Hey Doug! Your tank looks great, and awesome photography!! Very nice... Almost makes me want to get some corals... almost... :)

Thanks Claire.... You are only a light away from becoming a reef head.:mrgreen: Join us Claire:lol:

Some recent pics.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3348.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3375.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3366.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3372.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3357.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3359.jpg

Tease!

You love it Catherine:wink:

Ooooh nice clams!!

i think you are starting to get a bad case of the clap... umm i mean clams

Thanks guys and I am so...a bad case o da clams.

More pics

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0174.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0175.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0179.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0180.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0181.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0182.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0185.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0186.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0187.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0190.jpg

Wow Doug, Those yellow/orange zoas are NEON!

Looks like that Candycane needs a fraggin - for me!:wink:

Well maybe if you asked real nice at the swap:wink:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0172.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0173.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0177.jpg

This piece has been in the tank for close to a year and is just now starting to come around.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0193.jpg

And a couple crappy fish pics (I just cant seem to get "fish pics" down)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0202.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0204.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0207.jpg

I just thought I would share a couple pics of my newest additions....4, 1 1/2"-2" BAs. They are having issues with my overflow atm, but other than that, they settled right in and ate(voraciously,I might add) an hour after release. They are the smallest fish in the tank atm, so they have stayed tightly schooled....which is cool. Not the best pics but you get the idea.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0250.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3379.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3382.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3383.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3384.jpg

Very cool doug! they seem to just be chillin in that one spot for now?

They are supposed to not like intense light so they have been milling around the center part of the tank....which is under the massive light swallowing "12" wide center brace....fine by me ....front and center:biggrin:

Heres some show and tell

New maxima...I think....its just wee...like 2"
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3393.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3395.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3419.jpg

Monti from 24storm
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3388.jpg

A Loveli(sp?) Coral Master (aka Snappy,Olddude)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3399.jpg

A Millipora Lobsterbye
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3413.jpg

A Cerialis Coral Master.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3416.jpg

Love that new little clam - better watch that Flame Angel - he's gonna start pickin!!:twised::wink:

Actually he does "peck" at almost everything....doesnt seem to do any damage though....

More pics.

Deepwater acro sp Ottawa Inverts
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3400.jpg

Lobsterbye monti (I think thats where this one came from:mrgreen:)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3412.jpg

A Convexa Coral Master
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3405.jpg

Yet to be IDed blue/green acro From Jdigital
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3396.jpg

"Cali tort" A tortusa Coral Master.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3402.jpg

Nice pic's. I still liked the other clam. Either or, good choice. :razz:

It's A. Tenuis...

hey Doug, great shapes, and great colors.

Nice pics. I like the colour of that Monti. Intense orange!

Hi Doug

I had the pleasure of meeting you at the shop lately,,, was a pleasure.

All I can say is WOW!, your tank and corals are awesome!!

And yes...I agree..you have a clam fetish. :mrgreen:

Super pictures.

Thanks,

Clint

Thanks Cory.....the other clam is still there.....nudge:mrgreen:

Is that what I said or what they said:lol:....either way thanks Josh.

What!.....you like that deep, rich color:razz: Thanks John.

Thank you Lance....good genes makes for nice corals.

Ok now Im wondering who you are exactly....... next time you see me in the shop come and introduce yourself as Reeferized so I can put a face to the name.

Thanks for the kind words.....Its really not me.....the clams just follow me home:mrgreen:

Heres some more pics.

Tri-color nana from Danny Zubot
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3401.jpg

Another misc. acro from Danny Z
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3411.jpg


The rest of these are all Red Coral finds

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3403.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3404.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3407.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3397.jpg

that's what the SPS keepers on RC told me... lol I think you guessed it was a delasawii or plana?

Either way, now we know! Unfortunately I lost my entire colony.. :sad:

Well consider this one your insurance frag.....as soon as its big enough you can have a piece back.

So sometime next week?:lol: SPS seems to grow like crazy in your tank lately...

Wow your tank looks amazing, I see why you work on the weekends! LoL.

Thanks man...Can it be considered work if you owe your employer money after the pay period???:lol:

HaHa thats funny, I should ask if you guys are looking for a back up worker? What kind of camera do you use to take those pics?

I use a combination of a couple cameras.....one is a relatively cheap pentax optio waterproof(for the up close and personal shots inside the tank) and the other is a canon powershot TX1.

Ok.......last fish!(man , do I need an upgrade).... I had been really missing my bi-color blenny....loved how they behave and the attitude....so I broke down and took this guy home....Hes the only fish Ive ever been able to get a (somewhat) decent picture of....Im not sure exactly what kind of blenny he is....looks very similar to a lawnmower, but Ive never seen a lawnmower with red on the dorsal fin like this one.....this one also has small metallic blue spots along the lateral line....Ive been looking on line and havnt been able to figure him out.... They came to us as a starry blennies or seaweed blennies....but its clearly not either one....

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3421.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3423.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3426.jpg

do it! do it! do it!

He looks the same as my LMB, little bit of red on his fin. Cute guy, gettin FAT in my tank tho, getting a belly LOL. and not that I have alot of algae. He pigs out on the Mysis and Formula1+2 Pellets more

Its a lawn mower benny. Neat fish. Great personality! :biggrin:

Looks just like my last lawnmower blenny. He was so fat he looked like a marble with fins. :lol:

Is this the fat A$$ blenny i saw on tues? Left wall about mid way down. if so then the pics dont do it justice. VERY nice fish. he is HUGE.

My LMB has the red-tipped dorsal fin as well. i have seen them called numerous names such as the Sailfin Blenny, Algae Blenny, Jewelled Rockskipper. All the same fish: (Salarius fasciatus); and they are pretty cool little guys.

Id love to man....but I rent.....so that means the tank needs to be somewhat portable....its not that hard to move 110 gallons.....anything bigger is a major undertaking.

definitely looks like a LMB to me... looks identical to the one I had...

This guy had the same blue dots, just hard to see in this pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...inued/LMB5.jpg

I wonder if there are differences in color and patterning due to where they are collected?....Every other LMB Ive seen has been much lighter in color and has never had the red in the dorsal fin which is why I may be mis-identifying him....mine even looks way different from the one that is in one of our big coral tanks at the shop....oh well....doesnt matter really...still a very cool fish IMHO....It hasnt taken long for the little guy to think he is the king of the castle....I saw him take a bite at my much bigger regal tang(who was beside himself with anger)....funny as heck.