Salty's Cellar

[mr.maroonsalty]

couple actinic shots

 

[dreaminmel]

Digging the coloration in both pics! :thumbsup:

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

I think this is a Lobophylia. Its not much for colour, but as the plants I like putting in our gardens shows, I'm very much drawn to interesting growth forms over colour. I picked it up being sold as a mushroom polyp a few months ago; its growing very well, and is outgrowing its placement.

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

Here's a before and after; it was a $19.99 Wellsophyllia special from RHS about 18 months ago. Part of its problem was my high salinity, but it also had a a snail living under its flesh. I left the animal alone for a several weeks, as some believe this brains shapes are caused by things like that, but when it moved across the brain and popped ou by the mouth i tweezered it and tossed it in the sump. The second photo is about a month old and the "bleeding" that is happening looks like it should continue to improve as the coral grows.

 

[Gravesj1s]

Those are really nice pics salty.Any chance of a full tank shot?

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

My little camera does well with somethings and awful at other stuff; I hate summers and dodged catastrophe a couple times. The cool weather in june caught me off guard when it suddenly warmed while I was away for a few days, and I came home to a 90º tank. Next the clam spawned, I think somewhere in there I did something wiggy to my Alk by dosing a little over 100ml soda ash instead of Ca...a typical summer. This is about a month ago, even though something seems a little off right now colour and growth are much improved since this photo. Oh yea, and I totally destroyed the glass with a bad scraper, and if I would have been thinking i would have turned the tank around (I'm not drilled) when my stack fell.

 

[Johnny C]

That is an awesome hex... diggin' the Zoa garden!

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

That is an awesome hex... diggin' the Zoa garden!

I'm envisioning growing a DZB (deep zoanthid bed) Funny thing for a long time I never very much cared for them, then my other said she liked a specific kind when putting together a birthday order for me. If the reef widow sees a brown Pocilopora she likes and is buying I find a place for it :love1: That little zoanthus really hooked me.

 

[Gravesj1s]

LOL ,I hear ya......Nice man,thanks alot for showing those pics.

 

[aquadonkey]

Wow - looks great!
I like the color combos especially the pink bird's nest next to green and the ric garden.
Like your signature too

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

sweet stuff!

 

[mr.maroonsalty]