Picture Time (56k Warning)

[SALTY WATERS]

Hey Camaro, how is your PomPom Crab doing?

Sorry if I missed any post already advinsing but I'm tired and may have skimmed over it.

 

[1979camaro]

pom pom crab is gone...just disappeared after about 6 months, not sure what happened to it

 

[SALTY WATERS]

That's to bad they are such interesting creaters. Same thing happend to one of my two Emeralds, had him in the tank for months and then one day never seen him again... that is until two days ago when I was making room for some new frags and There he (well his shell) was jammed inbetween some LR in the back.

 

[TRe]

hey camaro what lights do you have currently??? and any new pics???

 

[1979camaro]

260 watts of PC: Compact Fluorescent Aquarium Lighting: Coralife Aqualight Double Compact Fluorescent Strip Lights

no new pics...tank is not in photo ready status; we had a big summer heat wave (temps around 105-115 for a week) and I lost a lot of stuff. I haven't really had the money or time to get it back to being nice again.

 

[TRe]

those are like the same lights i have... that gives me high hopes i hope u get yur tank back were it was before

 

[1979camaro]

I will...eventually.

 

[joeyjoeq]

Hey Camaro nice looking coral. What do you feed it?

 

[1979camaro]

nothing...

 

[1979camaro]

A few new pics

Well, I have finally gotten some time (Spring Break) and money to sort of start getting the tank back to not sucking. I don't have any full tank shots yet (frankly, they would be too embarrassing) but I do have some mini scenes

The fish are a Maroon Clown and a Pixie Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco). I really like the first one best.

 

[aresgod]

nice, how do you like the hawk fish? I am thinking of adding one as my last fish.

 

[1979camaro]

I was leery about getting him given their propensity for eating crustaceans, but I haven't had a problem so far so I would say I am a very satisfied customer. I always liked the bicolor blenny I had and was looking for a similar behavioral pattern (would have gotten another bicolor if I could have found a healthy one) so I ultimately settled on the hawk. It is really enjoyable to watch it dart in and out in between perching. If you don't mind that it isn't constantly swimming (which I love) I would say go for it.

I'll try to get a better shot of him from the side.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Nice pics, love the yellow striped Maroon, my favorite clowns.

 

[1979camaro]

I really like the gold bar maroons the best aesthetically, though behaviorally they probably aren't as interesting as the ocellaris I have in my nano cube at school.

 

[ram man]

Nice yuma and nice clown.

 

[1979camaro]

Thanks ram. The clown is actually the first marine fish I ever purchased. She has been with me through two moves and for a good 5 years now. If you look carefully at the ricordia picture you can see it has left a couple little spawns. The neon green is another (different) ricordia of which there are 3 in the general area.

I'm also curious if any of you even spotted the emerald crab in the first picture; they blend in really well!

 

[supra1997]

Looking good! I cant wait for my tank to evolve like yours has!

 

[khyle]

i'm jealous. i can't wait till next month to start my 15g SW. your green chromis are beautiful. what other fish do you have there?

 

[TRe]

i dont think he has this tank up any more

 

[1979camaro]

True...that tank was taken down in Aug 07...I now have a 90 which is progressing not much at all...it is just kind of poking along. I am still trying to decide whether to go SPS and if I do so, how to get the money to do it...