"Maxi-mini" Carpet Anemone, Stichodactyla tapetum

[eklikewhoa]

Playing with the Nikon J2

"Maxi-mini" Carpet Anemone, Stichodactyla tapetum

[madehtsobi]

nice!!

[beaver-man]

looks good, where's the clowns?

[eklikewhoa]

[eklikewhoa]

An old pic of the pair

[eklikewhoa]

Gold/Orange


Fuchsia with blue/purple base


Green

[moganman]

Nice EK!!! I didn't know you were into salt. Impressive.

[eklikewhoa]

I was in hardcore long time ago, did all the LE/ORA zoas and sps but its boring compared to some of the fw tanks. The SPS/Zoa tank took tank of the month on marshreef back then and I think my other macroalgae planted tank took TOTM on another forum.

30g cube tank

http://www.marshreef.com/TOTM/2008/July08/

30g wave box tank.

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/177752-tidal-wave/

[eklikewhoa]

Top down action




There's a few other Maxi-minis that are really cool but I messed up and tried placing them where I wanted without having the light finished yet and now they've moved into holes and caves so getting a picture of them is impossible.


BTW this is the misses tank, in order for me to have my monster tank she got her spongebob tank.

[moganman]

Dang dude. Nice write ups!!! Gives me a headache thinking about all of the parameters. That is the first salt tank I've seen with live plants.

[eklikewhoa]

Dang dude. Nice write ups!!! Gives me a headache thinking about all of the parameters. That is the first salt tank I've seen with live plants.

Yeah it was relatively new to have macro as a display back when that tank was alive but it has a pretty decent following and more support with macro now on that forum.

[eklikewhoa]

I think all the vid links were removed or blocked but here's a vid of it in the early stages.

[moganman]

That's some mad movement in the water. Does that simulate tidal movement or life on the beach? I know saltwater fish pretty much do everything based on tidal movement including breeding, so does that wave maker help with breeding purposes?

[eklikewhoa]

It wasn't as extreme as you would think and there wasn't much in there that would breed since nothing was paired up.

It did make for a nice view since all the macro algae would sway, the fish seemed more active than normal but other than that it was all the same.

Now when I set my old Troph tank on wave mode they seemed to enjoy it a lot more than my sw tanks.

[eklikewhoa]

Green showing off it's purple mouth