Breeding marine invertebrates

The reef is a mysterious place chock full of so many interesting species, so I am rarely surprised to find something new in my tank. Last night however I was surprised to find quite a number of these larvae in my tank, I have no idea what species they are but have caught them all and will attempt to grow them out and see what happens!

(PS sorry for the rubbish quality microscope pictures)

Acropora sp. Another stony coral showing some weird growth patterns

Welcome to Reefism:

I thought I would start off this blog with some phot

os of my reef inhabitants up close and personal:

Small Polyp Stony corals are by far my favorite, this is my largest and oldest Stylophora colony which has increased in size approx 500% over the year and a half that it has been in my care

Another small polyp Stony coral: this pink birds nest (seritopora) grows into a twisted and intertwined mass

A Pacific Sailfin Tang, my least camera shy fish who is always inquisitive as to what the camera is doing near his tank, presumably he thinks it is food...

This chap is a non-photosynthetic Gorgonan, typically these corals live on the side of sea mounts or steep underwater cliffs, they sit in the nutrient rich upwelling currents sifting out tiny particles of food to sustain themselves