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Macro shots from a LFS

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melev
, 05-28-2010 at 01:39 AM (5647 Views)
Today I drove over to Fish2morow, a fish store in Fort Worth about 30 minutes away with good traffic. As I walked around his beautiful store checking out the choice corals and fish, I started noticing little things. It didn't take long for me to run out to the car, grab my Nikon D90, 105mm Macro lens and a tripod to get a few of these shots.

This first one is a Porcelain Crab in a Rock Anemone. These anemones are very sticky, so I was pretty surprised to see this crab being able to move about and not become a snack.


A polka-dotted mushroom


Some Harlequin Shrimp on a cucumber.


A Highfin Goby emerged. He must have been about 1" in length. The blue spots on his dorsal fin only revealed when he raised his fin.


And his Pistol Shrimp buddy came out as well.


Here is a Cameback Shrimp, which is recognizable by the hump on its back. This is NOT a Peppermint and will do damage to some corals.


This last picture was actually my first. Snail eggs! And proof of where they came from: A Tongan Nassarius Snail.


If you are in the area, this store won't let you down.

Fish2morow
7355 North Beach Street
Fort Worth, TX 76137-1897
(817) 847-9797

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  1. Hat39406's Avatar
    Man, awesome pictures and species. The goby with the pistol shrimp; can that shrimp live with pepperints and cleaner shrimp? In the last marine tank I had snails that were laying eggs like that all ovdr the glass. I need to get a fancy camera like that. When I go in the LFS's I bring my scope and I usually have my face up against the glass. If I don't bring my ccane in people think I have some other problem then vision..lol.
  2. wee beasty's Avatar
    The pics are great.

    I do belive though that the polka-dotted mushroom is actually one that has flatworms on it.
  3. Douwant2play's Avatar
    pretty.....
  4. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by wee beasty
    The pics are great.

    I do belive though that the polka-dotted mushroom is actually one that has flatworms on it.
    I do believe you're right. Wonder if they charge extra for that.
  5. MarcG's Avatar
    Those look just like my snail's eggs! They are laying them about once every week.
  6. melev's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Douwant2play
    pretty.....
    You changed your comment. Busted!
  7. maroun.c's Avatar
    Got a crab like that one in my carpet anemone, not sure which is more sticky the rock or carpet anemone but it is very interesting that they can move on the anemone...
  8. Douwant2play's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    You changed your comment. Busted!
    yeah, I decided I sounded too much like a jerk, and couldn't figure out how to say it in a better way
  9. Jessy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    You changed your comment. Busted!
    Now I gotta know what it was...skype me
  10. melev's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Douwant2play
    yeah, I decided I sounded too much like a jerk, and couldn't figure out how to say it in a better way
    I think what you posted originally was perfect.