livingart Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 A few pictures he has collected of the tank inhabitants at the uni. NUDIBRANCH Polycera hedgpethi Rosy weedfish crested blenny bridled goby female juvenile red gurnard - 3cm warty sea slug shortsnout pipefish bobtail squid dwarf scorpionfish purple rock crab baby bangai cardinals - tropical scopas tang - tropical coral beauty - tropical damsel - tropical ruby nudibranch - cold grey nudibranch scorpionfish yellow eyed mullet coral banded shrimp - cold apricot jewel anemone necked barnacle hermit crab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Some awesome species there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 crazy amount of diversity ... is this all native / locally collected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 most locally collected natives but just a small sample of what's in the tanks bangaiis are tropical same with coral beauty and scopas tang the coral banded shrimp is in 17c water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Impressive. Is another world right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish guy Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Didnt realise you had that many types of nudibranchs just thought it was the clowns and that wellington slug. Awesome :cophot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Young Warehou And a few more various images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 I like the octopus, so small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 if you mean on the left of last pic that is a snakestar if you want to see tanks i can open up this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 if you mean on the left of last pic that is a snakestar if you want to see tanks i can open up this weekend photo #8 in first post, definitely looks like a Cephalopod... Would be cool, except I seem to have lost your number when I changed phones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 It's a bobtail squid, at times a silicone blobtail. :roey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 what university is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish guy Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Its waikato university. Were did you get those warehou from and whats that creature in post 2 photo 3, looks real cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 The warehou were caught underneath jellyfish. And photo 3 post 2 is a sea cucumber, took the opportunity to get those interesting mouth parts photographed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 wow. amazing tanks, great pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Awesome pictures, those look like they are awesome tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Sunset Wrasse in cold water. Oblique-swimming triplefin Mediterranean fanworm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish guy Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I thought warehou were deep water fish? :cophot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Apparently juveniles aren't, they start pelagic then descend as they grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Hermit Crab shell change. http://youtu.be/_x2W2JLrJ2k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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