Minh's 320 reef

[OrionN]

My Baby Regal and my Blue Gigantea are doing well. Here are some pictures of them both. The Baby Regal is getting gaining weigh, eating well, and the Gigantea is also eating well.

 

[OrionN]

Here is a picture of my blue Gigantea after about 6 weeks under my care. Using iPhone, first picture without color adjustment. Second on have white balance adjusted when I took the picture. Under Radion G3 Pro at 100%. No edited other than resized.

 

[reefmutt]

Beautiful fish AND anemone!
They both look like they are very healthy

 

[AquaTDV]

Truly magnificent specimen Mihn!! How is the Gigas clam doing?

 

[OrionN]

I don't know what happened. Did not mean to have all the same pic repeated

 

[bagedtaco]

Doc. We need to catch up. I'v been mia in reefing and just getting back in. I sent you a PM

Troy

 

[OrionN]

Pictures today
My Red Planet

My red Goniopora

My Purple tipped Magnifica

 

[OrionN]

I sometime grow my SPS on a string. Here is documentation of the growth of my Red Planet. Once it is big, it is such an eye sore, I have to take it down. Here are pictures from 10/5/2016, 10/22/2016 and 5/29/2017

10/5/2016. The largest dimension is about 3-4 inches if I remember correctly

10/22/2016

5/29/2017. The colony is about 8 inches in diameter.

The knob in the middle of the last picture was where the sting attached. The colony would have been rounder and more even flow, but it was touching other coral when it was hanging. Once I put them on the rock, it was stung by the Magnifica next to it. It is recovering very well and should be rounder in a month or so.

 

[JonezNReef]

That's really cool. I like how round the colony is especially with a tabling acro. I'm going to try this now. Thanks for sharing

 

[OrionN]

A beutiful pest.
This Borneman anemone, AKA Phymanthus buitendijki, is a very beautiful anemone. I used to love it until it take over my reef after 14 years.

One of them

A group of them are not so nice. Kill everything they come in contact with very quickly.

 

[OrionN]

My purple Gigantea with his Anemone crab pair

My Petco Green Gigantea top down shot since I can not get a good picture of this one from the front

 

[reefmutt]

The blue is amazing on that gigantia. Love the pair of crabs.

 

[OrionN]

My green Gigantea/haddoni hybrid and his clowns

My green Gigantea/haddoni hybrid and his clowns

 

[reefmutt]

Cool shot.
I love how snuggled in that female is.

 

[reefzone123]

your clams are truly remarkable. prized beauties.

 

[OrionN]

Thanks guys (and gals)

After 5+ years together, both started as less than 1.5 inches, my Purple tang start to beat up my Yellow tang. Tail fin tattered on both fish and the L spike of the yellow tang injured. The Yellow tang was force to go into the rock work. Every time he show his face the Purple would dash over and chase him back into the rock. Both fish were very healthy and fat before all of this started last week.
After observing for 1 week and see that this is not going to stop, I set out my fish trap and got the Purple tang and put him into my Frag tank, (40 gal breeder). This is where he will be until I decide what to do next. I think I can easily trap my Yellow tang.
I really love both of these tangs, and it is hard for me to decide which of these tang to re-home. Why can't they just get along.

 

[OrionN]

With all the natural anemone hosts I have in my tank, my female A. percula, a tank bred fish, choose my M. doreensis as her host. I have multiple S. gigantea and H. magnifica in the tank as you guys know.

I really find that it is strange that she spend 90%+ of her time in my Red Doreensis instead of other anemones.

 

[OrionN]

Took a video of my anemones yesterday
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[ManhattanReef]

never saw anyone grow SPS on a string, but the results are amazing!! Great idea!

 

[JonezNReef]

Nice Video! Your Nems look awesome and super happy!!