Fish:    

     True Percula Clownfish Pair

            (Amphiprion percula) pic

Corals:

    SPS:    

         Acropora:

         *A. aculeus - (Atlantis pic)

         *A. aspera - pic

         *A. chesterfieldensis *new

         *A. horrida - (ORA Chips)

         *A. millepora - (pic)

         *A. millepora - (ORA Green Nathan's)

         *A. millepora - (Nuclear Green)

         *A. millepora - Green  

         *A. millepora - LE Tryee Blue

         *A. nasuta

         *A. solitaryensis - LE Tyree Soli

         *A. sp. - GARF Bonsai

         *A. sp. - Teal Staghorn

         *A. sp. - Big Stag

         *A. sp. - Ultimate Stag

         *A. tenuis - Blue tip tenuis

         *A. tenuis (pic)

         *A. tenuis - small blue rim coralites

         *A. tortuosa - ORA

         *A. tortuosa - Oregon Tort

         *A. valida - Purple tip 

         *A. valida - bali tricolor

         *A. yongei - Green Slimer

        Seriatapora:

         *S. hystrix - pink

         *S. hystrix - pink/green/purple

         *S. hystrix - neon green polyps

        Styplophora:

         *S. pistillata (pic)

        Pocillopora

          *P. Damnicornis - pink

          *P. Damnicornis - Bright green

        Montipora:

         *M. aequituberculata (LE)

         *M. capricornis (orange)

         *M. capricornis (purple w/ blue polyps)

         *M. capricornis (green w/

             purple rim) (pic)

         *M. confusa  (plating/encrusting)

         *M. danae (LE superman)

         *M. digitata (ORA Orange)

         *M. digitata (blue w/ green polyps)

         *M. digitata (green w/ orange polyps)

         *M. spumosa (pic)

         *M. sp. - Sunset Monti

         *M. sp. - Leng Sy / Japanese Cap

         *M. undata

    LPS:

         *Acanthastrea lordhowensis (pic)

         *Blastimossa mertelli (pic)

         *Blastimossa welsi (pic)

         *Caulastrea sp. - green candy cane

         *Echinophyllia sp. - Red & Pink

         *Micromussa amakusensis (pic)

         *Tubinara reinformis

              (Yellow Scroll)

         *Tubinara peltatta

              (Pagoda Cup)   

    Softies:

        *Ricordea florida

               -Blue/Green

               -Orange/Blue

               -Pastel Blue

               -Yellow/Green (pic)

         *Xenia sp. (Pom Pom)

         *Zoanthus

-Pink Mouth/Brown Skirt

              -Red Mouth/Brown Skirt

Invertebrates:

         *Cerith Snails

         *Astrae Snails

         *Turbo Snails

         *Micro Hermit Crab

         *Cleaner Shrimp (pic)

         *Peppermint Shrimp

         *Pom Pom Crab (pic)

   

Camera: Canon S500

50 Gallon SPS Reef

Tank Profile

Equipment

       *50 Gallon (36 x 18 x 18)

all-glass custom drilled tank w/ acrylic overflow box

       *Ebo jager 250 Watt heater

       *Iwaki MD-40RLT (750 gph) closed loop

plumbed to an Oceans Motions Squirt

       *Iwaki MD-30RLT (510 gph) closed loop

              plumbed to a 3/4" Sea Swirl

       *Mag 9.5 sump return pump back into tank via 3/4" Sea Swirl

       *2 - 250 Watt Mogul Base Coralvue Reeflux (10,000 K) bulbs

run on PFO Dual HQI ballast w/ Spider Reflectors

       *One 95 Watt(36") and one 75 Watt(24") URI VHO bulb (super                      actinic) and one 24 Watt(24") T5 D&D (actinic plus) with Ice

              Cap SLR reflector.  All run on an Icecap 660 Ballast

*MRC Dual Chamber Nano Calcium Reactor

              (soon to be replaced by a Schuran Jetstream 1 once I get a feed pump for it)

*Euro Reef CS6-2 with Gate Valve DIY mod

*Neptune Systems AquaController II

*JBJ Arctica DBA-150 1/5Hp Chiller

*Red Sea AquaZone 100 Ozone Generator (not used currently)

*Two Ice-Cap 4" Cooling Fan's

       *Rid-Volt grounding probe

     

Rocks/Substrate

        *White Starboard Barebottom

        *80 lbs. Pukani live rock

Salt and Water

        *All water is filtered with a 4 stage RO/DI (Reverse

               Osmosis/Deinoization) filter 

        *Tropic Marin salt is used for all water changes

This is a Montipora eating nudibranch.  I didn't think much of them at first until I noticed small spots on my Montipora Cap turning white.  At closer inspection I noticed these little guys all over.  Dipping the infected corals did not erradicate the critters, to rid my tank of them I had to break apart each montipora to give access to all the crevices.  I would inspect each coral at night about two times each week and remove any adults and any egg masses that I would see.  It took about a month and a half to erradicate all remaining nudibranchs.   I still see these nudi's on many of the collected montipora at the wholesalers, so be sure to investigate all new monitpora patches of dead tissue, which are usually indications that the nudibranchs may be present.

A shot of my new Micromussa amakusensis.  It seems to be adjusting quite well to my tank and looks nice and full.

These are unidentified snails found a while ago in an aquacultured Acropora colony.  The inner portions of the coral were apparently dying off.  After further observation I can definitely conclude that these snails were feeding directly on the tissue of the coral.  Fortunately it was quite easy to remove these with a pair of tweezers.  This was a great lesson for me to always visually inspect all corals before adding them to my tank.

Acropora hoeksemai

A cultured coral from one of the several shallow water mariculture farms in Bali, Indonesia. 

This is a piece of Candy Cane coral.  It is the brightest colored Caulastrea I have ever seen and is doing quite well after it got a pretty bad sting from some of the ricordea polyps.