ninjamyst Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Following because this thread inspired my tank scape. Keep those pics coming! 2 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Not sure if I've posted this photo before. I don't think you mind. 😉 2 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Two more nice ones. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 New day, new inspiration. 😊 4 3 Quote Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 What I find especially fascinating, is the number of SPS colonies that are simply just growing out of the sand bed, on the ocean floor, while conventional aquarium wisdom tells us to mount them on rocks. 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Alexraptor said: What I find especially fascinating, is the number of SPS colonies that are simply just growing out of the sand bed, on the ocean floor, while conventional aquarium wisdom tells us to mount them on rocks. 🙂 I think they are still on rocks but rocks are low. That's why people should stop stacking their rocks high. SPS need vertical growth. My rule of thumb is not exceed 50-60% of tank water height. 3 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Another fine example. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
JoshO Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 A few more to add to our collection!! I know one isn't a bommie, but imagine a huge shallow tank with the entire bottom covered like the second picture! 4 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Very nice first picture! 😊 1 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Amazing footage in this video (you can skip the part from 4:55s till 8:45s) from Belize. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iDxWibmOw78 Like big bommies deliberately put together. With great rock formations and structures, like in a fairytale. Hopefully some screenshots tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment
M. Tournesol Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, DNR88 said: Amazing footage in this video (you can skip the part from 4:55s till 8:45s) from Belize. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iDxWibmOw78 Like big bommies deliberately put together. With great rock formations and structures, like in a fairytale. Hopefully some screenshots tomorrow. 8:55 is just waouh 1 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 18 hours ago, M. Tournesol said: 8:55 is just waouh Yes, incredible! I've tried to make some decent screenshots, but you have to watch the video for yourself. 2 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Some more great stuff from Belize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5krfVT-hs 3 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Found this picture as a 'suggestion' under one of my own printscreens on Google. Not a bad suggestion I think. 😊 3 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Fantastic footage from Cuba! 3 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Not a bad view from the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt. And this one, location unknown. Jardines de la Reina - Cuba. Love this view, almost like looking in an aquarium. I love this minimal shot! Fantastic bommie inspiration. And a 'coral tower'. Like a coral sculpture. Great hard coral landscape. 2 Quote Link to comment
JoshO Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 This thread needs reviving 💙 Enjoy! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Any idea what the wavy looking orange stuff on the lower half of the photo is? Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Check these out! Snorkeling around Cozumel. There were flashier reefs with more corals in deeper water, 10-20 feet, but I got distracted sticking around the shallows where I could stare at everything close up. There were corals and gorgonians, but there was also a lot of macroalgae, and a lot of organisms I couldn't really identify to shape. It's too bad a lot of this probably wouldn't thrive in reef tanks, because it looks really cool, all those warring textures on the rocks. I like this look, all the seaweed and the unknown critters with the occasional larger coral or gorgonian sticking up. I'm curious what that orange branching macroalgae (?) is. I think I've seen it sold rarely, described as hard to keep. It probably likes a lot of flow; this was all in areas with the water constantly being exchanged. I almost got swept into the rocks shortly after taking that photo with the damselfish. 2 Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/19/2022 at 5:34 PM, Tired said: I'm curious what that orange branching macroalgae (?) is. Maybe http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Rhodophyceae/Macroreds/CHONDRIA/Chondria_image_page.htm#pic03? It's similar, but I dunno about the same.... Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I remembered seeing this https://www.reefcleaners.org/store/out-of-season/pink-galaxy-detail on ReefCleaners, and this looks similar in concept. I'm guessing that's a Galaxaura species up there, mostly from that odd shape to the tips. I also found this listing, https://tropicalfishplus.com/products/tubular-thicket-galaxaura-sp where someone has presumably pulled a photo from the Internet, as they've put what appears to be a birdsnest coral in place of a macroalgae photo. 1 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I like the depth in this picture. And another great picture from Marsa Alam, Egypt. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Look at all those cool coral and rock structures! I would be collecting bommies all day. 😛 https://youtu.be/sh5Wqwg65GQ 5 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 16 hours ago, DNR88 said: Look at all those cool coral and rock structures! I would be collecting bommies all day. 😛 https://youtu.be/sh5Wqwg65GQ Just wanted to say thank you for keep adding to this thread with these awesome images....I got lazy once I couldn't link IG content over.... 2 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Another great picture. 4 2 Quote Link to comment
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