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[Europhyllia]

Great pictures Lorraine. You already know the blenny is my favorite

[Europhyllia]

What I currently like about my tank is really how everything has come together: the sum of all parts. So it's tough to pick just one or two favorites.
But -since I am lacking the Troy-like patience- I am picking the two corals I was after the longest. I started looking for them in November and they are only collected in the summer. That's a long time waiting and wanting for an Instant Gratification type like myself.


Orange Tree Gorgonian - one of them also came with tiny hitchhikers: sea rod basket stars!

and extra special since Caribbean Hard corals are illegal to collect: aquacultured Caribbean Open Brain/ Rose Coral:


Nothing expensive ultra super nuclear blast designer stuff - just special to me. I don't own a single coral over $45 and most of my critters are in the $20 and under range

[Kristy]

Chris, Mike would totally agree with you. The mystery wrasse is his fave in our big tank. Lots of cool points.

Wow Lorraine, that photo of the blenny in the clam is amazing! Does he hang out in there all the time? That's adorable!

Karin, I can certainly see why you had to have that orange swiftia gorg. The colors are stunning! I assume it's a NPS?

Just a general word of warning: Another reason I don't post pics of the basket star is that I would be remiss to encourage others to keep one unless they really understand what a commitment it is and how risky this is to keep. Very few people have been successful in keeping them alive in captivity because they generally don't accept prepared foods and the jury is still out re: any food they can be successfully kept on, live or otherwise. We target feed ours daily and have just had total dumb luck that we've been able to keep ours for over three years and watch her grow. We did not buy ours intentionally, she was wrapped around the gorgonian I was buying and the sales person identified her for us.

[Europhyllia]

I assume it's a NPS?

Yes of course it's NPS. :o It's a good eater though.
maintenance:
automatic feeder twice every 24 hours for a duration of 2 hours each -powdered seafan foods by Fauna Marin and cyclop-eeze
frozen small stuff (oyster eggs, rotifers, prawn eggs) - once or twice a day
frozen mix with larger items (target fed to include the sea rod stars) (mysis, blood worm, copepods, daphnia) - two to three times a day
daily - freshly hatched baby brine

so yes, not the thing for everybody but I like it

[hobogato]

hard to pick one baby, but this one is named skull

[ramsey]

hard to pick one baby, but this one is named skull

That's one awesome looking clown!

[Scream311]

i Sure do Miss this Guy... so much Personality



but Talk about CHARACTER !