55 Reef Chronicles

[Mushroomman]

This will be the thread where Ill post all new pictures, updates, etc about whats happening in my reef tank, instead of posting new threads.

Heres some corals, etc I got within the past week or 2

Hammer Euphyllia

Acropora- Delicate spp? (sitting on bottom to acclimate to my lighting)

Acropora Tortuosa

Sebae Anemone

Sebae with long time resident Clarkii Clown

 

[Breene]

Holy. Crap. Very nice photography! The corals arent bad either =P (im a saltwater noob but they look very nice.) Can you take a full tank shot?

 

[fish outa wata]

Nice looking Sebae Anemone, love the tips.

Also is the Euphyllia a hammer or a frogspawn? In the pics there are a few that you can see a slight curve but the majority are rounded. Isn't that more typical of frogspawn?

 

[Mushroomman]

Thanks guys

Fish outta water- yes it resembles one (used to confuse them all the time) but its a branching hammer -a pretty young one- most of the tentacles are single headed. So closely related tho.

I can take an updated one tommarow, tank lights are off for tonight

 

[OCCFan023]

looking good ryan, and bump to sebae anenome complimants its looking great.

also good idea to centralize tank updates into one thread much easier on the viewers

 

[Mushroomman]

Yeah that is one sweet (and biggish) anemone

Yeah I took the idea from some of you guys... less threads, and you can see everything I posted here easily.

 

[kevin4052002]

Love the tank!

I wanted a sebae soo bad!

 

[Mushroomman]

Yeah its a nice anemone, looks great in my tank

 

[CAPSLOCK]

What is the Acropora Tortuosa sitting in/attached to? It looks awesome, kudos to you guys who can keep corals

 

[1979camaro]

re: the tortuosa, it is a base made from aquarium putty so that it is easier to secure to the LR

 

[Mushroomman]

Mhmm putty attached to a plastic screw looking thing, same with the other acro, and most sps for that matter.

 

[FishGeek]

Looks nice but where is the full tank shot MM???

 

[Limi310]

Awesome looking corals and that anenome is a beauty!! Good job *thumbsups

 

[fish outa wata]

Thanks mm, so it's a juvi? okay then. It does look great though.

 

[Lorna]

I thought sebae's needed to be on a sand substrate as they like to bury their foot in the sand? unlike bubble tips.....who like rock?

 

[Mushroomman]

Thanks guys

Lorna- he chose the rock.... funny you mention it because I just put him in the bottom, he crawled up onto the rock, I think he moved a few inches over to the sand tho'.

Errr was too busy for a FTS and lights are off yet again... tommarow

 

[Lorna]

yeah well who are we to argue with our anemones and where they will reside.....I still have a bubble tip lodged into a crevice under the overhang and she's been there for 3 months or more....I feed her a silverside every 2 or 3 days and she is pure white......not sure anymore if she is bleached as she has never gotten any colour......I was sure she was a goner due to her bleached status......but she eats, and has healthy tips.....though she just doen't gain any colour......a mystery to me.

 

[Mushroomman]

Yeah anemones are pretty weird... speaking of which he is fused into the sand now finally

Heres a brand new picture of my tank, cloudy because I just drasticly re aquascaped so I had more room for corals, and I wasnt pleased with the old setup (too archy, sides didnt match up) now it flows better from side to side.

And this is strange. Last night the A. Tortuosa was totally fine. I woke up this morning to find it completely bleached. I dont get it... usually when they would bleach it takes a litte while... any thoughts on this? I have never ever seen or heard of this happen so fast... I didnt think the xooxanthelae would go that quick?

On a good note the other acro is doing great... can see new growth on the tips, and the green polyps are out.

 

[Breene]

Im digging the half blue half yellow lighting weather it was was intentional or not lol.

And yea i like the aquascaping.

 

[fish outa wata]

man that light still freaks me out. lol. I had the same problem with one of my acro frags, I wonder if I will get the colour back? It is dark now, but not the brown that it was, it almost looks dirty. What do you plan to do with your little guy?