A couple of reef shots...

[Earth_First]

Acid Hammer, Finger Leather, Green Nepthea


Kenya Tree


Frogspawn


Green Nepthea *extinct species


Yellow Star Polyp, Ocellaris (Clownfish)


Acid Hammer

[Solly Mack]

1. Beautiful!

[Kadie]

2. Beautiful!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. These are stunning! And the water's so clear!

I am in awe.

The textures and colors just blow me away...

Esp. the textures. Everything looks so velvety and soft...

Wow. Thank you!

[Earth_First]

4. I am pleased with them...

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I watched a rose anenome moving house to a more comfortable location today, too! Simply amazing!


Thanks for the appriciation!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. amazing and beautiful

But, I must admit I lol'd at the awesome potential rock band names: Acid Hammer, Finger Leather and Frogspawn!

[Scuba]

6. Terrific. Thanks for posting.

[Callalily]

7. I am amazed at the sharpness

and clarity of your photos! Very nice!

[Mz Pip]

8. These are wonderful

Where were they taken?

[Earth_First]

9. My living room...

lol

I have a 125 gallon captive bred/raised reef tank in our living room that I recently began putting together.

These are my first specimen...

[shireen]

11. very cool!

Would love to have a big reef someday. I have a 20 gallon nano on my office desk.

What do you do about aiptasia eradication. It's driving me nuts!

[Earth_First]

13. Have you tried a peppermint shrimp?

I have also heard of folks having success with Copperhead Butterflies...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. How Cool!!!!!!!!!

I work at RIT...they have a beautiful salt water tank in the library. I love to chill out and gaze at it.

[Earth_First]

19. Small world...

My father built/installed that tank years back, still maintains it occasionally...

He does a lot at Seneca Park, too.

[Mira]

10. Spectacular. I thought you had been

deep sea diving with fancy equipment, and did not know how to frame all my questions.
I once had a 50 gal. aquarium so I can imagine a bit of what you are doing and the work and the joy and the expense involved.
Congratulations all the way around. Phenomenal color and clarity.
BTW I used filtered water through my water filter on tap. It kept the aquarium much clearer. Not that yours could be any better than this!

[Earth_First]

12. I use an RO system in my utility room to a storage tank

I use RO water exclusively for all my water changes; and I do 5 gallon changes per week; 20 per month to keep the clarity in the tank.

We're taking a vacation to the Florida Keys next month, I may look into renting some gear to get the 'real' thing...we'll see...

[Mira]

14. Oh I'm excited for you.

Thru a fluke in life I spent a lot of time in the Keys over the last 15 years. Ask me almost anything about anywhere.

[Beartracks]

15. How do you get photos of an extinct species??

Beautiful shots, by the way!

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[Earth_First]

16. I should have said wild/native extinct...

They are available through captive breeding.

They have tried extensive reintroduction programs in the wild, to no avail...we're destroying our planet.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. I"m involved in a Tropical Ecology class and

I want to cry every time. It's really hard to take.

There's an acronym for the threats:

HIPPO

Habitat loss
Invasives (Introduced Species)
Population
Pollution
Overconsumption


Population should be first, though the acronym wouldn't work. But it is human population that drives all the other factors. Without a reduction in human population, there really is no hope of making gains in the other areas.

[OnyxCollie]

20. Very nice.

I never had success with anemones. I did have a convict worm goby that lived to be 19 years old. He was about a foot long. He died last year.

For reference, not mine.
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[Celebration]

21. I really love these, and love we can recommend posts from here! n/t