Albert's SUPER picture thread - !!! (56k Warning)

[albert_dao]

I've decided that it would be easier to just toss all my pics into one thread for everyone. Not all these pics are from my tanks, but most are. I'll update new pics here. Hope everyone likes these -- I also hope this doesn't suck up too much bandwidth (lemme know if it does).

We'll start with my recently deceased cuttlefish :cry: :cry: :cry: :

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Cephs/Cuttlefish.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Cephs/Cuttlefish2.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Cephs/Cuttlefish3.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Cephs/Cuttlefish4.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Cephs/Cuttlefish5.jpg

Yeah... I lost this guy to a pump. How gay is that?

[albert_dao]

Zoos:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo2.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo3.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Red.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo4.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo5.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo6.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo7.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo8.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Zoos/Zoo9.jpg

Yeah, need more of these things...

[albert_dao]

Softies:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Softies/Kenya.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Softies/DevilsHand.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Softies/Colt.jpg

[albert_dao]

Mushrooms:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Mushrooms/Red.jpg

Nice red Tongans.

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Mushrooms/Orange.jpg

Single orange Tongan that I'm debating on slicing. I don't have a prop tank though...

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Mushrooms/Green.jpg

Another nice Tongan, also a better pic of that whitish-pink zoo.

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Mushrooms/Frilly.jpg

[albert_dao]

LPS's:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/Frogspawn.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/Blastamusa.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/Fungia.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/GreenBubble.jpg

[albert_dao]

Gorgonians:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Gorgonians/YellowRed.jpg

[albert_dao]

Fish:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Fish/YellowWatchman.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Fish/WheeleriGoby.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Fish/BandedGoby.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Fish/TassledFileFish.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Fish/GymnothoraxMelatremus.jpg

[albert_dao]

Crustaceans:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Crustaceans/HarlequinShrimp.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Crustaceans/Hermits.jpg

[albert_dao]

Clams:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Clams/2.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Clams/3.jpg

[albert_dao]

Anemones:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Anemones/RBTA2.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Anemones/GreenBTA.jpg

[albert_dao]

Snails and stuff:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/SnailsandSlugs/MoneyCowrie.jpg

Money Cowries - I've got five of these things in my tank and every month or so, the I can always find the big one huddled over a clutch of eggs by my overflow. Pretty cool animals.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Beautiful collection Albert. Especially like your bright red Blastomussa & cuttlefish. That's too bad about the pump incident. I'd love to try a cuttlefish one day.

Anthony

[kuatto]

Very nice looking pics,love the zoos.

[Gools]

how is that gorgonian, in terms of care? I heard ones with coloured polyps are hard to keep. I would love to try one but very lery. Thanks

[albert_dao]

Beautiful collection Albert. Especially like your bright red Blastomussa & cuttlefish. That's too bad about the pump incident. I'd love to try a cuttlefish one day.

Anthony

Thanks!

Yeah, seemed pretty easy to keep as long as there was a constant feeder shrimp supply. I even got him to take a mysid shrimp once.

Bugger.

Very nice looking pics,love the zoos.

Thanks Jim!

Btw, how fast does that super orange one grow?

how is that gorgonian, in terms of care? I heard ones with coloured polyps are hard to keep. I would love to try one but very lery. Thanks

I haven't had any problems with it. I'm using Cyclopeeze, DT's phyto and DT's oyster eggs to feed the thing. Thusfar, I haven't noticed any tissue degradation or recessed polyps. I've only had it for a week though and am keeping my fingers crossed.

[OCDP]

very nice :cool:

[albert_dao]

Three shots from today (although I took lots more, just haven't cropped them yet).

Elegance coral:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/Elegance1.jpg

Greenish-brown Acanthastrea:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/GreenAcan.jpg

Tan gorgonian:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Gorgonians/Tan.jpg

[danny zubot]

Awsome Pics Albert, you really have some Photo skills. I don't think I've ever seen a full tank shot though, whats up?

[albert_dao]

Awsome Pics Albert, you really have some Photo skills. I don't think I've ever seen a full tank shot though, whats up?

Heh, truth be told, my tank has this "trim" of coraline around the edge that looks really crappy. I know I should scrape it off, but I don't have a razor at my house so no go.

[OCDP]

Yeah I want a full tank shot :razz:

[Chad]

I tired one of those gorgonians a long time ago, no matter how much I fed it, it still slowly died.

Its too bad, they are gorgeous, but I think Samw has had great success with his!! whats your secret sam!!

[ungp]

nice looking pics...

[Snappy]

Lookin' great Albert.
How do you get so many pics packed into this site? I can only ever get about 6 before Canreef tells me I'm out of alotted space.
Nice pic's, good job. Now I know where the premium livestock goes and why there is usually not much left by the time I get to the store. :razz:
Greg
PS next time I come to the store I'll bring you a razer blade scraper.

[adidas]

Lookin' great Albert.
How do you get so many pics packed into this site? I can only ever get about 6 before Canreef tells me I'm out of alotted space.
.

he's linked the pics from a different site :biggrin: i use photobucket for mine.

