first ever top down shots

[jauringer]

If only we could figure out a way to display our tanks from the top down

1 is my hydnophora

 

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#2 is a milli

 

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3 is a yongei

 

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4 is a something or another

 

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4 is something as well

 

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5 is a crappy shot of my seriatapora SP?

 

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sermentosa

 

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this is are two shaggy millis

 

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this is one of my favorites ..... Pulchra

 

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and this is my little infant reef

 

[coloradodeb]

Great looking tank, thanks for sharing :joy:

 

[fishman830]

very nice tank!!!!!! the blue background really makes it stand out

 

[footbag]

I'm certainly no expert, but #1 doesn't look like a hydnophora. My Hydnophora doesn't branch like that. Its branches are thicker and more oddly shaped.

 

[jauringer]

footBag that is one of the few corals in my tank that I am positive of the ID. Ther are very distict hydnophors that make up the structer of this coral.
Did you know there are 6 identified sp. of Hydnophora
Mine being a less common species Hydnophora rigida
the more common Hydno is the Hydnophora grandis
However there are 4 others to choose from as well
Hydnophora bonsai
Hydnophora exesa
Hydnophora microconos
Hydnophora pilosa

 

[007]

a lot of your corals look bleached to me.

 

[jauringer]

007 very funny you mention that.
There is an ongoing thread about european practice (zeovit) The entire system is designed in creating a very nutriant poor environment.
I am currently using one of the products of the system. (zoespur). The product I am using is designed to reduce zoozanthale(sp) in corals.
I have always produced very light coloration in the tissue of my corals, however ; this has made a big difference in the darkness of the tissue. not to steal a quote, but it seems to be a "controled bleaching" There is not a spec of brown on most of my corals. We will see what happens.
In the next month or so, i will probably be converting completely to the zeovit system.

 

[footbag]

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that there were so many species of hydnophora. I guess thats why even the experts don't try to id all of their sps corals.
Forgot to say though, great tank, great pics.

 

[jauringer]

007 here is a coral bleached in the wild.
the zoox is not the only thing to be expelled. it shows no underlying pigment either.
The pigments are what we want not a overload of zoos, because of PO4 and NO3

 

[jauringer]

coloradodeb, Fishman830 and footbag. thank you very much.

 

[bp]

Awsome SPS corals!!