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get_armbarred
12/10/2010, 09:43 PM
I have had a watermelon calice frag for a couple months and was wondering when this thig is going to produce a new eye it is growing like a weed just no new eyes. When i got it it didnt even cover a frag plug. Purchesed it at 1/2 an inch now its 1 1/2 inches


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mike_cmu04
12/11/2010, 12:25 PM
You should get new eyes anytime. Are you spot feeding with anything?
zoeyo5
12/11/2010, 12:31 PM
i don't know about the watermelon chalice but i got a miami hurricane that did the same thing it had 4 eyes and kept growing but no mores eyes then when it about tripled its original size eyes started popping up in all the open space. it went from 4 eyes to 13 in about 2 weeks.
get_armbarred
12/11/2010, 01:56 PM
wow 4 to 13 in 2 weeks thats awsome! yeah i do feed 2 or 3 times a week
ati70cutlass
12/11/2010, 03:46 PM
what do you feed it with. and what is your lighting . i cant get my mummy chalice to grow at all
zoeyo5
12/11/2010, 04:29 PM
i don't feed but it pretty much looked like yours all flesh with hardly no eyes then they just started popping up all over. just give it time.
get_armbarred
12/11/2010, 05:28 PM
brine shrimp 250w MH 15k
jacksonpt
12/12/2010, 12:55 PM
Not to hijack too much, but how/what do you spot feed chalices? Mine is growing pretty well, but I've never seen feeder tentacles either at night or when spot feeding other corals.
get_armbarred
12/12/2010, 04:46 PM
I put a few ounces of tank water in a cup and put a cube of fozen brine shrimp in it. Then i suck it up in a syringe (without needle) or a dropper and lightly shoot it into the eyes and it will stick.
kass03
12/19/2010, 06:06 AM
Its better to feed them mysis or a variety of chopped meaty foods than brine.

Theres no rhyme or reason to them. Ive had an oregon mummy eye for a year that grew but had the same 1 eye for a year. Now it's finally getting another eye.
I got a tyree red wm a few months ago and within about a month it went from 1 eye to 4.
Some seem to grow and some get eyes it seems.

kass