Ohhh rainbow acans

actually Laurier...thats not the "rainbow"(still not a true rainbow) the "rainbow" is in the small tank....the one you commented on is in the big tank and predominantly red.....interesting that the new heads are a different color, huh?

with the recent influx of clams Im starting to think that dosing the tank might be a good idea.....admittedly I havnt tested for a dang thing since the crash so I have no clue where my parameters are at ATM:redface:.....I figure I will start with some "zeo" food type additives(SP, CV, Xtra, AA) until I find the motivation to test the tank for the big three.....Im gonna start off slow with the zeo and gauge the tanks reaction to the increase in nutrients....

some recent shots from the little tank


this is my first chalice/enchino ever.... Fragd It has is Named "Ragin River" More orange to the eye than what the pic shows....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4792.jpg

Octospawn that has finally turned that nice dark/neon green that it is supposed to be
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4793.jpg

and a few shot from the big tank

M. Setosa
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4797.jpg


a yet unknown to me Aussie acro, starting to show its true colors
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4795.jpg

and a "sunset" monti that almost completely washed of all its orange when I first introduced it....another one that is starting to color back up
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4794.jpg

That is weird. from that photo the look semi like a rainbow. But nice sunset, might have to bug you about a frag of it later on

Hey Doug, you got an ID for this Acro I got off you awhile back? Want a frag back? :D

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=69825

once it gets bigger......anytime mang....anytime:biggrin:


I looked around a bit and I have no idea what that acro is Mindy:redface:......Acropora Wowsurehasdonewellinyourtankus????:mrgreen:....tha t was the "replacement" wasnt it???

sure Mindy....you frag me and I'll frag you:biggrin:


I fed the tanks last night and after doing so I was looking in the small tank hoping to get a glimpse of my blue assessor(darn wimpy hiding fish)when I spied another rare sight......one of my Pom Pom crabs.....and a Girly Pom Pom to boot....as evident from the large pink/red sack of eggs:surprise:....Im not sure how Pom Poms reproduce....whether there needs to be a male and a female present for the female to produce a clutch of eggs or if the females will produce eggs even with no male present???....might have to try and research that one....anyway I thought it was cool, so I took a few pics (sorry for the quality as the pics were taken through dirty glass:redface:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4814.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4813.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4812.jpg

So I really started looking around and found Girly Poms possible b/f hiding under his chalice dome:mrgreen:*que the cheesey porn music*
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4821.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4818.jpg

I luv your pom pom.. it is soooo cute.

Tanks looking good Doug, Once that sunset monti gets big enough that you can spare a piece. keep me in mind. ;0) Doug

Cute pom poms :biggrin:

Laurie, you never mind about Doug's pom-poms!

:rofl: well he was referencing them with porn, so what do you expect! :mrgreen:

I just saw one of my crabs and same thing. Guess its just the cold weather outside. Need to find new activities

Bow chica wow wow!

aw shucks.....thanks Sarah:redface:


I will do that Doug (great name BTW:mrgreen:)

I see you know the tune huh?:razz:


had a visit from a couple old friends last week.....and one of em brought his camera:biggrin::biggrin: I suck soooo bad at takin pics of my fish so Josh helped me out......I really wanted a couple good pics of my Chevy while he is still somewhat in his juvenile coloration.....

Pics by JDigital thanks again Josh...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...gital/both.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ital/chev1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ital/chev2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...gital/goby.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...tal/yellow.jpg

Wow great pic.'s of the fish I love how Buba's colours pop in the pic.'s of him.

Maybe! While we're on the topic...how about some more clam pr0n?

Nice shots Josh!

Very nice pictures... I love the color on the purple tang.

I agree with michika, we need some clam pr0n.

Thats cause its not a purple tang.:biggrin:

And ya Doug, get your hands on some more of those pretty clams and show us the pics.

First off......Im starting to notice a.....feminine trend in my thread........and I like it!!!!:mrgreen:

Josh does have a bit of a knack for pics:razz:.....
ladies, ladies.....patience...... the clam pr0n will have to wait til later this week.....I have a date with 4 or 5 lovely little clams....... Im supposed to meet them at Seans.... I said he was welcome to pick one and I would take the rest home with me....Im really not sure that I can manage em all......space wise I mean:twised::mrgreen:

how bout I show you Girlys a couple pics of one of my ringed(money) cowries??? look, sometimes they are smooth and shiny......
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4815.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4819.jpg

....and sometimes they are rough and prickly:wink:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4816.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4820.jpg

You edited the thread title just for 5 pics? LOL

It's a sweet tang though... just a pain in the arse to photograph... :lol:

Thanks Catherine... if you ever get that monster tank built... gimme a shout! :wink:

Ya he was a bit elusive wasnt he???

a few coral shots by Jdigital:biggrin:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...gital/acan.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...tal/coral1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...gital/maze.jpg


and I took this last one with Josh's kick arse camera
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...al/yourpic.jpg



Laurie and I are going tonight to get the last of my clams from Sean.....Im not sure where to put them all.......I may have to part with one or two so keep your eyes on the for sale forum....

heres a couple newbie zoabies.....

theses first ones I thought may be bam-bams but Im not so sure
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4826.jpg

