Some New Additions to the Tank

Ricordea Munching down on an unfortunate Isopod

I saw that one of my Ricordeas (a soft coralimorph) had caught a tiny crustacean called an isopod and was munching it down, ran upstairs to get my camera and by the time I got it onto my tripod he had almost finished his meal! about 9 seconds after taking this photo the isopod had dissapeared!

Montipora Sp. "Superman Monti"

Guess why its called a Superman Montipora...

Echinophyllia

More Photos!?!

I Think I'm going to have to start attending photographers anonymous meetings for I have an addiction...

Large polyp Scleractinians

Here are some photos of a few of my LPS (large Polyp Scleractinians)

Scorpaz Tang Mugshot

Colour Change!

I took some comparison shots of my favorite Poccilipora coral after about two weeks running under me new lights (ATI Powermodule 39W x 8 bulb x 2 units) as opposed to my old 400W Metal Halide

Before:


After:

Blue Acropora Sp.

Clownfish Photo Shoot

Everyones favorite the clownfish, nestling in their torch coral home...

Squat Urchin Shrimp

I stumbled across this amazing video on another blog and wanted to share it here,

It is a HD video of a tiny shrimp living in the spines of a sea urchin!!

'The Squat Urchin Shrimp' from MORPHOLOGIC on Vimeo.

Hermits

So after some research I have discovered that they aforementioned larvae most likely belong to the humble hermit crabs scuttling about in my tank, Here is a photo of one of the parents