vt_snowman87

nope, i feed dried seaweed as well.. those japanese unsalted kind..

my FTS, pic taken today.. from the right side..

new seahorse tank in the making last week..

his table acro..

pics of my dad's tank..

good stuff bro! wishing u all the best, this will be one great tank in the making..

oops, realised i posted alot of photos.. hopefully won't lag too much.. thanks all for viewing, will post FTS later tonight..

new residents.. caught this guy scooping around.. and this guy..

my monti growth.. May 2008 Oct 2008 (now)

thank you bro huskiesg.. that yuma's my favourite in my tank so far.. i using my sis's cam, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3..

May 2008 Oct 2008 severe overcrowding..

was comparing some old photos and new photos.. May 2008 Sept 2008 Oct 2008 (Now)

some random shots of zoas..

nope they don't stick.. it would be good to use netting or loose rubber bands to hold them in place to the rocks, and allow for them to attach to the rocks themselves.

brilliant corals, brilliant fishes, and brilliant photos..

lovely stuff.. especially all those maxis..

Many fishermen in the coastal areas are practising dynamite fishing (blast fishing), what happens is they use explosives to bomb an area of the reef, therefore all the fishes will just float to the surface and they are able to earn much more profits as compared to conventional fishing or fish farms.. the downside being, alot of the precious reefs are also bombed away in the process.. this applies more towards southeast asia waters.. i do agree global warming is a worldwide cause of reef health degrading, as temp increase not only causes stress to corals, when ice caps melts, there are increased water level and sedimentation, causing sunlight to be unable to pass through, and causing corals to expel their zooxantellae as well.. in my opinion, increased management, and supporting aquacultured/propagation, and increasing education to the public regarding issues on our reefs is the way to go..

not really.. i've seen pistol shrimps preying on cleaners..

it means corals that expel their zooxantellae (symbiotic algae) such that they seem white (void of colours), due to stress, temp, amongst other reasons.. just nice i happen to be doing a project on reef conservation in southeast asia now.. through my research, bleaching is actually the corals' way of surviving.. because it hopes to be able to host better algae that can generate food for the corals despite the "change".. because in times of stress, sedimentation, the zooxantellae that is hosted within is unable to generate food for the coral.. an interesting article to read would be the El Nino mass coral bleaching in the 90s.. therefore, my view based on coincidental research, corals (including SPS) do get better and heal themselves in the wild even after bleaching given conditions improve, and coral is able to host back the algae.. however, with humans' increased coastal activities, illegal blast fishing, sedimentation, and global warming, researches have shown that the percentage of bleached corals healing back to health is declining rapidly in today's reef.. just my 2 cents..

wao, an arrowana in a planted tank.. first time me seeing also.. i used to have a 4ft planted tank as well, also another 4ft with a violet arrowana.. now, totally converted to marine reefing.. have fun in this hobby! all the best..

^agreed.. went to coral farm, no red hermits.. but have: small nassarius snails (1cm) bumble bee snails (1cm) tiger, peppermint, coral banded, pistol shrimps porcelein crabs mini Blue Tang (2cm) amongst some other fishes..

lovely.. the idea of keeping the sandbed clean is very neat..

any red hermits at coralfarm?

please bro.. my tank is far far from that target.. my tank very messy now haha, got algae all over the sand, and a recovery prata project, will promise u a FTS soon!

my sunnies.. dad's one..