tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296752752011-04-21T10:54:05.474-07:00learn by doing, not by readingReefXperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336646227134433202noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29675275.post-1152163529695023282006-07-05T22:19:00.000-07:002006-07-05T22:25:29.706-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/22450676.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/400/22450676.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29675275-115216352969502328?l=reefxpert.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ReefXperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336646227134433202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29675275.post-1150530332352573502006-06-17T00:40:00.000-07:002006-06-17T20:45:19.253-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/8745313.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/8745313.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">This is not a feather. It is a worm!!!</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Common name is feather duster</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">A filter feeder, using radiole to catch floating organisms like plankton</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Live inside a tube</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">When disturbed, it quickly retreats inside the tube</span></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29675275-115053033235257350?l=reefxpert.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ReefXperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336646227134433202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29675275.post-1150431731693227912006-06-15T20:44:00.000-07:002006-06-17T20:48:06.696-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/16584652.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/16584652.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">This coral is uncommon because it is columnar, instead of having the shape of a flat plate.</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Common name is cup / pagoda / scroll coral</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Very hardy</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Polyps extend out under the light</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Each polyp can be fed with meaty food</span></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29675275-115043173169322791?l=reefxpert.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ReefXperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336646227134433202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29675275.post-1150351723743852792006-06-14T23:07:00.000-07:002006-06-17T20:42:55.806-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/12304596.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/12304596.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Take a guess on what they are doing. (Hint: they are eating something that the snail produces ...)</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Common name is dwarf blue legged hermit crab</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">They are totally reef safe (based on my own experience)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Good scavenger to add to the tank</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Consume certain kinds of algae as well</span></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29675275-115035172374385279?l=reefxpert.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ReefXperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336646227134433202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29675275.post-1150242674714932922006-06-13T16:49:00.000-07:002006-06-17T20:50:46.846-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/4392378.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7885/3167/1600/4392378.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">This is one of the most beautiful creatures in my reef tank. It IS neon pink (not edited by Photoshop).</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Common name is rose anemone</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Require bright light to survive</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Attach to rock with its foot</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Home for various fish / shrimps / crabs</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Grab food with its "hands" and eat it with its month in the middle</span></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29675275-115024267471493292?l=reefxpert.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ReefXperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336646227134433202noreply@blogger.com1