My Reef in a Box

A Place for Rare Zoanthids

If you're interested in zoas like I am, you should check out Rare Zoanthids, a website dedicated to showcasing rare zoas and possibly helping you find out where to find them. Even though I am taking a temporary (yet extended) break from the hobby, this site really brings back a lot of memories for me.

In addition to the colorful pictures, there's also descriptions on how to ID the zoas as well as how to care for them. It's definitely a cool resource if you're new to the hobby.

Labels: zoanthids, zoas, zoos

Zoa disease part 3

It's been about a month since I last updated... everything in the tank has matured but more importantly, the colors of my Armageddons are now coming back! I can't say I've successfully treated this disease because I honestly haven't really done anything to this colony other than fragging away some of the healthier polyps prior to the disease taking over completely. In the picture above, you can actually see one polyp in the lower right that was not infected originally.

Anyway, it's good to know that DNA is working and that this didn't morph into some dull looking brown polyps. These should recover completely in about another month.

Labels: armageddon, zoanthid disease, zoanthids, zoas

More Coral Pictures!

So this weekend I pretty much did nothing except for chillin, partying and learning how to use the camera. (Oh, we bought a cake too; just because.) By learning the camera, I mean reading the manual and pretending to understand and taking a whole bunch of pictures until a sharp one came through... below are some more pics from the cam and my collection.

Red / orange / pink monti cap from Big D. More orange now than the other two colors.

An acro that's slowly turning from brown to green and purple.

My red zoas. I just like the mix in this shot.

My peach zoas. Possibly rainbow? I dunno.

My tri-color tort from Kayla. This is a good one. I've been trying to get the tri-color in the pic for like 2 weeks now. All the pictures thus far have been all blue but I'm getting closer to capturing how cool this piece is.