Pansy-Paws
Presenting a Chow Chow's perspective
Photo Gallery - Reef Tank Corals
We started into the marine aquarium hobby with a 72 gallon reef tank in early 2000. Here are shots of some of our early purchases.
| Yellow Finger Leather (Sarcophyton spp), introduced June 2000 - this coral had a slowstart when it detached from its original rock, but once established on a new rock and moved higher up in the tank, began to expand and grow very well. |
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| Elegance (Catalaphyllia jardinei), introduced June 2000 - this is a beautiful iridescent coral, especially when fully expanded, but it's also a snail death trap when positioned in the sand. The stinging tips are able to stun a snail, and the hermit crabs move in to finish the job. The clown fish have adopted this coral as their "anemone", but did take several months to become somewhat resistance to the stings. With regular feedings from the clown fish, the Elegance has grown noticeably in the past year, now expanding to 11" across. Encroachment on other corals has required barriers to be constructed to prevent stinging, but it's beauty is worth the effort. |
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| Green Candy Cane (Caulastrea curvata), introduced July 2000 - this coral is appropriately named, except that candycanes are solid, while this coral is soft and pillowy when showing at its best. As indicated in some books, clown fish can take a liking to this coral, and rub through its polyps. Our male clown fish has done just that, although the coral doesn't seem to react negatively ... good thing, because we don't know how we'd ever stop the clown fish from that action. |
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