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I 'm just going to start including my tank shot with every post so people will be able to remember. Let me know if this is a drag - I will be updating the photo occasionally.

I traded two Xenia for $10 credit each and so I traded for a rock that had two green mushrooms (one nickle-size, the other a little bigger than a quarter), and about 10 small neon green button polyps, the little quarter-inch ones.

Updated Soft coral list:

orange ric.

yellow polyps

brown pulsing xenia

green mushroom

green button polyps

I need some coral plugs for the Xenia. I think I could bring in four frags at once if I'm lucky.

One frag I had got sucked into the powerhead of my mixing tank, so I lost that one. I call it a frag, but I never translpanted it - just broke the rock.

I looked up what ZeoVit was after the last podcast. Sounds more like a way of life or an attitude than an actual product, most of which is probably already done by the average reefer. Of course I don't run carbon lately and never mind zeolite. But softies are not as picky about water quality anyway from what I've heard, and my cellar sees plenty of "contamination" so forget the whole idea for me. I only want to spend money on salt right now anway - nothing else. I've got a little red cyano coming back after increasing my nutrients through flake food, as expected, so I may run carbon after the next water change.

..and Happy Fourth to everyone!!!!!

We missed the fireworks because they didn't start till 10:30 and the wife and kids were really tired from visiting some salt marshes.

I saw on Yahoo today that the coral in Florida near the Keys is doing really poorly lately with 3 major hurricanes and white plague disease too. They call it a disease, but man is the disease.

thansk for the update, and i think i like the idea of having the picture..
maybe having everyone include a small tank shot in there signature would be a good idea.. :)

that is cool tank i like it

that is a cool idea like a widescreen shot :)

Thanks for replying. I'll have to learn the signature thing.

Nice podcast with Borneman.

I was trying to learn my coral names this morning.

Parazoanthus gracilis
Ricordea florida
Xenia elongata
Discosoma or Actinodiscus sp. (haven't determined yet) "pimply"
Zoanthus sp.

I want to get the one that encrusts on glass. Is that Clavularia or Palythoa?

there are many that will encrust on the glass, personally i try and prevent that...lol
in fact, most of the soft corals will if you give them the change..

as for the name.. just wait until you actually have to "say" them.. lol
thats when the fun starts.. ;)

Oh, my ego loves it when I say the names. Makes me feel so intelligent.:rotfl:

I just read E. Borneman's article about Zoa's. OMG what a trip about the bay scallop. I want to meet his English teacher.

I had a strange thought yesterday that if my zoas failed to proliferate that I would fry them all up and eat them. Phew. Of course that's retarded but it's good to know about handling and broken skin etc.

I'll have to learn the signature thing.

Go to User CP. Once there click on Edit Signature in the navigation pane along the left side of the page.

Ok, I located that - thank you.

No problem, I'm glad to be of assistance.

weberian - i love your avatar! we have a pj that we think is so cute. most people seem to think they're ugly but we like ours :)

Thanks, veen! He's my first saltwater fish. I love everything about him: all the colors, the shape, the way he swims, big eyes. See ya later..