My Weekend.

[Anonymous]

that is an awesome reef tank!

It is! They had some very neat setups there. I wish I had more time to look behind the scenes and take pictures but we had to get moving.

I'm enjoying the pictures, and thanks for sharing. Nothing like that here in Seattle

 

[Anonymous]

poo?

That's an egg, brotha! One of the females laid another one after being in the tank for 24 hours.

it was a guess

That was my guess too, until somebody looked real close. We made quite a scene at the rest stop we were at when we discovered it. :lol:

 

[ChrisRD]

Cool pics - thanks Matt! 8)

 

[Anonymous]

poo?

That's an egg, brotha! One of the females laid another one after being in the tank for 24 hours.

it was a guess

That was my guess too, until somebody looked real close. We made quite a scene at the rest stop we were at when we discovered it. :lol:

Hope it was night when you openned that uber dark container at the rest stop

 

[Anonymous]

poo?

That's an egg, brotha! One of the females laid another one after being in the tank for 24 hours.

it was a guess

That was my guess too, until somebody looked real close. We made quite a scene at the rest stop we were at when we discovered it. :lol:

Hope it was night when you openned that uber dark container at the rest stop

No, it was the middle of the day. The top had lots of slots in it for air exchange, which let light through...we considered the stress that would put on them but considered it more important to check and make sure everyone was doing okay.

 

[Unarce]

I want your career, Matt!

 

[Anonymous]

I need get myself to Long Beach. The coral tanks I've seen in public aquaria in the UK are depressing.

Cool photos Matt, thanks for sharing.

 

[Anonymous]

I want your career, Matt!

Well if you lived closer I'd beg you to volunteer. The aquarium would hire somebody with your knowledge and experience in a snap.

 

[Anonymous]

Ahhhhhhhh. I remember those days.




Was the ABC 7 crew from SF?

 

[WRASSER]

Nice job Matt,
thanks for sharing. it look liked a real good trip for you

 

[Anonymous]

Ahhhhhhhh. I remember those days.




Was the ABC 7 crew from SF?

Yes.

 

[blackcloudmedia]

Id love so much to work with fish and corals for a living....I just hate biology. Dont suppose you'd have use for an accounting major there eh matt? :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

Id love so much to work with fish and corals for a living....I just hate biology. Dont suppose you'd have use for an accounting major there eh matt? :wink:

hello fellow accountant :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

Ahhhhhhhh. I remember those days.




Was the ABC 7 crew from SF?

Yes.

Crazy. We have an ABC station here.

Are you mad at me? What's wrong honey?

 

[brandonberry]

Would you mine giving us a brief rundown on what it takes to make those non-photosythetic corals thrive in captivity. I'm guessing lots of food is the main thing. I volunteer at the new NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores and we are looking at starting a tank to keep a lot of the non-photosynthetic corals found off our coast. I personally have several reef tanks that I maintain, but have never had much luck with non-photosynthetic corals, even with regular feedings.

Thanks

 

[bleedingthought]

Man, that dendro tank is sick!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Id love so much to work with fish and corals for a living....I just hate biology. Dont suppose you'd have use for an accounting major there eh matt? :wink:

Well, we have accounting people. And marketing, PR, fundraising, IT guys, etc. just like any other company.

 

[Anonymous]

Ahhhhhhhh. I remember those days.




Was the ABC 7 crew from SF?

Yes.

Crazy. We have an ABC station here.

Are you mad at me? What's wrong honey?

Nonsense, I love you ya little s***.

 

[Anonymous]

Would you mine giving us a brief rundown on what it takes to make those non-photosythetic corals thrive in captivity. I'm guessing lots of food is the main thing. I volunteer at the new NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores and we are looking at starting a tank to keep a lot of the non-photosynthetic corals found off our coast. I personally have several reef tanks that I maintain, but have never had much luck with non-photosynthetic corals, even with regular feedings.

Thanks

Just to be clear, the tank pictured in this thread is not mine. It's at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.

This is a good place to get started:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/ ... eature.htm

The key (IMhO) is feeding these corals all day long. Target feeding them 2 or 3 times a day with a concentrated blast of liquid food is like offering a 2 liter of soda to a hummingbird for 10 minutes a day--it can only sip so much at one time. When the food is skimmed out the coral still has its polyps open (read: using energy) but isn't getting any energy from food.

 

[Anonymous]

Step 8: Pee after 9 hour drive.

Thank you for NOT posting pics of that step :lol:

I'm still drooling over those non-photos and dendro tank pics. Wonder what their long term sucess is with keeping those loverly carnation corals. Oh, and the sharks are nice too