My Weekend.

[pcardone]

Thanks Matt, things have been a bit slow around here.

 

[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

I think it's important to note that these are Scleronephthya and not Dendronephthya. The two are very similar looking but are simple to distinguish upon close inspection. Both are called "carnation" corals but Dendronephthya is considerably more difficult to maintain.

 

[Anonymous]

duly noted. But they are nonetheless loverly.

 

[Anonymous]

Step 2: Now that the 10,000 g QT tank is free, accquire new specimens. Five each of the Whitespotted and Brownbanded Bamboo Catshark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum, C. punctatum). These individuals were captive raised at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA. Outfit a truck with one very large tank to transport them in, and off we go.

Hey! I used to help with raising those babies at LBAOP! Fun stuff, I really miss it.
Ain't got no P.A.s in Amador... :|

 

[Anonymous]

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

Aww, I just got a quiver in my genitals!

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, could you look at the attached pic and give me some idea of whether this is in fact a dendranepthalia. All the books I have ID it as such. It is nearly a year old, but I run a fairly 'dirty' tank with a huge pod population and feed bottled and live-caught plankton regularly.

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, could you look at the attached pic and give me some idea of whether this is in fact a dendranepthalia. All the books I have ID it as such. It is nearly a year old, but I run a fairly 'dirty' tank with a huge pod population and feed bottled and live-caught plankton regularly.

Hard to say. The coloration makes it look like Dendronephthya but this is of course a very coarse way of identifying it. A conclusive way would be to dissolve away its tissue and examine the sclerites. Short of doing that, you can get a really good idea of the genus by looking at the polyps and sclerites. In general Dendronephthya has very large sclerites (the little wavy white stripes) and small polyps compared to closely related genera.

Photo by Charles Delbeek

Photo by Ron Shimek

Scleronpehthya has a bit larger polyps, smaller sclerites, and a dark spot in the center of the polyp. Photo by CJD again.

 

[Anonymous]

Interesting...thanks for expanding on that!

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Matt

Its not really clear from the photo but the sclerites are very very prominant and distinct. I am pretty certain its a Dendra. Will keep you up to date.

BTW, I deliberately bought it as it was going to die at the LFS and I wanted to see if I could keep it- I have a fairly unique access to regular live plankton and copepods so I figured it was worth the effort. Whilst I dont want to encourage the further import of them for the hobby, any specimens I see from now on will be going in my system.

 

[Anonymous]

Here's a short news clip about the move:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sectio ... id=5689657

 

[Anonymous]

good stuff. My sister just moved to San Francisco. I'd like to check out the aquarium when it's all done.

 

[Anonymous]

Hey Matt was on TV 3 or 4 times! Was that you blacked out driving the truck?

 

[Anonymous]

Very cool. Quite weird to see Matt in the film, keeping to the back, trying not to be spotted (pretty hard if you're a 8'9" red-head). :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

"It's essentially a tube of muscle, and its wet and its slippery, and sometimes it can get away from you..." :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

"It's essentially a tube of muscle, and its wet and its slippery, and sometimes it can get away from you..." :lol:

I think Bart was talking about Matt when he said that.

 

[Anonymous]

"It's essentially a tube of muscle, and its wet and its slippery, and sometimes it can get away from you..." :lol:

I think Bart was talking about Matt when he said that.

Bart has stated in no uncertain terms that my height was a factor in my hire. :lol: Go tall people!

 

[Anonymous]

"It's essentially a tube of muscle, and its wet and its slippery, and sometimes it can get away from you..." :lol:

I think Bart was talking about Matt when he said that.

Bart has stated in no uncertain terms that my height was a factor in my hire. :lol: Go tall people!

I'm doomed! Well, not as doomed as Chris would be...

 

[Anonymous]

"It's essentially a tube of muscle, and its wet and its slippery, and sometimes it can get away from you..." :lol:

I think Bart was talking about Matt when he said that.

Bart has stated in no uncertain terms that my height was a factor in my hire. :lol: Go tall people!

But secretly, your hair color was his main reason...