lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Tanks looking pretty average but here are some corals: H. giga (I think) anemone and clowns Purple Monti Cap Brown Blue Green A. samoensis Blue A. tenuis Yellow Green A. austera (with a few purple polyps) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Wow That anemone is wicked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 I was going to give that anemone away at one point. I came virtually brown, and pretty bland. I'm glad I kept it. Bad luck Robert ;-) Here are a couple of fish: Male Crosshatch Trigger Shoal tang Sohal and Racoon Butterfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 layton, how is the trigger and angel re your corals and inverts? is there a list of species on your site?. love the different fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Xanthicthys triggers (crosshatch and blue throat triggers) are considered reef safe, but will more than likely eat shrimp (I don't have any though) they don't touch corals or anything. The raccoon butterflies (and most butterflies in general) are polyp munchers, but it causes minimal damage in the tank. It gets well fed, so only picks a little at the corals. They grow fast enough (even when the tanks not at it's best) not to worry about them killing anything. I've got some other interesting butterflies in mind which I want to try too. Hopefully I can get them within the next month or so. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinity Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Love those racoons. Does anyone import them anymore ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Redwoods might still have a few left from the recent shipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 These are the butterflies i want to try, Chaetodon baronessa: From http://www.edge-of-reef.com/Chetodontid ... essaen.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Great photos nice Anemone and corals (more pics) :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 nice layton, you gotta good mix of colour there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinity Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 As Fay said ----------More pics :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Found an old pic from back in 2001/2002 ish Still got the gold polyped sacrophyton on the far right. The white polyped sacrophyton on the bottom left. The green sinularia middle left. Candy cane behind the blue tang, the two clowns are the same two as in the anemone at the top. Still had the blue tang up until a few weeks ago (the sohal harassed him to death) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 got a updated pic to compare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 What's the blue thing slightly above right of the red mushrooms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Xanthicthys triggers (crosshatch and blue throat triggers) are considered reef safe, but will more than likely eat shrimp (I don't have any though) they don't touch corals or anything. sargassum and pink tail triggers to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 got a updated pic to compare Didn't get a full tank pic today, the batteries crapped out. What's the blue thing slightly above right of the red mushrooms? red mushrooms? Dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 red mushrooms? Dunno.Maybe it's my eyesight. Come in about 1/3rd way along the tank from the left, at the bottom of the rocks, there is something red. The blue thing is a little right and above of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 looks like a leather coral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Maybe it's my eyesight. Come in about 1/3rd way along the tank from the left, at the bottom of the rocks, there is something red. The blue thing is a little right and above of this. If it's half way up the rockwork, it's a green Sinularia flexibilis. If it's on top of the rockwork, it's an algae blenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 The red mushroom is a sun coral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 OK I can see it now it is a sinularia, does look kind of blue though. I'll bet with another 5 years growth on those sarcophyton you would have had to prune hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 I chopped them in half a few years ago, and they are still 3 or 4 times that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 The red mushroom is a sun coral. Well that's pretty Layton I've not seen one that colour. Still got it? I once had yellow sun coral but got tired of feeding it in the end I sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Sounds like the colour on you monitor is weird, it's just the normal common old orange sun coral. Fed it for a few months, it grew an extra couple of polyps, but I got sick of feeding it and it died slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Nope, never seen one that colour. Perhaps I should get out more! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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