Gilman Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Just wanted to share a few photos of our new frags. You won't find these photos on our website We received 3 stalks of Xenia, a Tree Leather (Capnella), 2 Large Green Mushrooms, a small bunch of Feather Caulerpa, and a few hitchiker polyps (see pic below) and bristleworms. There are more photos of our new frags as well as the amazing soft coral reef system that they came from at the site in my signature. We have spent alot of time staring at our Nano since we received these new frags. The Xenia is really neat how it pulses endlessly. It really adds movement to the tank. We are going to split up the Xenia and put the individual stalks on the Live Rock in a few days. Our new Mushrooms are wide open unlike the 2 that we got from our LFS, and the Tree Leather is all wide open and seemingly happy in our Nano. So all seems well so far. Hitchhiker polyps on the base of our Tree Leather frag. Till next time..... Gil Link to comment
Satchmo Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Very nice! I don't think I've seen a xenia as pure white as the one in that pic. And that big shroom is beautiful- it looks like it really glows under actinic. Link to comment
HuBu Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 looks nice. what will you be feeding them? i have a finger leather which i m about to frag soon. its so big. Link to comment
tinyreef Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 usually i comment with a 'great tank' or something similar. here i would have to say 'great pictures!' :cool: they are amazing pics! i like the mushroom one the best actually, iridescent! next time give a whole tank shot too! what camera did you use for this? Link to comment
Gilman Posted July 6, 2002 Author Share Posted July 6, 2002 Thanks for the comments! Hubu so far I only have Prime Reef flake food, which I know is one of the things that were fed in the tank that these corals came from. I will also be going to the butcher to get a shrimp or two to chop up and spot feed the hitchhiker polyps in hopes that they will grow/spread. Any suggestions on other types of food for the leather/xenia frags? What have you been feeding your Finger Leather? tinyreef I'm glad you like the photos. The camera used for the pictures posted on this thread is a Sony Mavica MVC CD-300, but on the website in my signature, some of the photos are taken with a Canon EOS D-60. If you scroll to the bottom of any given picture on our, you will see camera details which tells what camera was used for the photograph. Most of the photos were taken with the Sony because of the macro lens. The Canon takes much better shots than the Sony however, and when we get a macro lens for it, the photos should be phenomenal. There are some shots that my girlfriend took of Sharkdudes reef with her Canon camera here http://www.oc-creative.com/reef/sharkdude.asp Below is one of the photos taken with the Canon by my girlfriend that is posted on the site. Gil Link to comment
Gilman Posted July 6, 2002 Author Share Posted July 6, 2002 Oh yeah! Here is a full tank view that I stole from the website. Ill try to get one with the Canon here in a little bit. It should take a better full tank photo. Gil Link to comment
HuBu Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 i m feeding the xenia and finger leather Roti-Rich. so far everything is great. the xenia is spreading like wed and the finger leather, which i had to keep in a make shift tank for 4 days in miami, is doing great not. if it grows another 2" by aug, then it would be too high for the 10 gal tank. Link to comment
Sahin Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Very nice pics! Wow! The corals look pretty good to me. The tank looks squeeky clean too. Link to comment
zaraleo Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 very beautiful frags, and excellent pictures. where did you get the frags from? nice! Link to comment
NaNO ReeFiN Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Wow... those are some excellent pics... what type of camera did you use to take those with...? Link to comment
Asterix Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Hey, Great looking frags...But just one question, I have the same "Tree Leather" Coral as you and it was sold to me as a colt coral, And I have always known it as that...Are they the same thing or something? Or is it different, Or is mine not really a Colt Coral, A picture of mine can be seen on this thread http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...=fresh+pictures Thanks -David- Link to comment
Gilman Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 Asterix, I hate to say this but I have no idea. The Tree Leather was also described to me as Capnella if that helps out at all. I will go look on the net for more information about Colt Coral. You are the 2nd person to comment about it looking like Colt Coral. HuBu had asked about it being a Colt Coral on reef central. HuBu would you care to chime in on this issue please? Thanks Gil Link to comment
Gilman Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 BTW. Thanks for all of the comments again!!! zaraleo I got the frags from a fellow reefer. The best way!! NaNO ReeFiN 2 different cameras. Sony Mavica MVC CD-300 and Canon EOS D-60. On our site http://www.oc-creative.com/reef, each picture has camera details right under the photo which tells what camera was used for the shot. Gil Link to comment
LotR Clown Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Looks like the colt I have. I think they call it an ornalmental colt. Link to comment
Gilman Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 Here are some links I found with pictures and reference to Capnella sp. which is what I believe that we have. Not sure if this is the same thing as Colt Coral or not. I will do some searching after dinner. http://www.garf.org/22/CAP.html http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/capnella.htm http://www.lakehouse.com/aquarium/kenyatree.htm http://www.livingreefimages.com/Page51c.html http://www.inlandreef.com/i_soft.html Gil Link to comment
Vixyswillie Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 WOW!! Those are some awesome specimens, Gil - way to go! Can't wait to see 'em grow. Keep us posted, hey? Link to comment
Satchmo Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Capnella is a Kenya Tree Coral- looks like that may be what you have. According to Borneman's book "Aquarium Corals" there's a lot of confusion in the hobby as to what a colt coral actually is. Apparently, there are many different corals that seem to mistakingly get the label "colt". Link to comment
quiksilver5768 Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Nice tank! I really like the xenia Link to comment
parhead Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 hubu, feel free to bring any and all frags to Columbus in August.. i'll take 'em off your hands. parhead Link to comment
cmoreash Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 That colt looks like a bonsai tree!!! Link to comment
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