Laurier was kind and generous enough to frag me off a few polyps of his "shockwave" zoas:biggrin:.... I had a frag before but lost them in the incident.....Thanks again mang!
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4828.jpg

an aussielicious un-identified sps frag
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4827.jpg

well, I have been dosing some of the zeo foods now for a couple weeks and wow!.....what a difference....things that seemed to be struggling are improving in color and Im now getting decent polyp exstention....I spose the next step will be to actually test the tank for the big three and get handle on that...heres a couple pics of some feeding lps....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4823.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4822.jpg

and finnally, Laurie and I went to Seans to get the last of my clams(thanks again for being such a patient babysitter bud!).....we came home with a threesome:surprise:....would have been a foursome but one lovely didnt wanna leave Sean's:mrgreen:...
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4838.jpg

and a couple closer pics of my favorite of the trio(if I had to pick one:wink:)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...IMG_0002-1.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4836.jpg

I love that one clam too, it's so perdy :mrgreen:

Mmmm hot and sexy clams and cowries!

I agree, that clam on the right is smokin'! I can't wait to start filling up my new tank with smexy clams!

First ones are Dragon eyes and what certainly looks like Bam-Bams, looking good Doug! Glad to see the tank is rebounding nicely.
Levi

Thank you Girlys....I do attempt to aim to please:mrgreen:


I kinda thought they were when I first snagged them, but then I was googlin pics and thats what got me doubting it....if they are, the cool!, if not then.......cool! I think they are killer no matter what the silly name:wink:

couple more clam pics for the Girlys

my big "chromillusion" crocea..... green or purple, depending on what angle you look at it
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...IMG_0001-1.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4831.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4844.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4842.jpg

Oh man those are some sexy clams!!!!!!!!

Did you buy anything from Ocean's when I saw you there the other day?

Thanks man!....

no......it takes something pretty sweet or rare for me to decide to pay retail for stuff at the competition:wink:....there was a sweet little clam at BA's that had my interest tweaked that day....but I decided against it:neutral:

Clams are looking good Doug! Glad they are all back home and happy.

ya I think maybe they are going through a little light withdrawal after leaving your tank but all in all, not looking too bad:biggrin:.......again 1000 thank yous!

scored a couple frags this week.....

"clash of the titans" favia a la Snappy
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4851.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4852.jpg

and I have no idea what these zoas are but Im pretty dang sure I havnt seen them before...
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4853.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4854.jpg

Nice scores Doug. I've got a matching frag of that there coral. :razz:

I saw this on LA:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2945926_n.jpg

They call it an Aussie War Coral. Somewhere I saw it called favites. Is Favites and Favia the same thing? Is this pic of the same coral as ours? I hope so!

nice score guys! def one of my favourite favias.

dang!......holiday time is a busy time of year.....been a while(for me anyway) since I updated.....


"aussie war" or if you want to call it by the cool designer name, "clash of the titans fav".....favites and favia are the same AND the pic is indeed what we have:wink:

Mine too! feel lucky to have scored a frag......that being said we got a huge one in at the shop just before Xmas.....it was the size of a dinner plate!:surprise:



couple fish updates......I realized that I never mentioned that I got a deep water coral beauty........like three months ago:redface:...................................... ....and I know what I said when I lost my powder brown................but Laurie made me do it!.......I added a powder blue two/three weeks ago............I know.........Im weak.......the thing that made me try again was this PB was at the shop for a couple weeks and he already settled in enough to come and pick at the hair on my arm while I was cleaning his tank......extremely rare that a tang settles in that quick in a lfs environment..... so far he is doing really well.....got my fingers crossed though....

heres a couple invert pics

blue tuxedo
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4858.jpg

and I got this wicked feather duster from Laurie as a "tank stuffer" x-mas prezzie.....Ive never seen one like this before.....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4856.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4855.jpg

Doug do you have any scollies in there

no scollys mang.......I wouldnt mind one, but try convincing Kev to bring em in:wink:

I love feature dusters (but you prob knew that), and man that one is a beaut! If you ever tire of admiring it's beauty shoot me a PM :D

Im working on craig to bring them in too :). Last I talked to Kevin he was bragging up some new buddy thats able to bring them in from down under but I still dont see them! Thats okay though the clown tank isnt set up so I gots no room.

I like how this is turning out as well Doug. Those zoanthids you posted sure are nice. I havent seen anything like that before either.

thanks man.....you know, sometimes you find the coolest things on the edges of colonies of other zoas:mrgreen::wink:

Im with you there brochacho......the new feather duster makes three for me, plus I have a red cocoworm........come to think of ot I seem to have a serious weakness for inverts in general......the add on tank is basically all inverts..... Hawaiian feather dusters(2), the coco, small crocea, money cowries(2),pom poms(3), purple porcelain crabs(2).......I doooo love cool critters:biggrin:....obviously my Girly knows that too.....she gave my these two critters as "tank stuffers" too.(have I mentioned she rocks?)

white porcelain crab
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4859.jpg


sexy shrimp (love the booty wiggle)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4860.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4884.jpg


and since Im now in invert mode


Hawaiian Feathers
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4865.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4866.jpg

purple porcelain crab
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4882.jpg

pom-pom silhouette
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4870.jpg

porcelain crabs are super neat. tanks looking great doug!