Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber in Sand
The Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber is a very useful invertebrate to have. They do a great job of eating leftover fish food and fish waste that accumulates in the sand. They will usually stay in a pretty small area of your tank, so you might have to use a couple of them in a larger tank.
Red Doughnut Cynaria
Here’s another gorgeous red Cynaria coral. These corals are very fleshy and can swell up to huge proportions. Keep this in mind when finding a resting spot for your Doughnut Coral. If they are too close to a neighboring coral, the Cynaria will probably sting it.
Juvenile Red Sea Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Here is one of my former beauties, a juvenile Red Sea Desjardini Sailfin Tang. These fish are stunning, especially when juveniles. But even as adults these fish are still beautiful, which isn’t exactly common for fish with such pretty juvenile stages. Most species that are attractive when they are younger, end up being bland or even ugly in appearance as adults.
Stonefish
Here’s a scary looking specimen. The Stonefish is a patient predator, snatching up anything that happens to swim by this perfectly camouflaged fish. Additionally, these fish possess a venomous sting, delivered through dorsal spines.
Green Hammer Coral
We’re back at the AquariumPix Photoblog. We took a slight hiatus due to life getting in the way, but we’ll be back to uploading pictures for you to enjoy.
The image above is a closeup of a green hammer coral, the one pictured in our website’s header. This coral is a favorite among mixed reef aquarium keepers, since they have large, fleshy polyps but maintain a hard skeleton and don’t spread like wildfire.
We’ve been super busy with life lately and haven’t had time to update our photoblog. We have attended a few aquarium related events recently and will have a lot of pictures available soon. And we promise to put more pictures up on the site.
Purple Feather Duster and Zoas
Here’s a nifty little critter. It is a purple feather duster that has gold tips. In this picture, the feather duster is nestled between a Zoanthid colony and a rock with red Mushroom corals on it.
Red and Green War Coral
This stunning Red and Green War Coral used to be a very hot item. Steve Tyree made this coral famous, and was charging $150 for a small fragment. There was even a waiting list on the Tyree War Corals that was several years long at one point. Today, these corals have come down in price quite a bit, though they are still fairly expensive when compared to other corals.
Green and Red Blastomussa
Blastomussa wellsi, or Blasto for short, is a highly sought after coral in the aquarium trade. They are not very common and can be quite pretty, allowing them to sell for $50 or more for a small frag.
Huge Plating Acropora Solitaryensis
Pictured is a massive Acropora solitaryensis colony. This gorgeous coral grows in a large, flat shape. It is a fairly highly sought-after coral because of its coloration and unique shape.
