"challice" pics...lets see em! - Page 6

mane3215 · #**126** 11/11/2004, 07:34 AM

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Originally posted by JenDub
I bought this off of Tubs (John S.), brahm I don't think I have bought anything from you but I might have something tomorrow you might want.....(the wheels spin).

Heheh, that went right over your head me thinks =P. Send it to me while your at it =P.

JenDub · #**127** 11/11/2004, 04:46 PM

chris are you talking about my head or brahms head???

mane3215 · #**128** 11/11/2004, 04:48 PM

That would be your head =P.

JenDub · #**129** 11/11/2004, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by brahm
hint hint.. nudge nudge.. ship ship..

dude...I am retarded, I get it...

I think I have been in the saltwater to much. And Chris you can't have any, your tank is full.....you can start reducing the acan load to me and then maybe I will think about it...sounds like a deal???

mane3215 · #**130** 11/11/2004, 04:57 PM

I am =)...I am reducing it to my 60g prop tank =)....so do we have a deal now? Heheh....

BTW, your not retarded =), just a bit slow at times hehe.

Jus Reefin · #**131** 11/11/2004, 05:50 PM

What is a good price for a 8 inch round Bright Red colony? My LFS owner thinks it is a red brain. I offered him $50 and he is mulling it over.

mane3215 · #**132** 11/11/2004, 06:03 PM

I would say for bright red 50 is an absolute killer deal/steal.

Jus Reefin · #**133** 11/11/2004, 06:05 PM

Thanks Chris. That's what I thought considering some were going for $50 a frag

JenDub · #**134** 11/11/2004, 06:38 PM

$50 is a good deal

brahm · #**135** 11/11/2004, 06:58 PM

no it's crap, buy it for 50 and send it to me for 60 thats a good deal! you make 10 bucks! WOWZER!

MarLooney · #**136** 11/11/2004, 07:06 PM

that's a steal. do it! score one for the team.

Jen, you've got mail.

Jus Reefin · #**137** 11/11/2004, 11:17 PM

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Originally posted by brahm
no it's crap, buy it for 50 and send it to me for 60 thats a good deal! you make 10 bucks! WOWZER!

Sure no problem, as soon as you send me a Lord frag or 2

rockdr · #**138** 11/11/2004, 11:56 PM

Does this guy belong in this thread?

not the best pic- sorry!

RandyO · #**139** 11/12/2004, 05:26 AM

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Originally posted by rockdr
Does this guy belong in this thread?

not the best pic- sorry!

That is a Mycedium. It's not usually referred to as a chalice, but is still a member of the Pectiniidae family. This is the same family some of the other "chalices" are found, including Echinophyllia and Oxypora. A true chalice, IMO is an Echinopora, which is a member of the Faviidae Family. To be fair, the word "chalice" is just a fancy word for cup.
Main Entry: chalÂ·ice
Pronunciation: 'cha-l&s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin calic-, calix; akin to Greek kalyx calyx
Date: 14th century
1 : a drinking cup : GOBLET; especially : the eucharistic cup
2 : the cup-shaped interior of a flower

So Mycedium would be best described as a chalice, since it's the only one that really cups.

brahm · #**140** 11/12/2004, 05:49 AM

..there are sooo many diffrent types of echinoporas though.. i can't tell between those, some oxypora, and some mycediums

ReeferMac · #**141** 11/12/2004, 06:05 AM

Is that the source of the "Chalice" name, the cup-like shape they grow to? I guess I'd have to agree, as Echinophyllia tends to plate out, rather than grow upwards in whorls or cups.
Hehe, I haven't let one of my pieces of Echinopora get big enough to do that before I fragged it back, so I'll have to take your word on it Randy.

- Mac

Gary Majchrzak · #**142** 11/12/2004, 06:18 AM

Jeez, you guys are up early....
Here's my green Echinophyllia taken several months ago. This coral is getting 'out of control' big right now. I've placed this green one over a big field of brown star polyps to let smother 'em .... something these corals are able to do quite well!

mane3215 · #**143** 11/12/2004, 07:39 AM

Sweet piece Gary!

rockdr · #**144** 11/12/2004, 08:47 AM

thanks for the info RandyO. I thought it was a Mycedium.aka elephant nose coral. Guess I nee to rerea Borenman again and learn about these other species! :-)

RandyO · #**145** 11/12/2004, 10:50 AM

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Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak
Jeez, you guys are up early....

More like up late.

Gary Majchrzak · #**146** 11/13/2004, 12:12 AM

We're on reverse lighting schedules, Randy! Well, good morning now. Here's one for ya'll: what is it? Total size of the piece is 4" diameter. Each polyp is very large. I've never seen another coral like this before.

mane3215 · #**147** 11/13/2004, 12:19 AM

Not sure, pretty interesting. Send it on down here for a closer look.

brahm · #**148** 11/13/2004, 12:22 AM

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Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak
We're on reverse lighting schedules, Randy! Well, good morning now. Here's one for ya'll: what is it? Total size of the piece is 4" diameter. Each polyp is very large. I've never seen another coral like this before.

nice i've s een em before starts with an Sc something.. usally brown.

Gary Majchrzak · #**149** 11/13/2004, 12:39 AM

This isn't a Scolymia, and I don't know of many other corals starting with "Sc"...

RandyO · #**150** 11/13/2004, 02:35 AM

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Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak
We're on reverse lighting schedules, Randy! Well, good morning now. Here's one for ya'll: what is it? Total size of the piece is 4" diameter. Each polyp is very large. I've never seen another coral like this before.

That's my guess.