Some new photos...

[Quinn]

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/anemone1.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/anemone2.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/anemone3.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/birdsnest1.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/candycane1.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/fish1.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/fish2.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/frogandgsp1.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/goby1.jpg

[Delphinus]

That's a GORGEOUS tang man! Wow.

[EmilyB]

:lol: Tony beat me to it.... :cool:

[UnderWorldAquatics]

is that an alantic blue tang?

[Quinn]

It is. Unfortunately she is not quite as bright as the photo would suggest. I had to modify the image in Photoshop to eliminate the urine-yellow hue photos of my tank always come out as. Hopefully she will be more fluorescent/indigo under actinic and 14,000k halide lighting once I put it in place. She is quite friendly. Later I am going to try to get a video of her eating from my hand.

Here are some photos of some Acroporas I have. I have linked to them as they are 1600x1200 and I don't want to ruin the board's layout. You can see a neat overheard view of my pajama cardinal and some new red zoanthids I found just today in the first one.

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/frag1.jpg

http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/misc%20jan%2010%2004/frag2.jpg

[Canadian Man]

Is that GSP from the frag you got from me? :eek:

[Quinn]

It is Jon. I am preparing to take a whole bunch of frags off it, and you can see there is already a piece of it near the anemone. I am having good luck with the growth rate on it, as well as that candy cane, the birdsnest, and a few acros and montis which I have mentioned to you before. My caps aren't doing much though. Everything is also colouring up nicely. I have a brown acro that is beginning to turn turquoise, I am hoping the trend continues.

[Delphinus]

Quinn,

Is your tang Acanthurus coeruleus or Acanthurus bahianus, do you know? Or is it a different one altogether.

[Quinn]

Tony, it was sold to me as A. coeruleus from Brazil by Seacare. I have never heard of A. bahianus until today. Based on the photos of A. bahianus at http://www.korallenriff.de/lexikon/acanthurus_bahianus.html, I would certainly conclude that my tang is an adult A. coeruleus.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Super nice tank Quinn. Are those clowns saddlebacks? They dont look like black percs. Where did you find them?

Doug

[Quinn]

Doug they are most certainly the illustrious A. polymnus. They were sold to me by Aquarium Illusions in Edmonton as percs, however. Apparently they were brought in from Australia, although this may in fact be untrue. Apparently they are very bad shippers. However I have also heard that someone is breeding them.

Once I identified them as A. polymnus (I believe it was Deb who first noted that they didn't look like percs), I let the store know. I think they may have been aware of their mistake but everyone wants black percs (which don't even exist, what they are actually thinking of are black ocellaris) and no one even knows about black saddlebacks.

I really like mine, as they have a great deal of personality. The female is a real b*tch, and recently I have seen the male viciously attacking a large shell next to their anemone. In the past few months they have begun to do the shaky-shaky mating dance, but I haven't noticed any eggs yet. They host in an LTA, which apparently is not natural. They don't seem to know the difference. I am rather pleased as they have almost no orange on them. The female has very small patches on both pectoral fins, and the male has an off-white nose. Otherwise they are pure black and white.

There has been some good discussion on the Clownfish and Anemone forum on RC about the various types of black clowns.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Wow Quinn, very very nice. I think the LFS got in a black saddleback but it wasn't faring well so I didn't get it, sadly it was passed on the next day. Lots of interesting clowns around. I had some occilarus in my main tank and the female would remove flesh when ever I put my hand in to clean, upright or generally fix anything. My sailfin tang was afraid of her as was most every other fish in the aquarium. I think she was my ex wife reincarnated...(bad joke Sorry ladies)

Doug