JamesL

Welcome and thanks for the support!

Gonna try and make it. If I do, I will have two kids in tow

The category for August is: Small. Sometimes it is the little things that catch our eye in our tanks. Show us something "small" (aquatic themed). Just like the "Big" contest, it can be as small as a coepod or something like a comparison shot showing a size difference. Use your imagination!

Please note the new rules:

• Picture must be taken by you.
  
• One entry per person.
  
• Picture must be aquatic themed/related.
  
• (New) You may only win once per calendar year. Thus if you win a photo contest in 2012, you will not be able to enter any future contests for the year. We feel this gives everyone a chance in the contests throughout the year.
  

Submit your photos to the following gallery:

August Photo Contest Gallery

Submissions close at midnight August 15th.

Winner receives a $25 Reefs2Go gift certificate!

Congrats to our winner, JeeperTy!

There are two official frag swaps per year that we hold. Just watch the meeting section of the forum for details.

Some people do swap some frags at the regular meetings, but nothing like our planned swaps complete with people bringing tanks. This last one in the spring had a sponsor come out and set up one of those cool zero edge overflow systems. And our host did a craw fish broil for the swap too, complete with live music. Check out the pictures from the April swap.

Is this the Josh that bought my old 29g Nanocube? Nice upgrade!

Could it be light shock? I.e. that you have more powerful lights than the store/place you got it before. Though, if that were the case, I would suspect it would try coming out at this point.

They will heal up and form new mouths. Congrats on the additions!

I would think if it was 100% covered, yes ... but that would not really be possible. As long as some water can flow around the rock I would suspect it would harbor some beneficial bacteria.

Sounds likes it. I have seen my purple mushrooms attach to two different spots, then "tear" themselves apart.

I wonder if they can sell the clams ... I thought he said those were all confiscated ones that were brought in illegally. But I guess at some point they need to do something with them.

Nice "souvenir" from the Sea World trip Jake

I have a Scopas tang (cream/brown color - similar body shape to a sailfin tang) and a Twin-spot bristletooth tang (dark blue) in my 75g tank. They do great cruising around.

I have never had issues with six lines in my tank. In fact, I was going to suggest some type of wrasse. They can be very colorful, and are very active. Most of the fairy wrasses are pretty peaceful. I have a 3 spot yellow wrasse (not sure it's exact name) that it very flashy and active. He does not bother tank mates or corals.

I just added a coral beauty angel, and understand your pain. I had a flame in the past that never touch a coral. This coral beauty seems to pick some on my gorgonians. I am still unsure what to do about him.

This is making me want to open up my sand bed again....

Very nice! I always liked plate corals.

Yikes. How'd you catch that thing?

In a rare instance, it was fully crawling out in the open sand. Just used two nets to catch it. Normally part of it is buried in the sand or rock and retracts quickly.

This beast is now gone! It was over 12" stretched out.

Is that a bristle worm?

Euclid worm. I think it is related to bristle worms, but much more predatory. It spins a "web" to catch snails ... also scavenges.

This beast is now gone! It was over 12" stretched out.

Moving to WTB section.

Nice!

Moving to non-reef related buy/sell. Not sure why you couldn't post in your sponsor forum... all the permissions look right.

Thanks for the support!

My finger gorgonian healed (pretty quickly), and then started growing again from the cut spot after I fragged a piece off of it.

Voting ends on July 31st at midnight.

See the full sized pictures here:

July Photo Contest Gallery

Closing this thread since all are gone. Feel free to start a new one when you get more.