Small Rock Anemone

Small Rock Anemone “This small Aiptasia anemone lives snuggled in the rock, and if disturbed can quickly disappear from sight!” 10/3/2009 Quick as a whip, the Small Rock Anemone will retract into its hole or crevice if it feels threatened! Don’t be fooled by this quick maneuver, even though a Small Rock Anemone is fast at disappearing if disturbed, that’s just one of its fast tricks. This pretty rock anemone, also known as the Glass Rose Anemone, is very fast at reproducing and can quickly overrun its environment. Small Aiptasia anemones don’t have a very good reputation with saltwater hobbyists, because they can reach plague proportions in a saltwater aquarium or a reef tank… Read More

Small Rock Anemone

Small Rock Anemone “This small Aiptasia anemone lives snuggled in the rock, and if disturbed can quickly disappear from sight!” 10/3/2009 Quick as a whip, the Small Rock Anemone will retract into its hole or crevice if it feels threatened! Don’t be fooled by this quick maneuver, even though a Small Rock Anemone is fast at disappearing if disturbed, that’s just one of its fast tricks. This pretty rock anemone, also known as the Glass Rose Anemone, is very fast at reproducing and can quickly overrun its environment. Small Aiptasia anemones don’t have a very good reputation with saltwater hobbyists, because they can reach plague proportions in a saltwater aquarium or a reef tank… Read More

Black Moor Goldfish – Goggles

Goggles “Goggles invented a game?” 2010-04-15 Here’s what Katie says about Goggles: “He will go to the top of the tank, start to sink and then once he reaches the rocks he’ll swim back to the top and do it again! We call it “dew-dropping” ” “Goggles is really a great name for a black moor goldfish, thanks for sharing him here.”

Yellow Sun Coral

Yellow Sun Coral Tubastraea aurea “Nicely subdued in color, yet still a brilliant reef aquarium attraction” 6/18/2010 The bright Yellow Sun Coral is another one of those… ‘knock-your-socks-off’ …beauties! The pretty Yellow Sun Coral Tubastraea aurea is a nicely subdued color version of the Tubastraea genus. Another great photographic coral. The corallites of the T.

Yellow Sun Coral

Yellow Sun Coral Tubastraea aurea “Nicely subdued in color, yet still a brilliant reef aquarium attraction” 6/18/2010 The bright Yellow Sun Coral is another one of those… ‘knock-your-socks-off’ …beauties! The pretty Yellow Sun Coral Tubastraea aurea is a nicely subdued color version of the Tubastraea genus. Another great photographic coral

White-Spotted Rose Anemone

White-Spotted Rose Anemone “Personally, I think I’m just about the most beautiful anemone in the sea! And that’s why they call me a Rose !” 10/24/2009 The beautiful White-Spotted Rose Anemone is truly a ‘flower of the sea’! The White-spotted Rose Anemone, also known as the Strawberry Anemone, is very handsome. It is a colorful anemone with a distinct red pedal column decorated with many white dots. Its unique and attractive coloring also makes it one of the easiest of the sea anemones to identify

Saddle Anemone

Saddle Anemone “Some of the most colorful, and BIG anemones are carpet anemones like this Saddle’ !” 11/15/2009 The Saddle Anemone has spectacular colors, and is associated with 7 different clownfish species! The Saddle Anemone or Carpet Anemone is one of the most colorful of the clown-hosting anemones. A magnificent animal, it makes a gorgeous centerpiece in a saltwater aquarium.

Flowerpot Coral

Branching Flowerpot Coral Alveopora Sp.

Pink-Tipped Anemone

Pink-Tipped Anemone “Lookin’ pretty in pink! This cool water Condy anemone is such a pleasure to behold, it is often called the Passionflower!” 11/04/2009 The Pink-Tipped Anemone is a lot like its cousin, the Giant Golden Anemone, except the Pink Tip likes its water cool! The Pink-Tipped Anemone Condylactis passiflora is almost a temperate anemone. It enjoys cooler temperatures of 68 ° – 75 ° F (20 ° – 24 ° C), so a chiller is a must to keep it in reef tanks in warmer climates

Giant Cup Mushroom

Giant Cup Mushroom “Call me the ‘TRUE’ Elephant Ear Mushroom, cuz I’m the biggest.But I’m also very tricky… I make myself into a big cup, lure unsuspecting fish into my cool looking cave, and have myself a snack !” 1/17/2010 The Giant Cup Mushroom is the largest of the mushroom corals, and loves to snack on fish! The species A. fenestrafer currently is the only imported species from the Amplexidiscus genus. The True Elephant Ear Mushroom or Giant Cup Mushroom has an oral disc with beadlike verrucae that are sparsely spattered across the surface.

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