Color changing chalice

[MikeandNicole]

Step 1: Buy really nice chalice:
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss113/mandrieu/gb1.jpg
Step 2: ?
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss113/mandrieu/gb2.jpg
Step 3: Profit? :worried:

[M88A2]

maybe u are using different lighting from its orginial tank. either way its a very nice piece

[MikeandNicole]

Not my piece, wish it was. Just seeing what everyone else feels. Lighting in the first pic is 20k 400w radiums and the second is a 4 bulb t5.

[bigevill1]

lighting makes all of the difference.

[franklypre]

feeding and water quality play an important role as well, however some coral will change color under the same light over time. Sweet piece BTW

[israel.kendall]

I think chalices in general color up nicer under t5 lighting. Just my opinion though.

[bobbychullo]

maybe u are using different lighting from its orginial tank. either way its a very nice piece

lighting and water chemistry changes can cause a coral to change colors and even growth forms (growth change is more dependent on water flow)

[Alkamist]

like every one said it all depends on your lighting plus chalice change colors most of the time unless you have the exact same water lights and set up as the tank they had been in before imo

[mscarpena]

I think its attributed to bulb/ lighting change. Very nice coral and I love it.

[russ13]

dont know witch one i like more

[aakinego]

Ok the saturation on 2 is turned up some. However, I still think 1 would sell for as much as he was asking when he posted up the picture 2.

[29reef]

Anyone who's gotten a newly imported chalice and kept if for 6+ months can attest to the color change that occurs over that time. They start mostly as two maybe three colors and then over time the others develop. It takes a good eye to know what to look for but I've taken some $30-50 chalice corals from the lfs and they have turned into my favorites. As far as the photos you've posted they are the same coral under different lighting, with likely different cameras, and possibly some post photo processing. If you've been lucky enough to see one of these striped chalice colonies in person you can attest to why they command such high prices.

[gumby26]

I think its a sweet piece! no matter what kind of lighting they have it under

[derek4real]

Step 3: Profit?

i would like to help you with this step.....seriously......

[ati70cutlass]

my mummy chalice was light pink under t5, now under halide its has turned blood red. looks better and the eyes florece even more

[Friday Night]

That chalice has like 10 names sad....... But still a cool chalice

[NOVAcane]

Is that the one that sold on ebay for like $2,500?

[sunny1977]

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[victor escobar]

Yes the changes of color in chalices is a natural feature of their nature and you do not know how they will react to the lights.

I have a question. My tank has gotten leds and almost everything is becoming orange or green or blue. That is something that I do not like because it makes the tank more monotonous than iwas. It is always the same I buy something red (lobo, cinarina, chalice, etc.) and they start becoming orange and then a bit greenish and all the same color. If the piece is blue then the blue intensufy and if it is green the it becomes fluorecent green.


Do you have esperiences with leds and colors? It there any way to reverse the situation?

[dvmsn]

That is awesome! Where did you get it and what was it called?

[dvmsn]

Ok. Maybe the Golden Basket plastered all over the first pic might have been a clue.

[hpfunk]

Is that the one that sold on ebay for like $2,500?

I was watching this piece on e bay I bid $600 and was hoping to win it was the high with 36hours left...Then it went all the way up to $3200

That is a nice profit so good work.

And I want a frag so PM me and its sold