an update with pics

[dbacksrat]

For some reason these pictures look fine on my computer...but online at their current size they give me a headache because of their blurriness...I'm sorry in advance
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On Saturday I went to my favorite LFS (Aquatouch for those of you in the area) and bought two corals for $9.95 a piece...here they are

1) Xenia....its not looking so good...some of its "hands" are turning white...it looked fine in the store, but after a quick acclimation (maybe that's the cause) it didn't look so hot in my tank

2) Candy cane coral...I'm too lazy to look up the scientific name...this is the clearest shot I could get of it

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1) my E. divisa (maybe E. paradivisa, but i'm not worried about being scientifically correct at the moment)

2) my S. dura--still hanging on through all of my "learning" experiences and looking happier than ever

3) coralline algae growing on my live rock...it looks so much better in real life, but that's the best I've got to show

4) because I'm running skimmerless until Christmas, the algae is rearing its ugly head once again...I'm still fighting it mano a mano though

5) because of having no skimmer, the surface of my tank also has a wonderful film...I'm sure I should be worried about this too

 

[KahluaZzZ]

got very cool corals...too bad there's hair algae...why skimmerless ? Skimmer is dead ?

 

[OCCFan023]

coraline looks like its growing very nicely. I really like the S. dura too, greta looking coral. Any possible full tank shots?

 

[S.Reef]

I was about to ask the same thing...with a full shot.

 

[dbacksrat]

yeah i forgot about the full tank shot until it was too late...I might be able to get that after work, if I remember

I had a seaclone that caused too many problems and was a hazard, so I decided to retire it--I'm hoping around Christmas I'll get an AquaC Remora

 

[1979camaro]

hey dbacks could i use your s. dura photo for the profiles page?

 

[dbacksrat]

yes you can use any of these pics you see as worthy

my xenia is looking bad...at least two of the hands have been replaced with a little white nub

 

[1979camaro]

then i will add it to the profile...thanks!

 

[aresgod]

don't worry about the xenia, it does that, and will make a come back....