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DBTC: Bright Green with Yellow Eyes CHALICE

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We fragged this chalice at the How to Frag meeting on 10/15/16. Please let me know if you took a frag of this or add yourself above! Thanks!
 
Since the fragging occurred outside, I could not tell what this looked like till I got home and placed it in the tank. I was pleasantly surprised as the body fluoresces green with bright yellow eyes, it really stands out. Thank you Geneva for sharing such a beautiful coral.
 
Yippee said:
Since the fragging occurred outside, I could not tell what this looked like till I got home and placed it in the tank. I was pleasantly surprised as the body fluoresces green with bright yellow eyes, it really stands out. Thank you Geneva for sharing such a beautiful coral.
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I wish I took a pic of this in my tank before cutting it up! It started off quarter sized from CRC about a year ago - Anthony sold it to me and said it was from his tank. I forgot the name of it (duh) so Mike (@Coral reefer ) suggested "Oakland A's Chalice"! Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
 
Does it look like this? This is the space invader chalice from California Reef Co

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Hard to tell color based on your picture but it does look like the space invader chalice plus California Reef Co has been growing out frags of that piece for a while now.

I'd bet its the space invader chalice.I tried growing it one time, it grew kinda good for a while then died. I enjoyed the colors though!
 
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I also got a frag (1-2" in both directions). It got scraped on the edge but is looking fine. We looked at it in my marine science class today under a dissecting microscope (kept it in water). Shined light on it to make it fluoresce under the scope. It was a big hit!

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MolaMola said:
Not sure how to add myself, but I also got a frag and will try to post a pic tomorrow. We looked at it in my marine science class today under a dissecting microscope (kept it in water). Shined light on it to make it fluoresce under the scope. It was a big hit!
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Mo - thanks for the update! I added you above (very easy - just hover over my name and then select the red plus sign).
 
Thanks again to Alfred (@neuro ) for creating this wonderful version of DBTC! (Alfred, is there an easy way to change the name above to Space Invader Chalice? I couldn't find an edit option for the title....)
 
Geneva said:
Thanks again to Alfred (@neuro ) for creating this wonderful version of DBTC! (Alfred, is there an easy way to change the name above to Space Invader Chalice? I couldn't find an edit option for the title....)
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I like the current title.
These made up names are fun, but really just add to the confusion.
Sometimes boring but accurate is better.
:)
 
OK, we can leave the title as is! Thanks again, to Mike (@Coral reefer ) for demonstrating how to cut this! For those who didn't see, this was a large round chalice and Mike cut all around leaving the center intact (which I brought home). I'm surprised at how many frags were created and really want to know how many survive. Before every frag swap we are encouraged to frag a few weeks ahead of time to let them heal so I'm wondering how this will turn out. I know there are many factors involved - primarily tank conditions - that impact success rate.....
 
I think I might frag a beautiful ORA blue chalice by that method. How big would you say your green and yellow chalice was before you fragged it?
 
MolaMola said:
I think I might frag a beautiful ORA blue chalice by that method. How big would you say your green and yellow chalice was before you fragged it?
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That Saturday event was the first time this chalice was ever fragged - it was at least 4" in diameter, wasn't it?! I'm sure I could have fragged it much earlier if I had a frag tank.
 
mine is doing great! As you know it had some issues while recovering from fragging, but it healed up just fine once Geneva housed it for awhile.
After i got it back from her, it has been doing fine ever since.
Geneva had that reefers green thumb.
 
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