violinist Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 That is a sea hare, best algae control there is. First time my wife saw the sea hare in the hex, she told me something took a massive poop on the sand lol. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 First time my wife saw the sea hare in the hex, she told me something took a massive poop on the sand lol. LOL, they do kinda look like high-fiber poop Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Ok, so I got around to snapping some shots tonight.... the serpent stars and pods were hiding, but got some other ones to show... Starting with the smallest thing I tried to capture... a baby astrea snail... a few millimiters long, at most. Stomatella sucking on glass. Notice the baby snail on the bottom right corner. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Asterina time!! Is that a copepod to the left of it? aha! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?.... Good little chiton Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 I just love this picture....big ol' cerith snail carrying a baby turbo in the bottom right, a chiton in the middle right and a feather duster on the top right!! Last but not least... invert traffic jam! Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'm thinking of getting a Leng Sy montipora to put beside the orange cap when I move it down. That should make for a nice contrast! Link to comment
violinist Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Is it green? I looked them up on google images and most results show a green cap. Most... I want to get a kaleidoscope of caps going. Red, green, etc hopefully as many strikingly different colors as possible. Need to start researching... Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Is it green? I looked them up on google images and most results show a green cap. Most... I want to get a kaleidoscope of caps going. Red, green, etc hopefully as many strikingly different colors as possible. Need to start researching... When healthy and happy, it should be a nice bright green with a purple rim and blue polyps... very pretty! Link to comment
Markushka Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 sounds like an awesome monti! and i really love that red planet what kind of lights do you have on the tank? Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 sounds like an awesome monti! and i really love that red planet what kind of lights do you have on the tank? Thanks. The red planet is definitely one of my favorites, along with Pearlberry and Joe the Coral. I'm a big fan of ORA corals. I will be also be getting a bellina at some point. My lighting system (along with all other details) is listed in my top post. It is an Current Outer Orbit 150W HQI unit with 2 65 watt PC bulbs. I use a Radium 20K MH bulb and Current 420/460nm dual actinic 65W PC bulbs. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 I found this old picture of the tank from early 2009.... versus now.... Link to comment
violinist Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Is that the same monti back then? Was it bleached out or that's just the flash? Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Is that the same monti back then? Was it bleached out or that's just the flash? What monti? if you're talking about the white looking thing on the top of the picture, that's just a piece of dead fiji plate rock I had just added then. Link to comment
violinist Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Ahhh, yeah thought it was a big bleached cap heheh. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Ahhh, yeah thought it was a big bleached cap heheh. LOL, i think it was once a monti cap, now it serves as a nice flat area for my SPS to grow on. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 So, after looking around locally for a leng sy, I found someone with a colony of LE X-Factor Monti, a true beauty that will soon adorn my tank. Link to comment
Markushka Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 lol I like the new title oh and pix when you get it Link to comment
louphoenix Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 lol I like the new title oh and pix when you get it Thanks. I'll post a picture of the mother colony later tonight. Link to comment
violinist Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Is that the sapphire monti? Very cool! Link to comment
louphoenix Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 And here's a pic of the mother colony... I will hopefully be picking this up by this weekend. Link to comment
Markushka Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 woah very nice! do want one too now, Link to comment
louphoenix Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Is that the sapphire monti? Very cool! Yep, that would be it. woah very nice! do want one too now, Lol, that's what I said when I first saw it. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Look who came out fer a peek.. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 This morning while the lights were out and it was still pretty dark in the room, a very special invert --whom I thought was long gone and digested by the tank-- was out in the open, alive and well. I'll post the crappy picture I managed to take tonight.... what was it? you'll see! Link to comment
violinist Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 What kind of goby is that guy? Link to comment
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