120g of Chalice Delight

I have finally converted over my 120g tank to a chalice dominated system I currently have 36 chalice colonies (still not enough!) plus a few SPS and softies thrown in the mix. I have put names to ones that i know, others have no names unless you come up with a cool one! (naughty)
I am running two 250w SE 20k radiums with icecap ballasts. One 4 bulb blue led for night time effect.
For circulation im using a reefflo dart plumbed to an ocean motions 4 way closed loop. I also have once tunze pump in the tank and an ehiem 1260 for a return going though two seaswirls. I am running a knop calcium reactor and dose brs calcium and magnesium also. I am running a reef octopus with modded impellor
I run a media reactor with carbon and phosphate remover 24/7. I also have a 5 gallon bucket of sand with slow water flow through it for nitrate removal since my tank is bare bottom
Enjoy folks!

worlds on fire chalice on left and golden chalice on right

swamp fire chalice

superman chalice

roys chalice

purple urkel chalice

pastel chalice

orange crush echinata

tank right side

tank right middle

tank middle left

tank left side

alien eye chalice

pastel and urkel

unknown

keylime mango morph

baby emerald mummy eye

unknown

washington mummy eye

miami hurricane / pumpkin patch

pink sapphire on left and westside chalice on right

paint splatter chalice

oiab watermelon chalice

golden eye chalice

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tank shots




fungia

fantastic frags chalice

emerald mummy eye

cornbred trash bubblegum mummy eye

bubblegum monster on left and oregon mummy eye on right

watermelon bandit chalice

 

plenty of variety in there stylaster

how are chalice species in terms of growth?

I see you have a constant battle with the coraline, that seems to be challenging you for ownership of that tank at present.

 

Very awesome.That tank looks amazing.

 

chalice growth is pretty slow compared to SPS lol. Some grow pretty quick but for the most part about an inch a year is pretty good growth
as for coralline.....%&@&#@%&@!!! ya that about says it lol

 

Some great colonies, I was going the chalice route, but damn they grow slow like you said. The Purple Urkle is the largest one I have seen. Looks great. You need a Tyree Pink Watermelon or Bazooka Joe, they are so bright, but grow painfully slow. BTW, I thought Radium only made a 150W double ended bulb, and had SE for 250 and 400W

 

sorry type on the DE, should have been SE bulbs, would be nice if radium did make the DE 250's

 

Great looking tanks and corals Stylaster

 

Great pictures, everything looks amazing!

 

nice corals!

 

Thank you guys! Now if chalices only grew like SPS