JamesL

I think people place them low because they are so easy to just stick in the sand. They have the (dead) growth at the bottom that can be buried, compared to say SPS, which the whole stalk is alive.

Look at all that swimming room! I really like how you have the rock arranged.

I just noticed on his twitter page that the artist is based in Austin. He has some cool designs.

Hey! I actually have had that as my iPhone wallpaper for a few weeks now

Great description on how to use the gel super glue

Would they really grow more than on rocks? I would suspect that due to lack of light, you still would not get any growth on the side facing the bottom of the tank. On the plus side, you would not have to worry about hermit crabs attacking corals.

Yes, you can place it on the live rock. In fact, my candy canes started growing a lot more when I moved them higher in my tank. You can use gel super glue, underwater epoxy, and just wedge the base the coral in a hole in the live rock. I have used the last two options for two candy canes that I have. Here is one of my candy cane frags in January that I mounted on the top of the live rock: And here is a recent picture (the one on the left was in the sand, and I moved up there in late January also):

Wow, great growth comparisons. Looks like you had some nice growth in the caps and your other SPS. I believe these type of progression pictures help show new reef owners how having patience pays off

How about some rare earth magnets repulsing each other (one set on the bottom of the rocks, one set under the tank glass bottom). That way you could have levitating rock. Of course, then you would have to worry about the sides of the tank.

Thanks! Thanks also! I am using one of the original Canon digital SLRs with a Simga 50-300 zoom lense. If the Manning's birth bath goes missing, we know who to track down I took that as kind of a joke, as my mother had been in the habit of giving me everything seahorse.

Yeah, the owl was really cool. I always found it weird that they had a birds of prey exhibit at a hummingbird festival

The family and I went down to Rockport this past weekend for the Hummingbird Festival. I put together a quick web page with some of the photos: Hummingbird Festival 2009 As you can tell, we saw some hummingbirds, but between the heat and mosquitoes, we didn't stay outside long. And yes, I do like to take up-close pictures of lots of stuff.

This: looks like colt coral. I had gotten some RCA, and it grow pretty fast. It also self-propogates, and I have about 5 little pieces attaching themselves around my tank.

I am not exactly sure what happened here, but it looks like the item was sold. We had a separate discussion in the General section about peoples feelings on selling techniques. If you feel like continuing this discussion, you can do it in that thread (in a civilized manner). Closing this thread.

#1 for me. I went this route since I was planning on having a jawfish and pistol shrimp/goby pair. Both dig/tunnel a lot and I didn't want any risk of toppling.

+1 to what vwmike said. Zoas will eventually overgrow the plug and you won't see the plug ever again. Here is a picture of when I first got some zoa's on a plug that I epoxied the whole thing onto the rock (January): And here is what they looked like in June: And what they looked like in mid-August (not the best picture, but gives an idea): And they have grown even more since that picture .. I notices they have surrounded the little SPS the above picture.

I approve ... very nice!! Now you do realize it will be hard to put a baby seat in the back <runs away>

Let me preface my reply with that I do love having fish in with the corals. It feels like it completes the whole environment of recreating a reef. I agree that large fish probably are not "happy" in a tank, such as large tangs, as in the wild they spend their lives move over vast expanses of the reef foraging for food. For fish such as clowns/shrimp gobies/jawfish I do think a large aquarium does emulate their natural territory. But even fish like damsels tend to span huge diameters of territory in the wild. My talbot damsels think they own the whole 75g tank. I am sure if I had a 250g, they would still think they own the whole thing. I don't really think the "they don't know any other way" statement is true, as instincts kick in. This can be shown by captive raised clownfish still pairing with an anemone. Or Bangaii's needing a long spine urchin to spawn/raise their fry in. If we were able to aquaculture tangs, I am sure they would have the need to roam. Just my thoughts.

Have you checked out SeaLife Florida? They specialize in Florida native items. I have ordered from them many a times and gotten great stuff. I don't think they carry a lot of macro, but livestock wise they have good variety. My jawfish is from them, along with my yellow/brown spiny gorgonian.

What??? reef_pug hasn't been in here with his death trap carpet anemone stories?? But like the others have said, your starfish should grow it's legs back. I have a sand star that got ravaged by hermits and lost 3 legs. It has regrown all three pretty much back all of the way.

Make sure the condy stays away from the candy cane. I lost a candy cane in the past due to a wandering anemone.

Hmm... how long have you had the mushrooms? It is possible one of the mushrooms was dying, and the shrimp were "cleaning up".

Welcome!

Looks like you are ready for another upgrade already with how full it is!

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