Hey Folks,
It was Gresham that saw a picture of a medium size Pink Panther chalice I have very close to my dendros and offered a head's up regarding the proximity between them put the dendros at risk of damage. I'd never seen my chalice extend sweepers so I took the advise of "one who's tried" and moved it. Still, I did this move based on trust rather than personal experience.
OK..........Story gets shorter now. I recently found a few cool corals down at Neptune and added them to my tank. This was shortly after seeing Derek at O.T. and purchasing the chalice deal of the day which was, Frog-in-the-blender chalice. You likely sawhis post, it was the deal of the day for sure.
What I didn't know was that this chalice was the Hannibal Lecter of the chalice world. It happily showed signs of vigorous new growth, great color and no sign of malice. This afternoon, I come home to find a sweeper from the chalice "glued" to the mycedium and tissue receding at the speed of sound. It looked like some of Rod's fish food stuck between them. I separated them and moved the two. You can still see part of the sweeper yet to completely retract into the largest of the chalice's eyes. The three new pieces are further from the big Pink Panther chalice above them that they look in the image. I "think" they are a safe distance.
Take away message: Separate your chalice from anything else that would be hurt by a long and nasty sweeper tentacle.
The culprit chalice and a group photo of the new chalice, cyphastrea and mycedium left to right:
It was Gresham that saw a picture of a medium size Pink Panther chalice I have very close to my dendros and offered a head's up regarding the proximity between them put the dendros at risk of damage. I'd never seen my chalice extend sweepers so I took the advise of "one who's tried" and moved it. Still, I did this move based on trust rather than personal experience.
OK..........Story gets shorter now. I recently found a few cool corals down at Neptune and added them to my tank. This was shortly after seeing Derek at O.T. and purchasing the chalice deal of the day which was, Frog-in-the-blender chalice. You likely sawhis post, it was the deal of the day for sure.
What I didn't know was that this chalice was the Hannibal Lecter of the chalice world. It happily showed signs of vigorous new growth, great color and no sign of malice. This afternoon, I come home to find a sweeper from the chalice "glued" to the mycedium and tissue receding at the speed of sound. It looked like some of Rod's fish food stuck between them. I separated them and moved the two. You can still see part of the sweeper yet to completely retract into the largest of the chalice's eyes. The three new pieces are further from the big Pink Panther chalice above them that they look in the image. I "think" they are a safe distance.
Take away message: Separate your chalice from anything else that would be hurt by a long and nasty sweeper tentacle.
The culprit chalice and a group photo of the new chalice, cyphastrea and mycedium left to right: