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Topics on Reef, Saltwater, or Fish only Aquarium Keeping, Fish Breeding, Coral Propagating, Fragging, and Trading.
2015年9月12日 星期六
2015年9月7日 星期一
Upside down tank shot
Just a little change in perspective can mean a lot! Since gravity isnt as much of an issue when you are underwater, up and down cannot be determined in the conventional way. And with the water's reflective nature, it makes sense to explore and make good use of that!
2015年9月6日 星期日
Getting ready for laser tag?
Here is the kit in the box
2015年7月26日 星期日
20150726 Reef Tank update
Life and work has taken a real toll in my life and it's been a really long time since the last update. And also to be honest my tank has been battling against some lost and disease that the whole situation is just very demoralizing and the thought of shutting down the tank has crossed my mind a few times.
I did however acquired 3 pyramid butterfly in the last month or so as I have always loved them.
I did however acquired 3 pyramid butterfly in the last month or so as I have always loved them.
2015年5月6日 星期三
20150506 Hawaii Vacation Lanikai snorkel- Caution: Strong swimmer alert
panoramic view of Lanikai Beach on the Windward coast |
The second snorkel location we took was the Lanikai beach at the Windward coast (Southeastern) shore of Oahu. As you can see from the photo above, this is a much less visited public beach than Waikiki due to its slight remote location, accessibility, lack of public parking and no public shower or changing room. Also, there are no lifeguards on duty so you are on your own.
Lanikai Beach looking Northeast |
Two Islands southeast of Lanikai are bird sanctuaries with strict rules for visitation |
Unfortunately due to the depth of this reef, I was hesitant to bring my camera along with in fear of loosing my grip and to never able to retrieve it should it skips into a tight crack (there are numerous crevices). Based on my observation, the species here are diverse and abundant. Also because of the depth of some of the drop offs, most of the herbivores seen here are reaching good size- sailfin tang at at least 18" diameter, adult yellow tangs at no less than 8" long, adult Achilles tang at 10" long, variety of wrasses so large I almost thought they were parrotfish! The coral system however isn't growing as strongly as it can be due to invasive macro algae species. It also seems that the reef must have been devastated by big waves from storms in recent year as many of the giant pillar pieces of the reef base (at least 10ft tall and each can weight a few tons) were torn off its main structure and were laying on their sides on the sand bed.
2015年4月27日 星期一
20150428 Hawaii Vacation- Waikiki Snorkel
Two weeks ago I revisited my dream destination- Hawaii. And once again we decided to only stay in Oahu as we have not enough time to explore all we wanted to see in our previous visit. But we did recall the wonderful snorkeling experience so we have specifically carved out time to snorkel in various coast lines this time.
First and foremost we went to the most accessible- Waikiki. It is amazing that with all the tourists, surfing, kids playing, and motorized boats in the near vicinity the Waikiki reef ecosystem remained in a very strong state. The amount and variety of fish in the near shore reef actually had significant increase since our last visit 9 months ago. We were able to see most of all the common species of tangs and wrasse along with a few that would have only appeared in the deeper water previously, but now are also living among the shallow reef. I used only an iPhone 5S with an otter case to shoot these underwater photos.
The beautify, relaxing white sand of the Waikiki beach at Honolulu, Hawaii |
First and foremost we went to the most accessible- Waikiki. It is amazing that with all the tourists, surfing, kids playing, and motorized boats in the near vicinity the Waikiki reef ecosystem remained in a very strong state. The amount and variety of fish in the near shore reef actually had significant increase since our last visit 9 months ago. We were able to see most of all the common species of tangs and wrasse along with a few that would have only appeared in the deeper water previously, but now are also living among the shallow reef. I used only an iPhone 5S with an otter case to shoot these underwater photos.
A goatfish and a two spot surgeonfish patrolling the shallow reef of Waikiki |
Really healthy reef system with active growing sps coral such as this porcillapora colony here near shore Waikiki |
Beautiful spotted box fish along the reef edge in Waikiki |
A semi adult nano tang, what a magnificent creature and graceful swimmer in the wild. |
Water clarity wasn't the best as the waves were quite high that day sweeping up lots of dust from the bottom. |
2015年3月29日 星期日
20150329 Janesville Fragswap
It is amazing that the Wisconsin are has so many aquarium clubs with multiple fragswap or similar community events each year to provide vendors and hobbyists a fair trade platform for quality, and inexpensive experience to fill up their tanks. The event took place at the Janesville convention center, a small venue but sufficient for this function.
Before the event begins, all venfors busy prepping for their start. |
Some sexy corals from one of the vendors |
Torch coral of variety colorations |
Coral pricing divided by glowstick |
One of the vendors provided some diversity with sea-pen, and a large group of lyre tail anthias |
Cool looking nudibranch, though I don't recommend the average hobbyist keeping these difficult to maintain animals |
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