JamesL
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That last picture almost looks like a bunch of baby mantis shrimp.
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I think this is really true for Metal Halides (thus the shimmer). CF lamps give more spread to their light output.
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Thanks! I am trying to reach total rock coverage with zoas
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Mine came out dark because I change the settings on my camera to take the picture really fast. This was so the fish did not come out blurry, but the side effect was not letting a lot of light into the camera, thus it coming out dark. I used a photo editing program to adjust the contrast and brightness to help lighten up the picture afterwards.
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You are probably right about the flat things being nudibranchs. I remember shaking lots of them out of seaweed last year in Port A. They do swim in the water by "flapping" their sides. As far as the anemones .. well, it is a risk. You need to read the posts by our sponsor coordinator Mark, and his adventures with a carpet anemone and all the victims it claimed. Now, rock anemones do not have as strong a sting as carpets, but I think they are pretty powerful.
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Unsure on what the clear fish might be. The flat fish might be some type of frogfish.... which if it is, would be very aggressive and eat anything that would fit in it's mouth.
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I finally got a decent FTS tonight. I lightened it up, so the contrast/brightness is a bit off, but shows things better.
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They sound like rock anemones, and clowns do not host in them. Not sure if they would try or not to though, but as Keeper said I think they are fairly aggressive. But rock anemones are sold by different resellers, so some people keep them in tanks.
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I believe you need to call and make an appointment. I do not think they carry livestock (I could be wrong on this), but mainly deal in hardware and custom built stuff.
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Heck, the seaweed washing in to the beach normally has a lot of life in it. Lots of shrimps and crabs that are not reef safe. Last year when were were at Port A on the beach, we shook a black and white frogfish out of the seaweed into a pail. We released him after taking some video.
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While clown gobies are small, I have had some that were not aggressive per say, but would hold their won. And + 1 on the Scopas tang. To add to the list: - Twinspot Bristletooth Tang - Yellowhead Jawfish are pretty docile, they just protect their hole.
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It sounds like you might be trying to create an album in a place where only admins can. You can try this: Click on the the "Gallery" link at the top of the page. Scroll down and click on "Members Gallery". Then click on the "New Album" button in the upper right corner of the page. From here, give it a name, and click on the "Public Album" check box if you want to have others see it. Then click on "Create Album", and that should get you going. Let me know if you still have issues.
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Nice shots! 18-70mm is a wide angle to normal lense. I believe 50mm is considered "normal" view. The small the mm, the wider the picture. I have a 70-200mm zoom lense that I do my macro shots with.
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Alligator Grill has closed down (some dispute over the rent or something). Long live the flair
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Fixed that for ya
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Harlequins require a constant supply of live starfish to eat. They will wipe out a population of asterna stars pretty quickly. I think most people buy a chocolate chip stars to feed them. I would love to have a pair of them in my tank, but I don't think my wife would like the idea of feeding them live starfish
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I would image surface area is of more importance than the actually gallonage. Since rays are bottom dwellers, they would like lots of sand area to move around on.
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Hm.. sorry to hear. In the future, I have read that tang maintain their best health when regularly fed nori/seaweed. They will eat other "fleshy" foods, but by their nature they are mostly vegetarians.
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You might also try the mirror trick mentioned multiple times on this board. Put a mirror next to the tank, and when the tang tries to attack it's image, catch it with a net (might require 2 people ).
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Many moons ago, people used to think bristleworms were bad, and went out of their way to get rid of them (Arrow crabs eat them, but they are creepy looking in their own manner). Now they are generally accepted as a great addition to your cleanup crew. I saw leave them be .. they will help eat any excess food that finds it's way to the bottom of the tank.
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It needs some
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This is good advise for checking on it.
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You might also call around to some of our sponsoring shops. I believe one or more has traps for rent/borrow.
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Wow! Very colorful.. a nice addition!
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I have never had a bubble algae outbreak from adding emerald crabs... I think the key is to nip the problem early before you have tons of bubbles around the tank releasing spores (like you mentioned).
