Recent content by markrj

monkiboy gets my vote this month. Awesome shot!

So, how does one train a Mandarin? Mine seems to be very shy and actually hides during feeding time.

I use RO/DI water exclusively. All water parameters are perfect. I don't know what else to tell you about that. Most all of my corals are growing and multiplying except for the goniopora. which seems to just exist. I have a Scarlet Skunk Shrimp, lots of snails and crabs and 6 fish all living...

If you mean live pods the answer is no. The tank had a healthy amount of pods just from the live rock and sand before I introduced the Mandarin to the tank but that was back in February. I think the algae scrubber is breeding them for me. Simple and so effective. I have no skimmer or any...

Gideon the cave goby. (from Criminal Minds) Cosmo & Wanda pair of Ocellaris Clowns (Fairly Odd Parents) Fox face the Yellow Foxface Rabitfish. (from The Hunger Games) If a small child calls the clowns Nemo, I tell them that they are named Coral and Marlin and are Nemo's mommy and daddy...

Maybe I should setup another tank and remove the other corals and just let this one go wild. I need a reef mower! lol

I use a tablespoon of Arcti Pods every few feedings. Maybe twice a week. I've never seen him eat them. He is constantly picking at he rocks and sand and even the glass where some mild algae grow. The turbos usually take care of that stuff but I have seen living pods scurrying around in the...

Is doing well! Got him February 2012. Still fat and happy!

The Kenya Tree and Xenia have become a forest. All over the tank. Frags are almost constantly breaking off and floating around only to anchor somewhere and then they turn into these giant colonies and start the process all over again. Here is a photo of them sleeping. Those innocent cauliflower...

Very nice!

Nice!

Here's my entry.

Re: POTM - November, Extreme Close Ups! Here's my entry.

Great tank and photos!

Seriously! It is getting a little out of hand. I need to do some trimming. That thick trunk sucker was split down the middle 6 months ago. I gave the other half to my buddy who has a 210 gal and that half is also very large like this one.