Sexycorals "My Miami chalice" growout..

[Speg]

I think we have a 5th eye coming in...


more when I know more!

 

[Troylee]

Wow congrats guys 3 months time is pretty awesome you must be Babying that frag man I got one the same time and it hasn't budged!!!! The rim got slightly bigger but not even close to eye lol.... A job well done speg...

 

[Speg]

Wow congrats guys 3 months time is pretty awesome you must be Babying that frag man I got one the same time and it hasn't budged!!!! The rim got slightly bigger but not even close to eye lol.... A job well done speg...

Hey thanks a lot, Troylee. Just keep feeding yours daily....but yes, I totally baby my coral. I sit at he tank and make sure the food is taken in and no fish or crabs try to remove the food.

I don't want to just say "yep, 5th eye!" because the spot looks like an eye, but it's not 100% there yet...but in my personal opinion in dealing with this chalice for this time......I would like to say that it is certainly a 5th eye...but again, I'm on a hobbyist and not a scientist or marine biologist that has gone to college for the study of My Miami

It's funny because this spot wasn't there yesterday and I swear it must have happened over night...I had just sent out a text message to all these guys saying there was no 5th eye yet

I'll let you guys know when I can surely say that it is or isn't and I'll get a pic of it when able. Trying to get these stupid rough drafts done for college today....such a pain

 

[Tyrrell109]

(Fingers crossed & premature dance) Sweet!!!
I learned feeding my corals from speg, and my eye growth on chalices is not too shabby. I Take all my crabs out into a seperate container and watch to make sure the clown and shrimp dont steal the food(i usually give the shrimp a nice sized piece to keep him busy).
Im just glad there is a tv next to the tank some days.

 

[Rayzback]

Right on Speg! Funny.. got that text the other day, logged in tonight and was like what??? Let's hope!!

Same here Tyrrell109. After seeing the success Speg was having, I started feeding my other chalices (weekly anyway). I have a small clear plastic cup with a couple small holes drilled in the top that I lower down over the frag (on bottom) then shoot food into a hole with a sea squirt. The frags are close to the glass so I can keep the cup pinned down with my mag cleaner. It keeps the hermits and pistol shrimp at bay.

 

[Speg]

Yeah..it's weird..I have a pic that I took the other day and that spot isn't there at all..then like literally overnight there's an eye coming in.

I didn't feed yesterday but I'll go ahead and feed tonight..and I will be doing a water change tonight as well.

 

[Speg]

The new eye is coming in nicely. I think I mentioned it before, but I'll mention it again...our "freebie" acans never made it. I have a empty skeleton of them unfortunately.

Now, the plan is to wait until this new eye is fully developed and then frag it up and let the frags heal....and then SEND THEM OUT! So, lets all hope and pray that everything goes alright in the fragging process. I mentioned before that I had recently fragged some chalices and they are all doing very well and growing quite nicely.

Rayzback had pm'ed me a little while ago and said that he would like to do future growouts and wants "first dibs". I feel like if I do host another one that you 4 (in this growout) should have first dibs when it comes to that growout. I've also had a handfull of people pm me asking to be included in future growouts...so...yeah..just for the record

 

[Tyrrell109]

Great news Speg.
The growth is really fast, 11-17-10 till 3-3-11 for the last eye. 4 months and we have all the eyes we need, way to grow man.

 

[Rayzback]

I bought a lab glass funnel with a 3" opening off ebay. I'm going to try and spot feed my chalice frags with it... instead of the plastic cup I was using.

 

[Speg]

I bought a lab glass funnel with a 3" opening off ebay. I'm going to try and spot feed my chalice frags with it... instead of the plastic cup I was using.

I use a regular turkey baster.

 

[clowns101]

The new eye is coming in nicely. I think I mentioned it before, but I'll mention it again...our "freebie" acans never made it. I have a empty skeleton of them unfortunately.

Now, the plan is to wait until this new eye is fully developed and then frag it up and let the frags heal....and then SEND THEM OUT! So, lets all hope and pray that everything goes alright in the fragging process. I mentioned before that I had recently fragged some chalices and they are all doing very well and growing quite nicely.

Rayzback had pm'ed me a little while ago and said that he would like to do future growouts and wants "first dibs". I feel like if I do host another one that you 4 (in this growout) should have first dibs when it comes to that growout. I've also had a handfull of people pm me asking to be included in future growouts...so...yeah..just for the record

Yup!I Pm'ed you myself,haha!Crazy Fox,remember!!!!

 

[Speg]

Yup!I Pm'ed you myself,haha!Crazy Fox,remember!!!!

Yep, I haven't forgotten the ones that want in the next one.......if there is a next one... We'll have to see if sexycorals is ready to re-answer the call of duty.

Big thanks to Sexycorals again for giving us an extra eye to speed things along. It was a nice hook-up for sure.

 

[Rayzback]

Man that Rising Sun was ridiculous.... hate that he sold out. That Super Woman is a pretty nice addition also... nice red, blue with a yellow eye.

 

[Rayzback]

I use a regular turkey baster.

I can't get my pistol shrimp, hermits, etc to leave it alone... so I'm going to cover it with the glass funnel and shoot the food inside the funnel. Try anyway... may not work.

 

[extremehobbyist]

heres an idea since we got five eyes so quick we could wait till 6 eyes then frag and fund our next grow out with the 6th eye

 

[Speg]

Still coming in but the new eye is gaining some good color.

I have about two weeks left of this quarter of college and I think that it would be a great time for me to frag during that time if you guys are ready to stop the growout.

 

[Tyrrell109]

Sounds good to me

 

[Speg]

My wife says "looks like My Miami is about to grow onto the rack"

I actually think we may have another eye or two..lol...what's going on?????

 

[Rayzback]

I think we were all wishing for that 5th eye to come in a little to hard...

 

[extremehobbyist]

wow are u using miracle grow in ur tank or what