questions on chalice

[austinpetemo]

today while getting a few frags small frags at my LFS i asked about a peice of a chalice coral that was for sale. The lady told me a little about them and said if i wanted to give it a try I could have the frag for free. My tank doesnt quite have the best lighting (BC14 with stock PC lighting) so i went ahead and put him as high up in the tank as i could, near my koralia nano. I have a few questions though. how far should i keep my other corals away from it because ive read that they have sweepers. and can they sting me? ive never had anything aggressive before, just Zoas leathers and xenia.

 

[Anthrax15]

First I would keep it mid-low now until it acclimates to your lighting then raise it higher if it needs the light. Most chalices don't like a lot of flow so keep it on medium-low flow. Some do have very long sweeper tentacles depending on how big the Chalice is. My Blood Red Chalice has about 3-4'' sweepers at night only. So I'd give it a couple inches and watch it. Not sure how potent they are against humans but they can destroy other corals including other Chalices

 

[austinpetemo]

idk if this helps any but it was in a shallow frag tank, about 5-6 inches of water is my guess under some biiiiig hallides. so its accustumed to bright lights, should i still start it kinda low and work it up? i moved everyone away from it, and if need be i can take it out of the flow, but that would require moving it down in the tank

 

[organism]

I'd start it off low and go from there. That's a keeper LFS by the way, sounds like some great people there!

 

[austinpetemo]

heck ya, theyre awesome. the prices amazing because they arnt really worried about making much profit, theyre in it for the hobby and get their main income from elsewhere. i was happy tho cuz she was like, if you wanna give it a shot go ahead and take one cuz theyve been sittin in here for a while. they used to sell online but i dont think they do its GCreef