Recent content by jadran

cool, what a beauty! I wonder can you still see through his inhalant siphon or was it just shipping / stress related..? That's one nice, spacey aquarium btw. It'll be cool to see it in future and to compare all those fraggies, their growth and so.. :D

clam on 4th pic is gigas, right? How long do you have it and how quickly it grows? Thx.

hermit on last pic is probably Hawaii zebra hermit (Calcinus laevimanus) for the rest dunno.. as for the snail its shell kinda looks like some kinda cone snail shell .. who knows might even be venomous !!! I'd look it up before touching it.

My serpent star is dead.. Story got even more bizarre when I found unidentified snail munching on its leg. At first I thought its just a innocent snail which was quick to spot decaying starfish Starfish was still alive so I moved it into overflow where is plenty detritus for it to feed on...

Mihai, it is impossible to ID acropora species by picture only. If one really have to ID them best way to do it is to have piece of dead skeleton to examine its septa.. Even than one should have good experience and resources to do it with 100% certainty cause same species often differ greatly...

yes, these are acropora frags, their growth form is highly dependable on light and food source (water movement).. If they are happy in your tank they'll grow and dependable on these elements form branches to get most out of their surrounding. ;)

Ophiolepsis superba?

I have question regarding Serpent Star ID and regenerative abilities.. I got two new stars, one I bought other took for free when realized that shop owner is about to trow it away.. Felt sorry for poor animal, so I brought it home in hope for it to regrow its disk. here goes the pic. as you...

Many reefers today looking forward to keep stoney corals or other species which we're impossible to keep not so long ago. I'm certainly one of them.. But how about true old tank, aquarium with 20 years old yellow tang or coral that been growing all this time inside? I just posted some nice...

Thx for that nice article, I just love to read about deepwater fishes, inverts and dreaming about tank loaded with non-photosynthetic gorgonians, dendronephthyans, and appropriate shrimps, fishes and so on. Question: is there any research, or or some other reading available on peppermint...

...they can attain the size of 3 1/2 feet in diameter. Yes, and live over 100 years, (Joyce. D. Wilkerson in her "Clownfishes book" speculates about 300) and looking from that perspective keeping such creature seems like damn waste of animal life.. :oops: Friend of mine have 20 year old one in...

8) thx for the help and compliments of course :D it was interesting how it was seeking a most exposed place to light and water movment. Had to rearange aquascape to meet its desires, it looks more or less like that I have another ritteri related question (sorry guys for bothering you...

i found that top pic, not the best one.. hope it helps

hi Dave Can you post a picture of the anemone from the top with the circulation turned off, that way I can see the oral disc, also if you can get a closer picture of the column I may be able to spot if it has verrucae. unfortunately that will have to wait till the end of the week...

bad news and good reply... I had experience with Brooklynella and it didn't came out good... First signs are rapid breathing, then current and cloudy eyes and at the end slime coat sloughing off in large ropey sheets.. When i would try to feed it It was like swimming towards the food but not...