gist41980

I wanted to announce I have joined the wrasse club for the first time (I have an ever growing affection for wrasses), more specifically the Blue Star Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus) club.

The best shot I could get.

On July 1st I got 3 of them from a LFS, www.saltycritter.com. They had received them 2 weeks prior and we had worked out an arrangement so that they would hold them in a tank with a nice sand bed (I made ...

Some random guy named Marc, who posts here every now and then, opines that corals are best viewed and photographed from above. When the pumps are off during feeding I too, like to view the tank from above through the still surface. Last night I took a few pictures, though without the benefit of a top down photo box (someday I would like to get one, but I am busting the budget still buying frags and fish for my relatively new setup). The frags are still small, but growing!

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Well I posted pictures of the pregnant banded coral shrimp yesterday and she popped last night at about 11pm. I saw some babies alive and kicking in my corner overflow and in the refugium this morning. I think any babies in the display take will become Mandarin food.

Evidence suggests that my Banded Coral Shrimp seem to be enjoying themselves.

She's got a lot of eggs on her underside.

The proud father

Over the past few weeks I have been attempting to boost my copepod population. I have a Blue Mandarin Dragonet and I want to make sure there is always enough pods for him to feast on. I have a refugium but it has not been absolutely buzzing with copepods. I should note that I do have a large population of amphipods both in the display tank and refugium.

I decided that I would seek out a few sources of copepods to provide some diversity and ...