Gilman Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Had the chance to go over to birdman's place to hang out and take pics of his reef tanks last night. As always his Minibow is looking very nice, and there are some changes to the livestock crew since the last time I was there. Since I was there last, he has setup an awesome 80gallon reef system as well that is on it's way to reefkeeping minerva. Anyhow, on to the photos..... Minibow Photos Montiporas Crocea Clam (gotten much larger) Zoos Ricordeas Pistol Shrimp Sexy Shrimp Link to comment
Gilman Posted March 7, 2004 Author Share Posted March 7, 2004 80 Gallon Reef Photos Acropora Pocillipora (note: peek-a-boo) Close up of Acro Crab Acropora Black Cap Basslet Ricordeas Link to comment
Gilman Posted March 7, 2004 Author Share Posted March 7, 2004 Zoos Percula Clown Blue Spot Squamosa Yellow Tang Zoos Thanks to birdman for his hospitality (I went home with an auto topoff and a block of cyclopeeze wow). I look forward to going back and spending more time gawking at his reef tanks and taking more pics. Gil Link to comment
birdman204 Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Thanks for coming by Gil. Appreciated as always. Most of the inhabs are new and we have set up a beautiful system to care for them. The Minibow as a matter of fact recieved a few more zoo frags from new pieces from the large tank today. A Turquoise frag , Peach frag , and a single Purple W/ green skirt zoanthid ( not pictured above ). Link to comment
ReeferMonkey Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Gil, Did you take any full tank shots of the 80? Link to comment
darwin604 Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 That's some awesome photography. Lookin' good. I'll second a request for a full tank shot of the 80 gal. Nice work on the fish pics, I find it almost impossible to get even a clear shot of any of my fish - tripod, fast shutter speed and all, nothing close to as clear as those . . very nice. d. Link to comment
birdman204 Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 I don't know if he took any full shots of the 80, but he waited maybe 20 minutes for my 4 line wrasse to come out of hiding for a picture.... the dam fish never came out, even with food... camera shy I guess... I wanna know if he got a good shot of the efflo, or the big arched zoo rock, that thing is a banner in the making w/ some good photoshop work Link to comment
fishtankbabe Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I don't know what's more impressive, bird's tanks or Gil's photography! Very jealous (but in a good way!) Link to comment
TiGs Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Sweet!! I see you got a yellow rics. I haven't seen many people have that color. I got two yellows also but color doesnt seem as vibrant as when I got first got them. I noticed the color fading when I got my MH. Link to comment
wallywaltt Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Your tank is a gasp. I really like that green monti, very nice specimen, you should have posted it over at oc-creative. Looking forward to more pics of that 80 gal. walt Link to comment
onthefly Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Birdman this....Bridman that....blah.....blah......blah Nice tanks Guapo! Everytime I see that SQWD......smoke starts coming out of my ears....I want one! Is the closed loop and and the fuge flow your only flow? Link to comment
adinsxq Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 you might want to watch your pistol. it might EAT your tang. what are pistols good for? don't they kill stuff? Boston, they also use it as a weapon. The pop is used to stun prey right in front of them. really? From what I've seen, and read, yes. The pop would work kind of like someone firing a grenade in a drum right on your chest. Saw one do it on TV... I can't recall if it ate the Psudochromis it was snapping at, but it dida serious stun job on it. i always thought pisols were scavengers.. It can STUN the fish. I've seen one use it to snap at another shrimp and begin eating it. I imagine if the fish were small enough or slow enough (fry, seahorse) it could eat one. nk k then why doesn't it hurt the goby? mistake, the goby protects the pistolshrimp, kind of like a clown and a anenome WHY DOESN'T THE SNAP HURT THE GOBY CAPSOFF Maybe it feels no need or desire to attack the goby? a: the goby isn't threatening it, b: the goby is too big to eat. c: goby bring fooood. but if the shrimp is outside the goby's nest, and he snaps, why doesn't the goby go into spasmatic seizures I wouldn't really know, I only know what I've personally seen. The pistol I saw going after a shrimp (ghost shrimp) got