Pictorial Showcase: The Chalice Corals of Craig Bagby

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Tomorrow, Advanced Aquarist will publish Craig Bagby's 335 gallon reef system as our monthly Feature Aquarium.  This system includes a 247 gallon SPS dominated display and a 50 gallon chalice frag tank.  As a teaser, enjoy these photos of choice pieces from Craig's chalice frag tank.  It's not hard to see why the Chalice trend took off the way it did: they give all other corals (including Blastomussa) a run for their money when it comes to surreal pigmentation.

The Grinch

Stardust

The Rainbow Boobies (earlier photo)

The Rainbow Boobies today - now a small but impressive multi-eye colony

WWC Goldeneye Watermelon

Cupid's Chalice

Illuminati

A wild colony displaying a galaxy of colors!

Another wild-harvested alien-eye chalice

One more unnamed, wild chalice.

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[cool guy]

Cool chalice coral... Can we get it here bro?

[skinbone]

Cool chalice coral... Can we get it here bro?

GO is your best bet. I have seen him bring in the exotic ones during last years Aquarama. In fact i bought one piece and he loan it from me for display for the show.

But what you see in the above pictures are a combination of lighting and photography skills. Sometimes the same coral may not look much of a catch to the untrained eyes when it is lying in the LFS.

[cool guy]

Noted... Thanx for e infd bro...