Shots look great already, Yay for new Cam!
And we get to enjoy you playing with it.








....just let that one go will ya?, Kthnx.

Wow Weetie that is taking some sweet pics you must be having a blast with it.

Yep!!
It actually has an "aquarium" setting on it, as well as an "underwater" setting that can be used if you buy a waterproof casing for it.
I'm taking it to BibleSue's house for the weekend and hope to get some good pics there.
Also got some good pics of my 2 yr. old "helping" me make coffee this morning, may post one later.

I always like looking at your tank, Weetabix, it gives me something to shoot for! Keep up the inspiration.

Wow, thanks a lot!!!
You wouldn't believe how much of it is "thrown together", it's just that most of the organisms and live rock are stock that I've had for a while so they're stable and healthy.

looks great weetie. i have the same type of mushrooms that dopamine gave you. they seemed to have more color under lower light if that helps at all. mmmm.. i made cookies today too.

Berghia Nudi

^^^^^Oooooh, that's ahrty!

Do you just have one, or do they multiply?

--Diane

OMG you can see its intestines! You could watch it digest the aptaisia through that viewing window!!

I know, isn't that CRAZY???
Those shots are from the underside of it, if you can't tell. I had just put the Nudi in BibleSue's tank to take out a couple of her aiptasia while I'm in here, and it was cruising around the top of her tank right at the waterline. I just grabbed my camera and started shooting since it was right there. Didn't even have any tank lights on, just shot with the flash and ambient room light.
I am LOVING this new camera!!! I'll post another pic or two of the Berghia in a bit.

Here's a shot of the Pink Yuma I got from dshnarw a little while back. It's been getting a green "grass" plant growth on it that I actually kind of like. It hasn't been growing out of control or anything so I haven't worried about it just yet.


Some Bam-Bam's and one polyp of Nuclear Greens that grew onto the bottom of the aquarium. More "grass" in the background.


Another shot of the Brain showing the unusual plating growths on the side of it.

OMG Weetie Im big time impressed where do I go to get a good deal on this camera? So much better than mine and mine is still new enough I can probaly sell it.

sometimes its all about the photagrapher. my gf showed me how to use mine and wow, my camera is 10 times better than i thought it was. my latest discovery.. MACRO and SUPER MACRO buttons lol.. nice.. and that i can zoom in til its blurry, and the camera will fix it for me after the shot. i used to stop once it got blurry on the view screen, now its a big blob and i click, walla.. perfect pic.. i've been posting pics thur her camera online lately, b/c my cord to the CPU (to upload from my camera) is at my parents house.. somewhere.. (great...) hope to post some soon tho. (btw, i have a olympus FE-280 w/ 8 megapixels)

Yep I seem to have a hard time focusing Im not sure if my camera is anygood tbh. Its called a Nikkon coolpix L3, you know anything about that one. Sorry for the hijack Weetie Im a real Jackass.

You're fine bud, no worries.
I'm surprised you'd have a problem with that camera.
Before I got this new camera, all the pics I've been posting were taken on my sister's Nikon Coolpix L1, which is just an older model of what you have. Are you taking pics on the macro setting? (little tulip icon)
I got my camera for $189.99 from WalMart.com.

Wow, great pics as usual weetie! I loved the one where you could see the guts of the nudi and the "grass" adds a nice splash of green. If only I could find some good macros that don't grow like weeds!

Another Nudi pic:

Nice pics!

The colours you have captured on your brain are unbelievable!

Just have one.
They lay eggs to reproduce. I don't think this one will though. When I got it from the LFS, it was on the bottom of a rock right next to another nudi and there was an egg spiral next to them. In order for it to reproduce in my system, I think it would have to have already been carrying eggs or have another nudi in there with it.



Yes, I have a colorful brain!
Can you tell?
And thanks, but it was the camera not me. All I did was point and shoot.

+ 1 !!!

Wow, Weetie, all those pics are so fantastic.

So, one nudi controls the Aip population in your tank and can be loaned out at well, eh? That's pretty cool. About how long is it?

--Diane

He's actually pretty good sized when stretched out, I'd say at least 2 inches.
I'd also say he's definitely grown since I first got him, I've kept him well fed!!!
I hope we can find him okay when it's time to get him out of BibleSue's tank and take him back to mine. I still have a few more aiptasia I need him to eat.

you getting this new camera seems to be a good thing... your pics are all beautiful, and you take really interesting shots... keep up the good work weetabix

I like the coral shots. very pretty. You have very nice zoa selections and from what I read, many others have beautiful zoas because of you. cool.

Wow, I think I need a new cam after seeing you and lani's shots. Haha

at everyone's comments.
You guys are sweet.
The truth is, it's the camera, not me. This thing is awesome.
I've never felt particularly inclined to get "into" photography, but this camera sure is inspiring me!

Here's a pic of a frag I got recently from ReeFur. It took 3 days to get to me and most of it died, but if you look closely at the brown lump in the middle, you can see some little polyps on the left hand side. I'd like to note that the loss of most of the frag wasn't ReeFur's fault at all, he did a fine job packing it, it's just that it took so long to get to me.

Now that is just rubbish! The camera only does what you tell it to.

So how come my other camera's never did what I told them to??
Maybe this one's just a good listener!

Maybe you're nicer to this one! Since it's all shiny and new.

Are you trying to imply that I am usually a ????

I have no idea.... I'm not a member of the CAB, Camera Abuse Bureau....








schh........ EagleOne, this is MoldyBread........... She's onto us, get out now!

LOL, you two are too much! (I'm with you, Weets. My cam practices selective listening...)

