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jsr was onto something. Try a virtual machine and load XP onto it. You can get a copy here: Microsoft Virtual PC

Uh yeah. Sure. Right.

The blip is pretty serious stuff. Usually when that occurs, you must do the double clicky thingie on the picture doohickey til somethin happens. Then it should work.

Hehe sorry. I couldn't resist. Your photo was such a perfect example of the GR concept. Looking forward to more pics.

Yes, my glass is very dirty on both sides this week. Tomorrow and sunday are bad for me...are you busy on monday? Def would love to get out and shoot some pics somewhere.

+1 Cool contest BTW. You always have something interesting going on.

Gee thanks. Want some? You're gonna need em for your FOWLR tank. ;-)

I'm assuming these are snail eggs? A huge Nassarius snail was hovering over this stuff. A really interesting feathery pattern. Probably will clean this stuff up. The few Nassarius I have already are total monsters. They're huge and always trying to steal food from the fungias.

Well I'm certainly guilty of my own comments. I wouldn't mind having a better camera, myself. But I think when it comes to photographing aquatic life, it's all too easy to become seduced by the technical power of DSLR and expensive lenses. You know, the super macros that focus on the surface features of things our naked eye can't easily see. It's cool and I'm not disparaging such things. I'm knee deep in learning it too. But composition is also important. The relationship between a given thing and another within a finite space. That's what strikes me about a few of these photos. At times you see a perfect correlation with the golden ratio, in others he's totally "breaking the rules" with different dynamic angles. It's something to think about when taking photos of any subject matter IMO. You can see the golden ratio in effect with this one picture in particular.

These are great photos. I never really thought it took pro training to take a decent picture, or even an expensive camera. You see a lot of people using pricey gear but often they lack imagination or rely on close ups to compensate. Most of these photos have really unusual compositions and angles. You're not doing anything wrong at all.

Depends. Sometimes you can use an xacto knife to slice an area you want then peel it off the rock. Other times you might need to break the rock or try and cut/score the rock with a knife/screwdriver. It's fairly resilient stuff.

Hehe yeah. Jawfish are awesome. I love how that big clown just had a tiny spitfull compared to the jawfish. You should def get one for your new tank. I read an article recently where this guy had used a small pvc pipe as a makeshift tunnel for his jawfish. He just glued a barnacle to the opening. Jawfish loved it. Probably helps keep the little fellas from collapsing rock piles.

LOL I knew I'd get that list out of you eventually. Thanks! ;-D I used to go to Horizon and Deep Blue a lot. Man I miss them. And you're right, that I don't get out enough. I used to go to Starfire's every now and then. But the last time I was there, he turned his back on me for 5 minutes and in that time I had peed on his floor, tossed an alka-seltzer in his tank and was eating out of his dog's food bowl. He gave me one last chance to come over if I behaved but I was feeling bad.

Ah. I didn't know those counted. I can't recall seeing SW fish at the ones I go to. Def no corals.

Some member said there were 12 lfs in the area but I think he was confused or making it up. I think the list here is fairly concise at this time.

Hilarious video of a jawfish and clown spitting sand at each other.

If you're really serious, please PM or respond in this thread? I'm going to be removing as many as I can find in the next 24 hours and you/he can have them all. Gonna set up a pico to store them for a day or two. I hate the idea of flushing them. Thanks! Cindy: interesting observation. In the past months I haven't had many of them but recently their numbers have grown quite a bit in my tank. As their numbers grew, so did the number of "bleached" spots on my live rock. Hrm!

+ 1. I've got a lot of them too and my rock is getting white spots like you mentioned.

You're right about the pico. As tempting as it is, I'm sure it's a bad idea for a lot of reasons. I think I should be content with just looking at photographs of them on the internet. Def would like to have a Berghia or two for aptasia, though. Finding them in Austin is probably going to be a challenge though.

hah yeah. the dreaded maxi jet kills em every time i bet.

It's a great looking fish. But I hear they're tough to keep. From what I understand, they often eat coral, are prone to dying (often caught using cyanide) and many suggest if one does keep them, not to house them in tanks smaller than 55 gallons.

I can spare a few if you really want some. One of the first saltwater creatures I was ever given was a striped serpent star. Still have it. It's very peaceful but rarely shows itself. I hand feed it shrimp about twice a week. Funny, I just found this starfish link a few minutes ago. The eight-legged starfish is really cool. http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Marine-B...the-Seas.371893

That's exactly what it is. All sorts of stuff just vanishes right into that thing. Chromis, hermit crabs. My sanity. ;-D

Nice shots. I really like the wall pano. I noticed you mentioned on the notes you wanted to fix the seam on it, near the top. Easy to do in Photoshop. Invoke your rulers. Using the lasso tool or marquee tool, start a selection from the top left at 350 pixels, draw down just above the antennae (about 75px down), go to 750px, and close the loop. Feather the selection about 10 px then give it a horizontal motion blur of about 295px. Takes it right out.

Hehe yeah they're pretty swift. If you have any small rocks or frag plugs on your sand bed, try lifting one up...you'll probably see a few underneath.