JamesL

Nope, the links are broken. Great pictures BTW (when I could see them ).

Those are cool looking! I am sure they love all the room to swim around. So do you have plans for other fish to stock? With the length of that tank, I would think a school of something (like those PJ Cardinals) would look nice. -James

Here is my entry. My gold striped maroon clownfish was my favorite, as it was the first fish I purchased once getting back into the saltwater hobby last year. Here is a picture of him playing peek-a-boo. Click for large picture.

That is a cool video!!

Thanks for the info. I just ordered a a 70-300mm lens for my Canon ... can't wait for it to come!

I agree, that looks really awesome! What type of web came are you using? It is nice and small ... might have to look into adding one down the road

Thanks!

Count me in. Will be nice to meet some Austin-area reef peoples! -James

Fantastic pictures!! What lens/camera are you using? I am starting to look for a macro lens for my Canon Digital SLR.

Just checking to see if anyone local has any blueberry gorgonia frags to sell. I had purchased on last year, but the postal office lost it for a few days and it did not survive. So if I try it again, I am going to go local. Just checking availability, as I might on the prowl to add something to the tank this upcoming weekend (though I first need to figure out if I have room for more corals ).

Awesome looking tank! I like the lights and the wall deco

Lookie that the Duncan Thread on nano-reef.

Isn't that called a sea cucumber?

Wo .. I wouldn't be happy with that contrast either!

That new seahorse is very cool! Now you are making me want to have a seahorse tank (think I could convince my wife it would be "hers"? ). BTW, that link should have a .org in it and not a .com ... Was a little confused when I first clicked on it how the Marines got you seahorses

This is the only picture (and not a good one at that) I was able to get when I was acclimating the bag: Wife said I could get another one if I wanted, but will need to get of the basslet first.

You positive it is a peppermint shrimp and not a camel shrimp? They sometimes are hard to tell apart, and I think the camel's are more prone to nip at corals. But I also second headless_donkey, when I had peppermints, they were thiefs of food, and so was my cleaner.

(Sorry if this sounds familiar, I copied my post from Nano-Reef.com) Well, all this hype for nothing. I got my shrimp today, and it was pretty cool looking. Small and mostly clear. After acclimation, I tried placing him right next to the Heliofungia. Well no sooner than he set down on the sand, I saw a purple flash, and BAM!, he was gone! My stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid strawberry basslet snatched him up! Needless to say I was not happy. Well, shall try again later with one... I knew I should have gotten rid of that fish when I caught the blennie.... But on the plus side, the rest of my shipment from SeaCrop was awesome. Tank is back on the right track.

Gott wait till my tank is all nice looking again I am getting a big shipment of coral frags in tomorrow ....

Cool, thanks for the info on the pistol/sexy combo. Will definitely share pictures. Here is the "home" for the soon-to-arrive Heliofungia shrimp (click for larger): [Edit: Please ignore the brown algae .. working on getting rid of that ]

Thanks for the reply. Mary from SeaCrop got back to me and said they basically eat anything but the only think is they are small. So I went ahead and added one to my order from them. I also love the unusual, especially when it comes to symbiotic relationships. I might give some sexy shrimp a try down the road ... but correct me if I am wrong, did I not read somewhere that pistol shrimp and sexy's generally don't get a long? I have a small red striped pistol that used to be paired with a hi-fin goby.

I have placed an order with SeaCrop and I noticed that they have some Heliofungia Shrimp (Periclimenes kororensis) for sale. Does anyone any experience with these? I did some googling, but mostly came up with pictures. I still have time to add to the order, but was sure on the durability of the shrimp (yes, I have read about the sometimes lack of longevity of Heliofungia plates too). Was curious as I acquired a long tentacle plate this weekend that has jumped to the top of the "coolest coral in the tank list" . Thanks.

Nice looking stuff and good prices ... just not in the market quite yet

Welcome! Very cool on the local purchases, I hope to take advantage of that in the near future too

Heh.. stumbled across this today... happy b-day to ARC