Clam & Bubble

Things in the tank have been quiet, seems everything is slooooowly growing including the purple corraline algae.

First up is a new green bubble coral, got it yesterday and it's pretty sad looking. I'm not sure it's going to make it through acclimation.




I was worried about this Crocea Clam acclimating but it's fully open and happy! This picture doesn't do justice to the gorgeous purple and blue markings.



My sick tongue coral quit dying off and hopefully will fully recover.



Torch coral... or hammer coral... I'm not so sure anymore which it is. It looks like my frogspawn but once it's happy it should extend fully and we'll know for sure what it is.



This is all that's left of all of those zoos but so far they are doing well and open up everyday.



My Xenia is spreading like mad! It's pulsing and flowing away, very beautiful coral.


Nothing happening with the Acro... guess we'll just wait it out, it opens but seems stunted.


Each of my 2 candy cane heads is splitting, one is splitting into two and the other into 3.


The digita grows like MAD! I love it!



My frogspawn is even branching out a bit.


Full tank shot, I am sooo loving the look of the 14,000k bulbs over the 10,000k. LOTS more blue.

Fragfest 2008!

A frag is a fragment of a coral.. so a tinsy piece of a coral that is WAY cheaper than buying a large piece and one that will hopefully grow into a large coral. Last night the WMAS had their fragfest and got 4 new pieces! Here's some tank shots.


First up are my 4th try at Zoanthids... we'll see.... the tank is zoa jinxed!



Here's an Acropora frag, it should have a purplish blue flesh when it opens.



Cool shot of my Green Star Rock and the Xenia behind it, with a light upgrade from 10,000K to 14,000K my tank is much bluer and the colors are a lot more vibrant.


My digita's are doing great!


The star coral frag wasn't doing too hot so I moved it more into the shade, they don't like a lot of light so we'll see if that helps.


Hercules and the Little Mermaid kept getting in the way way of my coral shots! Camera hogs.


My frogspawn is doing really well, it has sprouted 2 new heads recently.


The monti cap is also growing, if you recall, it started out as a stark white blob on a rock and has grown into a gorgeous rust colored monti and the cup has started to grow out of the rock.


Frag #3 from fragfest was a torch coral, I can't wait until it extends it's polyps, it'll be gorgeous and I heard a rumor that some clowns will host a torch if no anemone is available.


The last frag I got was a Pink Peony Pocillipora, aka a Bird's Nest. I got 3 small pieces of it and they are scattered throughout the tank, I'll see which spot is better for them.



Full tank shot with the new canopy that I built. It's not perfect but if you scroll down you'll see what I started with and I think it's an improvement. The best part is I now have full access to the tank under the canopy... with the old canopy I couldn't get to anything without having to completely remove it.