Tank Entry

Shooting with a 105mm Macro lens and two stacked tubes (12mm + 20mm), I captured some corals. Look at the skin on this beige gorgonian. I never realized it looked like that until now, and I've had it for two years.

Green lobophyllia polyp's edge.

Orange centered lobophyllia.

Orange acanthastrea that is usually ...

Here are some interesting things that grow in our tanks that aren't readily visible. You may even have wondered if they are okay or not. Unless I state differently, most items taken in my reef are fine or I would have eliminated them.

Asterina starfish. They self-propagate by ripping themselves apart and grow more arms from the center. For the most part, they are well-behaved. Sometimes you'll see them on zoanthids, and it might be good to rescue the polyps manually. If they appear ...

60g lit by one Radion Gen2 LED fixture

End of tank view of the 400g in 10,000K mode.

Front of 400g in 10,000K mode.

In other news, I've been updating the shop area of my website to make it easier to find products. Here's the link: http://melevsreef.biz/catalog

More shrimp activity had me hovering around the 60g with my camera in case I could capture the actual release as it happened this time. While I watched and waited, I took a few more pictures.

This fungia plate is part of a siamese arrangement. Two grow on the same skeleton and eventually compete for traction. This one bubbled up like this for about a week, and I had to wonder how it would play out. The day after I took this picture, this bubble was gone as was all the tissue. I have ...

I have had a certain type of Palythoa in my system for years. It is nicknamed "Purple Death" but it rarely appears to be even close to what I see online. Here are some examples displayed by Googles Images.

Ah-mazing, right?!

Here are mine.

Maybe a close-up would help...

And these corals are under 20,000K metal halides ...