cool photos. I understand every time I see something new in my I always think the worst until I figure it out lol.
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October 31 Days Photos
- Thread starter Mark Shelly
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Day 9. Mushrooms move? In this first picture, this mushroom moved to a shadier location and left 2 tiny mushrooms behind. Yesterday there was 1 left, and this morning none of the tiny mushrooms were left. I assure they released to settle elsewhere.
I found this mushroom upside down on the green star polyps at night. The next morning it had flipped and semi-attached. It is the mushroom that fell in the hole in an earlier picture. In the bottom of the picture appears to be the lid of a worm that appears to leave strands like a spiders wave as will bee seen in a later photo.
I found this mushroom upside down on the green star polyps at night. The next morning it had flipped and semi-attached. It is the mushroom that fell in the hole in an earlier picture. In the bottom of the picture appears to be the lid of a worm that appears to leave strands like a spiders wave as will bee seen in a later photo.
Looks like a nudi, if it is keep an eye on it
Day 10. It is time to show some fish. It took me a while to realize you can't get great fish photos unless you have a short shutter speed; most move too fast. And to get the entire fish or portion you want in focus, you need a small aperture. Neither work well with low light and external flashes reflect off both the front and rear glass. So you need to raise the ISO and get creative with the light or compromise on speed and/or aperture depending on the motility of the subjects. And even then, take several pictures. The compromise is that the photos are more granny, so you cant crop the picture as much without loosing clarity.
When I added this yellow wrasse, I was nervous that my existing orchid dottyback would harm it, as I read they don't like fish of similar shapes. It tried at first, but my yellow tank loved having a yellow fish in the tank to swim with and the Dottyback slowly accepted it. Now the yellow wrasse is 2 times the size and has a great muted face coloring.
This fish is not aggressive and can stand up to a tang, but it needs sand to hide in. It always hides when I put food in unless I sneak it in. My wife once sat for an hour just to see this fish burry itself in the sand at night.
When I added this yellow wrasse, I was nervous that my existing orchid dottyback would harm it, as I read they don't like fish of similar shapes. It tried at first, but my yellow tank loved having a yellow fish in the tank to swim with and the Dottyback slowly accepted it. Now the yellow wrasse is 2 times the size and has a great muted face coloring.
This fish is not aggressive and can stand up to a tang, but it needs sand to hide in. It always hides when I put food in unless I sneak it in. My wife once sat for an hour just to see this fish burry itself in the sand at night.
Good looking fish
I hadn't seen the face markings in photos of this fish, so I was pleasantly surprised it developed them like many other wrasses.
beautiful fish
Day 11. The Royal Gramma was the last fish to go in the tank. As one of the milder basslets, I was hoping it would get along with my Orchid Dottyback, one of the milder dottybacks. To help, I positioned mirrors on 2 sides of the tank to keep the dottyback occupied. It worked pretty well. First it selected a spot in the back, then the side, and now front and center. It is never horizontal. If a fish swims by, it may open its mouth wide, but doesn't attack as in the first picture.
In the second picture, I notices a white spot near its mouth. That was gone the next day. It is hovering in its favorite spot.
In the second picture, I notices a white spot near its mouth. That was gone the next day. It is hovering in its favorite spot.
Day 12 Here is a top down photo from inside the tank looking at some zoanthids. The camera is a waterproof camera.
Nice zoas. I need to try and take more photos with my GoPro. I take underwater video just no photos yet
Day 13 Hitchhikers are one of the things I love about this hobby, even though not all are good for the tank and some will be pests; I want as close to a sustainable reef ecosystem as I can get. Here are two. The first looks like a spiderweb underwater after I stir my sand. It does appear to irritate the nearby green star polyps.
I still haven't figured out what this is as there are several things that look likely. Again this is after sand stirring.
I still haven't figured out what this is as there are several things that look likely. Again this is after sand stirring.
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Day 14. Many people have clownfish. Mine don't bother anything. One of the best things about my clownfish is that they are always out in the open.
At night time, my clownfish swim vertically in a tank corner.
At night time, my clownfish swim vertically in a tank corner.
My tomato clown hangs out in both of my nems which are located in the front (one on top of the rocks near the surface and the other near the sand bed). My other clown hangs in the back or side. He sleeps vertical as well near my overflow.
Day 15. Everyone who owns LPS or SPS corals probably sees florescence when the actinic lights are on. They especially show up a night under my LED moonlight settings. I do have a few flashlights to view the tank with at night. One is red and the other UV. The red light is supposed to allow you to see inside without disturbing the fish. The UV makes items fluoresce, many of which you do not see during the day. You can even shine the UV flashlight during the day to bring out colors as seen below, one without UV and the other with.
Day 16 is for pipe organ corals. The are in the 8 tentacle family often called octocorals. Most of these are soft corals. Pipe organ corals are similar to clove or star polyps,but this one forms a calcium carbonate skeleton in the form of tubes with lateral bracing. In this first picture you can see some polyps in the tubes and some empty tubes. In a few spots you can see the stolons that will for the bracing.
Note the "coral" color of the tubes and the thin bracing between tubes. Note this one has tannish polyps that fluoresce green..
Note the tubes in this cut section. Cutting the tubes can lead to polyp damage.
Note the "coral" color of the tubes and the thin bracing between tubes. Note this one has tannish polyps that fluoresce green..
Note the tubes in this cut section. Cutting the tubes can lead to polyp damage.
Day 17 Yellow tangs are pretty common, and one of my 2 must have fishes. Here are a few close ups of its face.
Great shots. I agree a yellow tang is one of those "must" have for me. When I started in this hobby the two fish I wanted was a clown and a yellow tang. Now I will admit I shouldn't have the tangs in the tank I have but they are doing well and I am not adding anymore fish until I get a larger tank lol.
That sounds like me. I saw a small one in a tank that was supposed to be several years old, so I thought it would be OK in my 65 Gallon tank.. Mine grew faster. I too don't plan on getting any other fish until I have a bigger tank. You can't tell it from full tank shots of my tank, but he has many places to hide and sleep in the rock.
Day 18 The Orchid Dottyback is supposed to be one of the calmer Dottybacks. Mine chased my Royal Gramma and my Yellow Wrasse when I first put them in. I distracted it with 2 mirrors on the side of the tank. I think this is a great fish for a smaller rock dominated tank like mine. The first is when I put it in. You can see some tail fin damage. The second picture shows the tail repaired. This fish is difficult to get a good picture of.
