SEPT 08: EA Photo - Rare And Unusual
 

Here's the deal, there are basically two options:

1) Your picture contains a rare or unusual piece of livestock.

2) Your picture doesn't necessarily contain a rare piece of livestock but something about it makes it rare and unusual. For example this could be a fish not normally reef safe kept in a reef tank or two tank mates that shouldn't get along but do.

Either way your picture should clearly show this and fit the theme. Also be careful, when it comes to voting I will be asking everyone to vote for what they believe to be the most rare or unusual subject.

Also as usual I want new pictures please, not old ones!

Requested, but not required, members should post info about their picture. This could include a picture title and camera specs.




Only the first 20 entries will be used, so do not delay.Entries will be accepted until SEPT 22, 2008.

Post entries here, if you cannot post your picture please email it to me (sphelps@sasktel.net) and I will post it for you.

Good Luck!!

The winner will be determined by you, the voters, and the winner will receive a framed picture and possibly a special bonus prize depending on the turn out.



Contest Rules are as follows:

1) You must follow the guidelines given for each contest

2) ALL members including vendors can enter, I just ask that the picture is from a personal or display tank, not store stock.

3) As long as YOU take the picture and it fits the guidelines you can enter it, I don’t care whose tank it’s from

4) First come, first serve up to 20. But do not hesitate to continue posting pictures if 20 were already posted.

5) Each can post as many pictures as they want, but only ONE can be entered. Please specify which one when posting multiple pictures or I will choose for you.

6) Have Fun!

How's this work? Do we just post the pic here?

Yeap, just post your pics here. As many as you want but you can only enter one. If you can't post pictures email to me and I'll post them for you.

Here's mine then. I don't think it's good enough to win, but it's fun to share photos and support the forum activities. :D

It's a wild caught True Perc with spectacular coloring - albeit not quite spectacular enough to be a Picasso. ;)

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...r2720082-1.jpg

I found this a few weeks back in my tank, I believe it's called a club tipped anenome....

http://www.denpaul.ca/SALT/IDTHIS.jpg

What you ^ have is Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum. White Ball Corallimorph. Will eat small fish readily! :D

Very cool thanks (I have more than a few.. too, but only the one has nice color)

Nice ones so far. A couple examples from mine.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...8/DSC_1305.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...8/DSC_1312.jpg

That second one is a great capture.

And sphelps blows the competition out of the water!! :eek:

nice pics Sphelps!
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...aper/Wormy.jpg
Here's a spaghetti taking a walk

Wow nice photos Steve!

Yeah that was sweet

Thanks folks, they're just examples but I'll try and get some more. I just acquired a new piece of coral that I think is pretty rare.

I would have never thought a Frog fish, Lion and sea horses would be able to exist in the same tank

J

And a clam! I was surprised to see them all together too!

There's also an eel and an engineer goby in there too. They actually make a good balance. The lionfish and frogfish usually stay away from smaller food which the seahorse feeds on. The engineer goby is very timid and doesn't present much competition. The eel can't seem to get food on his own except for excess food that gets caught in the overflow strainer which he keeps clean. Nobody fights and for the most part are pretty courteous. The only problem comes from the frogfish who obviously doesn't know his limits, if someone were to grab his food before he gets it he'll inhale that someone, even if it's way too big for him. luckily once he realizes it's too big he'll spit it out. So far he's tried to eat the seahorse and the ribbon eel.

LMAO!! Frogfish aren't the brightest...

Does anyone know what this is?
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...8/DSC_1352.jpg

hehe, is it a rarely seen and expensive dendrophylia which i know where you got, and would love one too but are quite pricey!

aah, way to ruin my fun :wink:
It was expensive but actually priced pretty competitive compared to elsewhere.

What is it... a duncan? Look at Mr. money bags ahah. So you got a really good deal?

Yeah i would imagine so as his prices tend to be!

dendro
 

Yes very nice dendro steve...but it's the pic that really amazing.I to bought a frag,i was lucky and got a huge polyp,with a bonus baby on the side.Yes,they were pricey,but worth every penny.

I can't compete with steves pics and its not very rare or unusual but here is my humble attempt

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...l/conch009.jpg

or if you prefer the ruder version :razz:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...l/conch011.jpg

:smilecol: Holy Cow it's John Holmes reincarnated!!!

Yep, Marie, mind in gutter, as usual lol

HeHe This coming from someone named PoonTang:mrgreen:

D'oH!

Ha!

The pic isn't very good but here's my 3" x 3" meteor shower cyphastrea

Nice!

Sorry Marie, you reminded me of my 3 eyed conch
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...10Medium-1.jpg

HAHAHA
http://www.purplemoon.com/Stickers/sim-fish.jpg

Here is my Rare Sea Hare.:lol:
Okay maybe he is not that rare. This is a smaller version and this one is supposed to be full grown. He is also a scraper so will live in my tank with no hair algae. Not the best pictures as he is fast and hard to get a good picture of.
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...SeaHare028.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...SeaHare038.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...SeaHare145.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...SeaHare197.jpg

Jason your three-eyed conch reminds me of..... my 2 headed seahorse fry! (H. reidi). :s

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0/2heads_8.jpg


;)
-Diana

How about my little tiny Discordipinna griessingeri.......

Thats a nice fish I want one.:smile:

sphelps- I would like to enter this pic into POTM instead of my last one :)
We bought a red/white feather duster rock with half a dozen of these guys as a hitchhiker, hoping they would survive and they took over the whole rock!
Fuji FinePix S9100
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...Picture061.jpg

OK Paul, nice pic!