beefytang

More slugs! I've never heard of this one before. They look kind of cute and innocent until food comes into range.

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Only on a reef site can you post a thread titled "Nudie Pics" and no one bats an eye.

Yes, I must admit I feel like a kid getting away with something mischievous!

There was one nudibranch I saw on Flickr that was really nice. I put it into a Flash kaleidoscope if anyone is interested in playing with it.

Nudibranch Kaleidoscope

A nice set of nudibranch photos....

Nudibranch Photos

I thought it was real at first...=)

The fish are 3d models. I think it's a commercial for vitamins.

I downloaded the virtual machine, watched about 10 minutes of Windows Vista propaganda, opened the file and created a "new machine on XP". When I open that all that I see is a black screen with a few sentences and some sort of spinning icon. I let it spin for about 10 minutes before I gave up. I don't know what to do with my new machine. I guess I had hoped it would open just like my normal home page and I could just click on the FSone icon.

Sounds like it's Hammer time. =D

That operation was amazing.

I shudder to think what would happen in my tank if all those eggs hatched. Probably best not to let it happen. They get really big. Interesting to watch, though. They can smell a tiny crumb of food hitting the water even when buried.

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

if they hatch and make it, I'll take 'em

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.

hey! did you just vandalize my photo!?!??! hahaha

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

THAT IS CRAZY! "SEA KITTENS" ...... SEA KITTENS??!! I'VE GOT SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT I CANT EVEN PUT IT TOGETHER TO MAKE SENSE. ITS JUST A JUMBLED MESS, AND ALL I CAN GET OUT OF THE WHOLE MESS IS " SEA KITTENS". I GUESS THAT WOULD MAKE ME SPEECHLESS. WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO PEOPLE? WE ARE AT WAR, THERE ARE BOMBS GOING OFF IN RANDOM PLACES,DESEASE KILLING PEOPLE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. BIN LADEN IS STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ...... SEA KITTENS.....

Hehe Jay-roc you said it man. All the war weighs heavy on me sometimes, too. It's unbelievable and senseless. Then I look at fish and coral pictures and it's a little better. But sea kittens...can't get my head around that one. BTW maybe turn your keyboard upside down and bang on it. Might unloosen that caps lock key and could find some decent shake. just an idea. =)

Is that smear on the outside? Pano's tomorrow maybe?

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.

Reminds me of a cherry blossom tree

+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.

Im having hell pulling these off the rock. Anyone know a better method to detach them from a rock

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.

That is funny!

It really makes me want a jawfish again. Aquadome didn't have any yesterday, else I would have gotten one.

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.

Partners, Petland, Gallery of Pets, River City, Aquadome, Kingfish, Aquatek, Prof's Place, Rivers and reefs, pet connection, Austin Aqua Farms and you just lost out on Horizon and Deep Blue/Austin Aquariums.

Beefy Tang, you know you are still my best friend. It's just to bad you don't ever leave your house. Also there are at least 2 other people that sell only on Craigslist in Austin and there are a couple of other even more private locations that will sell to you but are mainly tank services, not retailers.

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.

They might have been including the handful of Petsmarts (or is it Petcos .. I can never remember) that carry saltwater fish....

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

Ok better! I'm usually amused by anyone putting their hand up a puppet butt. =D

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.