Reef B

This is another acro traded for from the Hatfield Marine Science. It lost most of its color when the PC lights began to weaken.

Reef A

Shows the Zenia spreading all over the tank. Bottom left corner is the Taro Tree coral nearly fully retracted.

Frags of Montipora ready for sale or trade.

Reef A

Taro Tree Coral. This colony hhas been cut considerably. On the right is colony ready to go. Small pieces can be be dropped into coral rubble and will soon be on their way to match the parent colony.
Far left is Florida Flower Anemone. It has spawned several times but the gametes have always failed to survive in this system.

Reef A

Note the extensive expansion of the star polyps and the Pom Pon Zenia.
On the right between them is a colony of Pocillopora. It has also grown considerably since its "planting".

Green Mandarin hunting for small zooplankton. It spends all its waking hours out hunting.

Reef B

Hiding in the crevasse is the new Bicolor blenny.
Visible are some various frags that were added to the live rock.

Reef B

A new frag of Caulastrea coral. It was supposed to be a very dark green. The larger polyp is dividing but the color is not improving. It is under PC lighting ( 4X55 wt, 10k K bulbs, all nearly new).

Coral Banded out hunting during the day. Does not appear to bother anything else in the reef.
Very hardy: been around for over a year so far.

Reef A

Both shrimp are out. It os fairly rare that the Coral Banded will exit his cave in daylight. The Coral banded was placed in
reef A in Dec when the other tank was bing changed. Good thing; All the other shrimp and fish died due to a heater sticking on while they were being held in an ice chest. This was a tragic loss.

In the forefront is an Acro (sp. Unknown). Since the MH bulb was changed it has not opened. Tried raising the light a couple of inches. Then tried placing a piece the white lighting grid over it . Still after more than 2 weeks and the polyps are still not extending.

Center, bottom can be seen the star polyps creeping up the rock.

Reef A

A Scarlet Cleaner shrimp hanging-out on the Pagoda coral. In the past tried adding smaller cleaner shrimp but they disappeared nearly overnight. It would appear that this one killed them and ate them. May later add one near its size to see if they will spawn. Purpose: to have larvae for the plankton feeders.

Reef A

Center: Hydnophora - not a fast grower but none-the-less growing.Uupper right corner is a Pocillopora crassicornis. The parent colony is out of the picture to the left. Since adding the new MH bulb its tips have become whiter.

Reef B

Furry mushrooms competing with Pom Pon Xenia for space.

Reef B

Trumpet coral slightly out of focus.

Reef B

1. The Firefish in reef B. In the foreground on the right is a colony of Montipora that is struggling to recovery from the ineffective lighting.