Cramming 3 topics in 1 thread...

[dreaminmel]

Sorry but I'm on a mission...

1) Anyone have any idea what these bubble like growths are on my birdsnest? Should I worry?

2) Two corals before & after... better camera skills and some growth/color improvement.

A. divaricata wild colony acquired 12/05 vs. 3/06

A. nana frag aquired 2/06 vs 3/06

Who says PCs aren't adequate?...

 

[dreaminmel]

3) Been practicing camera skills and these are my recent photos. Any suggestions/comments? I just have a basic Nikon Coolpix 4600 and so far have gotten the best shots on the underwater option w/ macro setting...

 

[Namyar]

Those pics dont look to bad I am also working on learning how to take better pics. it is hard.

 

[Stephany]

#1 Noooo idea, are they hard?
#2 That's some sweet looking changes going on there. I've experienced for the first time a browned out frag changing in my tank. It's very nice.
#3 Take lots of pictures, sometimes it will look in focus on the screen... but when it's uploaded it won't be. Randy O gave some good advice about taking pictures in his recent Blue zooanthid thread. Lookin' good. =)

 

[ReeferMac]

RE: bubble like growths... Are they green and kind of hard? Look like Valonia from the pic, but hard to tell. Valonia is a type of algae that can become a nuisance over time. It's not a problem any way other than aesthetically.

- Mac

 

[dreaminmel]

They're not hard and not green. They are actually bubbles in the flesh of the coral itself and when I lightly take a turkey baster to them they flop all around... I've heard before that a frogspawn will sometimes have a bubble appearance when starting a new head but have no clue if that's why my birdsnest is doing this... It is healthy too and all tips have long sections of white growth.

 

[Kent E]

Don't know what that is I never have seen such a thing, is it an egg of some sort? Do you have little gobies?

 

[ReeferMac]

Any chance of getting a close-up of some of those bubbles? I've seen that sorta thing in a few instances, but if it was one of them, the coral would be a stark white skeleton by now.

- Mac