Weetie, it's very cool to see those teeny tiny polyps in that frag from ReeFur--now, just tell me what it's a frag of...

--Diane, coral illiterate

Cloves maybe? And I believe those plating growths are a type of macro algae. I have something similiar in my tank. Are they kind of bendable, or completely stiff?

ETA: Beautiful pics, btw. I especially love the brain - such pretty colors.

Oh no, I'm sorry, it's too late for you now.
Henceforth you shall be known as Bald Eagle and Moldy Toast, for I have at my command the most fearsome force known to man.
Grown men, alienz, and small furry animals tremble at their approach.
They know no limits,
They brook no opposition,
They eat no broccoli.
That's right, they are
The DinoThunderPowerRangerSuperEliteMutantXMutantYMutantZForceofNeverendingDOOM!!!!!!!

EagleOne, run for your life!!!!! They bite!!!!!!!!!!









End of transmission.

Eagle One has been dispatched, and your end is near.
The Small One has already released his Ferocious Fart of Fury and I wager that even now your nostril hairs are curling at it's onslaught...

You are correct, they are Blue Cloves. I had heard of them but never seen them in person before this, and I was startled by how very tiny their polyps are.
As for the plating growths, I haven't touched them but I strongly suspect they are flexible.
They must also be non-photosynthetic since they were growing in extremely low light.

Verah prittah tank!

Why thank you sir!!!
I am quite happy with this tank right now.
Every time I get depressed over my troubles with the other one, I just sit down and observe this one for a little while and I feel much better!!
I just noticed a few days ago that my various Euphyllia are splitting and forming new heads.
I have a Green Torch frag that I've had for at least 1 1/2 yrs. and it has never shown any growth in all that time. I have noticed in the last week that one of the heads is splitting into 3 and I can also see 3 tiny new baby heads growing out of the skeleton stalk as well.
I have a 1 head purple torch that I've had for almost as long, and it is now splitting into 2 heads.
My single head Frogspawn head has developed a second mouth and looks like it is splitting as well.
I feel relatively certain that this new growth is due to a higher level of dissolved organics in the tank.
I have had no fish for many years until January of this year, and then I added the Ocellaris Clown and Yellow Coris Wrasse within a fairly short period of time.
And now I am suddenly seeing an explosion of growth!!!

A little nitrate can be good It could also be trace elements being added from the fish food that wasn't there before.

Plus you oscellaris could help - mine now actively feed my hammer. And its getting huge!

Yours is one of my top 3 tanks on the forum I think!

you two are too funny! Tanks looks awesome Weetie!

EagleOne!!! It's MoldyBread, talk to me!!!!

................

........ *cough* *cough*....... What's that smell........*hack* *weeze*..... EagleOne..... The DinoThunderPowerRangerSuperEliteMutantXMutantYMutantZForceofNeverendingDOOM!!!!!!! were too powerful...... *hacking cough*...... I think they ate chili.................... MoldyBread.... out................................

I love how the little one can't stay in character!



Wow, those are tiny looking cloves--and so blue. I look forward to progress shots of that one!

I'm glad your euphyllids are taking off and your speculation about the fish effect makes lots of sense to me.

--Diane

Actually, that's VERY in character for the little guy!
He's not quite sure how he's supposed to do ninja moves, so he improvises a lot!
I really hope the cloves pull through and really take off. I've never had these kind of cloves before, so I don't know what to expect as far as growth rates, etc.

I just got home from being gone for 5 days, and this tank is looking AWESOME!!!!
I need to go away more often!
Hubby makes a great tanksitter.
Those little cloves really had an incredible recovery while I was gone, and I can see a minimum of 20 polyps out now. They look like a tiny, little delicate field of purplish blue lace, very pretty.
Everything looks very happy, it looks like the kind of reef tank that I always envisioned having when I got into this crazy game many moons ago.
I'll try to get pics later.

Alrighty folks, hope you're ready for another onslaught of pics.

First, we have the obligatory FTS. The first pic is taken with flash, the second with no flash.





I just put a 150w MH retro fixture with a Phoenix 14k bulb over this tank, which is why the pics look so blue with no flash. I've noticed that pics taken under Phoenix 14k with no flash actually look more blue than it looks in real life. The reality is that the color is probably halfway between the flash and no flash pics in person.

Now here's a pic from today of the beautiful blue cloves I got from ReeFur. As you can see, they are doing MUCH better. This pic is with no flash and is pretty true to the real life colors.

The next shots are all of the central area of the tank, but from different angles. The first is with flash, the last two with no flash.







The long stalked cloves with the neon green centers are a favorite of mine, I got them from C7 several months ago when she was forced to break down her tank. I've had a heck of a time capturing the true color of their centers on film and this is the closest I've gotten.
The Monti with the orange polyps on the right is a frag that I got from dshnarw. The polyps really do kinda glow an intense neon peach like in the no-flash pics, and it has an orange base that seems to be it's natural color as opposed to something that is bleached out.

The bottom right section of my tank, with Brain Coral, Blasto Merletti, a small furry Fire and Ice frag, and a purple mushroom or two:



Another close-up of my mushroom garden, with Pink Yuma, Purple Mushrooms, "Grass", and Red Macroalgae in the foreground:



This is a close-up of my Kenya Tree. I know they're considered a "basic beginner coral", but mine is so large and lacy looking that I think it really adds something to the look of the tank.

Great pictures but I must say it looks even better in person!

Wow, that is looking sweet Weet!

And it looks like your lovin' that new cam too! ( prolly caught that from Daniel )

I bet looking at this one really feels good after all the struggles the past couple months, good for you.