Posts from ‘March, 2010’

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Certainly not a colorful shot, this is a picture of a Mexican Turbo Snail cleaning the aquarium glass with its rasping radula (tounge). These snails get very large and usually do better in cooler waters. Be careful too, as they can knock over rocks and dislodge frags.

Pictured above is a very large green and pink hammer coral (Euphyllia ancora). Normally the color of the fleshy polyps is solid green, but under VHO lighting they seem to have turned a slight pink, keeping their green tips.

Pulsing Xenia is one of those corals that can be both a pest and a gorgeous specimen. The unique pulsing action of each polyp makes for an entertaining site for sure, but these corals can grow and reproduce very quickly.

Here is a gorgeous garden of Zoanthid corals. These corals can be quite stunning, varying in both color and pattern tremendously.

Here is a picture of one of my former aquarium inhabitants…a very large female Amphiprion ocellaris clownfish being hosted by a rose bubble tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). The female clownfish are larger and more dominant than the male. This particular specimen was quite large, leading me to come to the conclusion it was female.

The Orange-back fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis), pictured above, isn’t the most attractive wrasse available, but this fish’s fun personality and sociability make it a great tank mate. This fish is actually one of my absolute favorites.

Here’s a picture of a beautiful Acropora millepora. This coral is fuzzier than other Acros, but I prefer the fuzzy look to be honest.

Clams usually look better when viewing them from above, but this shot from the side doesn’t look all that bad. The Tridacna derasa clam is one of the larger species of clam and doesn’t have the lateral scutes usually found on the sides of T. maxima or T. squamosa. Instead, it has very smooth sides.

Pictured above is a healthy green Acanthastrea lordhowensis. This coral was extremely popular a couple of year ago during the Acan fad, but still remains quite expensive despite it not being as popular as it once was. A nicely colored colony can still fetch anywhere from a couple of hundred bucks up to a thousand, [...]