Viva'sReef with some pics.

[Mike]

That is a serious bit of collecting too!!

[jojo22]

Holy Moley, that tank will have corals busting out of the seams in another year or two.

Just charge your friend a percentage, when he comes to get his stuff you get to frag a specific percentage off of it as a sitting fee.

[graphixx]

excuse my ignorance... I have never really been into chalice corals (please dont hate me) with them being so close to one another do you expierence alleopathy?? or they pretty passive in that way... either way you have some beautiful pieces and the fungia is AMAZING!!

[speedstar]

Sweet setup, what kind of growth rates do you get? eye's per month or 3?

[Viva'sReef]

IME they don't bother each other, whether or not they actually slow the growth of one another I'm not really sure.

Growth depends on finding the best placement within the tank, and also the type. I have some chalices that haven't grown at all, and some that spit out a couple eyes a month. Most of the non growers are wild colonies that I've picked up over the years. Obviously they all start out wild, but most of the original LE's with "lineage" are all good growers. Most of them dating back a couple to a few years ago. Nowadays with the huge amount of chalice corals coming in, all the Vendors are getting wild colonies and slapping LE in front of them because of trends and whatnot before the colony/frags are proven to grow and sustain themselves within our aquariums. This is a largely debated topic on many forums.....to each his own though. If someone wants to slap LE on a coral its fine by me, but I generally like to wait and see how the colors morph, and if they will actually grow

[schminksbro]

Looks awsome man! So many pics litter the net of one or two eyed chalices. It is nice to see someone actually grow them! That rainbow plate is a stunner as well! Nice collection.

[stunreefer]

Looks great bro, lotsa goodies in there! :D

LMK if you need help with the transition when it happens (if I'm in town ) - will be a good excuse for me to get my butt over there and I could use some "reef work"... my lil Mini is too easy, LOL!

[Viva'sReef]

Thanks Austin and I will give you a shout when I transition for sure.

I called into Miracles to get a quote on a Custom, rimless, 4' - 120g, 2 panel starfire, black silicone, Corner Overflow.....I can't think of anything else I should ask them?

[stunreefer]

I can't think of anything else I should ask them?

Maybe the cost for the same thing, but a 180 gallon, 48"L x 36"W x 24"H? :D

I also absolutely love external overflows (based on the look of the inside of the tank), but of course that takes up a bit more room.

[Viva'sReef]

Updated pics.....

Over the weekend I finally finished a project I've been waiting to do.

The sump overhaul was swapping out my 30g sump to Mikes old but still awesome 110g Custom acrylic sump. That was about a month ago.

This past weekend I had the itch to finally do the Frag tank. Heres the pics as of right now, its almost full but I have it capped because I still need to plumb it to the sump.