the claw -right- up to it. The one I saw snapping at a psudochromis on TV was probably no more than a half inch from it, snapping. The pistol I saw going after a shrimp (ghost shrimp) got the claw -right- up to it. The one I saw snapping at a psudochromis on TV was probably no more than a half inch from it, snapping. The fish would jerk back, drift sideways, then swim right back at the shrimp. Eventually the shrimp did land one very close to it's head, and it seemed to knock the fish out totally. anyway enough BS, nice black cap. cool little fish. great tank bman. by any chance is the green digi fragged from gil's? if so, just wanted to point out how interesting they are in their different growth structures. (post tank specs please) AND FOR GOODNESS SAKE. GIL, NEXT TIME YOU'RE OVER THERE, SCRAPE THAT GLASS! Link to comment
Undertheradar Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 In the pic of the pistol, where its under the bee snail... On the glass I see many little spiral shaped ... worms...snails? What are they? Link to comment
sandsrfr Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 I think those are little feather dusters... I have them accumulating on the glass in my tank near a calmer area. Link to comment
birdman204 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Tigs - Thanks. They are more of an orange color, I think it is the angle Gil shot them from. Wally - Posted OTF - Get crackin' then man Adin - I purchased and Alpheus Randalli , or some call em candy cane pistols. They get no larger than 1 inch, This guy is about 5/8 of an inch right now. For reference, look at the main picture in the middle, that bumblebee snail is in the Yellow polyps, and the shrimp is below that in the macro shot. The snap is loud, but I am more worried about the borrows undermining some of my zoos rock The shrimp is actually in the nano, not w/ the Tang, obviously. The green digi is not Gil's. His didn't like my halide even with screens for diffusion and quickly became a piece of rubble. Under the radar - Might wanna search for a new Av, that one has been claimed - They are some type of calcerous tubeworm, I will try to get a proper ID at home, all my books are there. They grow on the underside of almost everything... You can see them on the side of the clam. Added what will probably be my last SPS this weekend , a nice orange cap traded with a fellow reefer. Also fragged some red, turquoise, and peach zoos from the big tank and threw them in the nano as well. I may frag a piece of the Lavender Cap from the big tank for the nano , but that would DEFINATLEY be the last SPS in there. It's all about growth now. My Orange zoos, which were slow to start have almost doubled in colony size, more growth than any others. I also had to switch to full strength kalk in the topoff as half strength was barely keeping CA at 350 - 380. Last test was 390 - 400 (you know how accurate these things are) so we will see how that does. Link to comment
Korbin Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Red zoanthids, yellow ricordia, black cap basslet, blue-dot squamosa, true perc . . . . . . I'M JEALOUS! Link to comment
darwin604 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I'll have to second Wallywaltt on that monti. Very cool, I've only ever been able to find thim in the brown/pinkish variety around here (I have on in my nano right now . .), looks sweet in green. d. Link to comment
birdman204 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Korbin, The zoos are out there, It is just a matter of visiting every online website 15 times a day to get them Darwin , They will be fragged and sold in the near future.... I will keep you in mind. Link to comment
rehren Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 nice acro crab and sexy shrimp. where'd you get the shrimp btw? Link to comment
birdman204 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Tong's in Garden Grove. They almost always have them now. same with the pistol shrimp. Link to comment
snaggle Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 wow what kind of camera do you use Link to comment
birdman204 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 A Very expensive one. One that I could not afford. But a friend came over and took some pics. I now use a cannon Digital EOS rebel. Stock Lense and a rental macro lense. Great quality IMO. I took the picture in my avatar most recently, and will be posting new pictures tonight (hopefully) as the tank is 1 year old this month. Link to comment
USFnano Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Congrats on hitting the 1yr mark Link to comment
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