[albert_dao]

Lookin' great Albert.
How do you get so many pics packed into this site? I can only ever get about 6 before Canreef tells me I'm out of alotted space.
Nice pic's, good job. Now I know where the premium livestock goes and why there is usually not much left by the time I get to the store. :razz:
Greg
PS next time I come to the store I'll bring you a razer blade scraper.

Heh, they are hosted remotely on www.cichlids.ca.

Thanks for the offer Greg!


Anyway, without further ado, here's today's batch of new pics:

Two brain corals

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/RedBrain.jpg

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/GreenBrain.jpg

Here's an anthias that I've been debating on taking home:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Fish/Anthias.jpg

And here's the wrasse I did end up taking home:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/Fish/CheilinusChlorourus.jpg

Cheilinus chlorourus aka. My arrowhead wrasse substitute.

[albert_dao]

Today's offerings:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/PurpleAcan.jpg

I really need to take one of these home. Get my dose of "trendy" corals, haw haw haw.

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/PinkBrain.jpg

Pink brain thing.

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/NotSure.jpg

Does anyone have any idea what this coral is?

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/Blastamusa2.jpg

Another blasto from the store.

[OCDP]

take that anthias home! what an awesome color

[Funky_Fish14]

I like your EE's, Acans, and Blastos! Also, your gobies, crustaceans, and annemones(and the GS maroon) look great!

Also that un-identified coral looks like some sort of Favia sp. IMO.

Chris

[albert_dao]

I like your EE's, Acans, and Blastos! Also, your gobies, crustaceans, and annemones(and the GS maroon) look great!

Also that un-identified coral looks like some sort of Favia sp. IMO.

Chris

I don't think it's Favia or Favites. The growth is wrong. The polyp looks more like a Blasto or even Candy Cane, but again, growth is wrong.

[bulletsworld]

Does anyone have any idea what this coral is?

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/Blastamusa2.jpg


Hey Albert,

Yeah almost looks eactly like my Tonga or Bullseye Mushrooms, same colors. Thats only if its soft though.

Most likely since there corals are cramed together and is a stony coral its most definately a Swollen Brain Coral - Blastomussa wellsi

http://www.marinedepotlive.com/swbrcowe.html



:mrgreen:
Lee

P.s Love the Money Cowries! Do you have any at the store or ever consider selling me one? :mrgreen: *Bating my girlie eyes at ya* :lol:

[muck]

Lee,

I think hes asking about the pic above the text.. :razz:

P.S. I have a few money cowries I could part with. :mrgreen:

[danny zubot]

I know what you mean Albert, I have a similar coral. The only way I describe it is a branching brain. Looks like a cluster of small brain corals that grow like a candy coral, mine are green too. My avatar shows a close up of one of the heads.

[OCDP]

FYI Danny, I picked up that "brain" from Golds... and it was sold to me as a brain with 4 - 5 heads.

[danny zubot]

Ya I know, it just doesn't seem to fit into the usual image of a brain.

[OCDP]

No, I agree.. I was just saying, FWIW ... that's how it was sold to me! :smile:

[bulletsworld]

Lee,

I think hes asking about the pic above the text.. :razz:

P.S. I have a few money cowries I could part with. :mrgreen:



:eek: :redface: Oops! :rofl: :lol: I musta got too excited about starting a conversation about possible like my mushrooms. :lol:

Hey you have money cowries.... Would love one or two PLEASE! Just PM me price and when best to stop buy. THANKS RYAN! *SUPERHUGS*

[bulletsworld]

O.k hijacking the thread to show you my Bullseye or Tonga ( I think) mushrooms that look almost close to that red brain you have Albert. Just independant guys thats all. :lol:

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/844Mushrooms-med.jpg




:mrgreen:

[danny zubot]

Hey I've got some of those too! I've heard called bull's eye now, and even ricodia yuma. I just call them the fuzzy orange things. :mrgreen:

[adidas]

i've got some nice red with blue spots mushrooms... looks cool

[albert_dao]

Heh, I'm gonna steal the thread back now.

Some corals I grabbed in Vancouver.

Red Brain:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/RedBrain2.jpg

Making weird shapes:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/RedBrain3.jpg

Nice moon coral I HAD to take home:

http://www.cichlids.ca/images/gallery/Salt/LPS/RedGreenMoon.jpg

Enjoy

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Wow. That's a fab. red brain. Glad your trip here worked out. Talk to you later.

Anthony

[canuckzilla]

Hi Albert

What are the specs on your tank? Looks amazing.

- Gary

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Albert,

The "pink brainy thing" is a carpet brain I think. I have one that's brown with a hint of flourescent green. They're hard to find, even on the internet.

Anthony

[albert_dao]

Oh, I actually figured it out; it's a type of Acanthastrea.

[albert_dao]

Hi Albert

What are the specs on your tank? Looks amazing.

- Gary

Hmmm, well not all these pics are from my tank Gary. But aside, it's a 25 gallon custom plumbed to a 20 gallon tank. PC lighting, no mechanical, I'm using ARM as a substrate. Hmmm, that's about it I guess. thanks for the compliment!