting rim.

Hows your frag doing? Im sure you saw a picture of my mother colony. I have had that one for over a year if you were curious. Chalices love to be feed as a tip...it will grow much faster if you can get it to eat.

Zoaelite · #5 10-20-2013, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by kien

very nice! I especially like your favia tree/toadstool in the background there

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Originally Posted by kien

or maybe it's an acan tree.

Correct that is an acan tree

, thanks for the kind words Kien!

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Originally Posted by reefermadness

I just noticed nobody really answered this for you Levi. Maybe you know by know but here are how chaices get rare and expensive.....here is a list of things that make a chalice rare and desirable to the collector.

-a nice and bright base colour (duh)
-contrasting eyes (green wont cut it here, must be yellow,orange,pink,red etc.)
-a green rim or contrasting coloured rim
-splashes of other colours in the body

any combination of these traits are good and finally we come to the explanation of what a proper rainbow chalice is.... basically it has a multicoloured base with contrasting eyes and contrasting rim.

Hows your frag doing? Im sure you saw a picture of my mother colony. I have had that one for over a year if you were curious. Chalices love to be feed as a tip...it will grow much faster if you can get it to eat.

Thanks for the info Darryl, the frag is doing very well. Here's a few photos of the little guy.

I was afraid portions were possibly bleaching but I'm pretty sure that's just the eye forming process now? The area lightened and then a little green spot formed, got larger and then a mouth popped up! Second new eye since I've gotten it, slow grower but hands down my favorite!

PUNNIISHHHERRRRR!!! CONTROLL!!! (aka photo dump)

thmh · #6 12-05-2013, 04:10 PM

Awesome FTS Levi !

-Tony

Misses.ReefWars · #7 12-05-2013, 06:29 PM

wow levi...absolutely impressed by your auqa scape and all those lovely chalices...way to go my friend

Zoaelite · #8 02-06-2014, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryanerickson

Beautiful tank and corals!!!
Nice poster by the way lol

Thank you

! The poster really pops with the actinic lights... among other things haha.

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Originally Posted by Misses.ReefWars

wow levi...absolutely impressed by your auqa scape and all those lovely chalices...way to go my friend

Thanks Ruth, I think I will be doing a full rework of the aquascape here shortly. Placing coral 1/2" from the water might make them look nice but its a VERY fast way to bleach them.

You and Mr.Reefwars need to stop by for a beer here shortly!

Brought some samples into the lab today, black and whites are with brightfield/ DIC microscopy and the colored are using florescent microscopy (FITC/ TRITC filters).

The colored photos are two images imposed on each other, yellow notifies co localization of both pigments.