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cyenna, I love those first zoas pictured. And I like the stripey shrooms from ReefStarrBow26. Interested in anything I have? I fragged the PomPom Xenia and mushrooms today. I have 3 frags of the xenia: 2x 5-7 polyps, 1x 10-15 polyps. It has my black sand attached to the bottom and so is ready to go anytime, but the shrooms need a week or two to attach to something. I have also decided to part with one of my neon green BTA frags - it continues to split about twice a year and I have two babies currently. The one I'm giving up is about 2-3", eats anything you put in front of it, has had my clown in it on occasion (she alternates between the giant mother BTA and this one), and fluoresces under moonlights like a nuclear pile. It's currently on a fairly small piece of LR but it's easy enough to remove if needed. This thing is tough. It went through my filter last time and got chopped into 8 pieces. All survived while I was feeding them, but then they became migratory and I couldn't reach some anymore for feeding and they kicked it. But I have this one and a teeny frag from the filter about the size of a dime that eats like crazy too. I was hoping to get $40-50 for this one or an awesome trade (need this equipment too: Aqualight tank mounted HQI, XP3 or XP4 canister filter for my fresh tank) I'll post better pics of all these items soon. I just have to get them while they're open! (work 10 hour days and get home after everyone's sleeping in the tank!) Kat

Is this the clamp-on-the-back mount aqualight? As on this site: http://www.marineandreef.com/shoppro/metal_advancedhang.htm Let me know. It's what I'm looking for. Though I'm highly broke and could only afford the OBO price...got the hankering for a trade or partial trade?

Here's what I have for trade: Purple warty mushrooms - in background(look purple with blue warts under MH - currently under PC) And Pink Zoas with green rim and mouth Also some PomPom Xenia, which I don't have pics of yet.

I am looking for a variety of mushrooms and Zoas to add to my tank. Individual polyps will work great for mushrooms and just a couple zoas of each type - going to attach to a tall piece of branch LR to fill it in. Let me know what you have and what you're looking for and maybe I can trade you something. Thanks! Kat

I can't remember the exact location I picked him up - I was stopping a lot along the coast that day - but yes, he was from somewhere between Florence and Yachats. Since he is listed in the OR regulations I am covered by my shellfish permit. I'm still not clear on the regs for other "isms" yet - am I supposed to have a permit to collect one anemone? These are in unrestricted areas, mind you. And I did read the 07 fishing regulations. Clear as mud. Oh, and as I said in an earlier post, he's mowed my patches of hair algae (bryopsis). It's his next favorite to the dried seaweed. I offer him meaty items about once a week but he is really much more interested in algae (which is strange, because from what I've read the young specimens are more omnivorous). If they all have appetites like his then we should inundate the market with these algae machines!

First answer - yes, the kelp crab has shed twice since I got him. He has about doubled in size. Second answer - the only reason I thought they were proliferating anemones was because they looked very different from the aggregating. I do not have a key and only have pictures to go from. As for shedding zooxanthellae, they really haven't changed color since I collected them and I've never seen them shed it. It could be my camera with the poor settings. I have to adjust the exposure really low in order to get the pics to look close to normal. They eat shrimp like crazy. When I found the kelp crab he was dark maroon with three big white spots. Now he is brownish green with only the remnants of the spots. I am feeding dried green algae so the color change was expected. It would be interesting to get some dried red algae and see if he changes back. His carapace is only the size of my thumbnail.

Here are some pics - sorry, I only have a Canon Powershot A75 so this is as good as it gets. Infamous awesome kelp crab: (eating caleurpa) Aggregating Anemones - started as 2 individuals: Proliferating Anemones - one still hasn't found a permanent point of residence: Black Tegula with mini barnacles: Hope these are ok. That's the best I can do.

Some fantastic news for those of us with hair algae - my little Kelp Crab started mowing a large patch in my tank last night and has knocked out two whole patches! He is so awesome. Here's an article on kelp crabs (I love this site):http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?fotogID=991&curPageNum=19&recnum=SC0034 I'll post pics of him next. I got a few today.

Here's my 16g bow tank: Fionnuala, B&W Ocellaris Clown Finnegan, 6-line wrasse, won't sit still long enough for a pic. Jester/Rainfordi Goby Tangaroa Goby Black-stripe Saddle Goby (Priolepis nocturna)

I've had one of these since she was about the size of a nickel. She started with quite a bit of orange from her first stripe forward and didn't lose it until about a year later. From the discussions I've had on other forum sites they are a simple recessive, so breeding two black clowns should result in 100% black fry. I hope to pair her with another clown of the same type, but we all know how easy that is!

Acclimation was 2 hours floating with 1 hour drip. The anemones have been in the tank for about 6 months and the snails and crabs since the second week of January.

I'm very interested in getting a trio of these guys, but I live in Eugene. Anyone closer to home going to grab some that could transport them for me? Is the $12.50 price including any shipping charges?

Ok, second post. This is Fionnuala (fin-noola) my black and white occellaris clown. This is her BT anemone which she's had since she was the size of a nickel. It has divided 3 times (if you count one half climbing into the filter and getting chopped division). She was captive bred and probably about 2 years old (got her at nickel size from Liquid Sunshine). I've also got this Rainfordi Goby More pics to come.

My tank: 16 gallon bow Seachem black aragonite substrate (2.5"), about 15 pounds of live rock Filtration: Prizm skimmer with Aquaclear surface skimmer attachment. I put rubble in the final chamber of the skimmer to increase biofiltration. Also has an Aquaclear 50 with double biomedia and no carbon. Lighting: Coralife Aqualight 96w 50/50 compact fluorescents, little blue moonlight Average temperature is about 76-78F I'll try to get a few pics, especially of the kelp crab (he's the coolest so far ) One of the proliferating anemones recently took residence on a scarlet hermit and has successfully t'd the crab off by sticking to everything he touches and slowing him down. I also found one of the keyhole limpets that has at least tripled in size since I got him. And I'll try to get one of the black tegula covered in little live barnacles.

Just wanted to share my experience with collected tidepool species in my tropical tank. Over the last year I have slowly added different species in an attempt to study which can survive and thrive in a tropical temperature. Here is a list of species I have tried and the outcomes: Aggregating Anemone - successful and prolific, divides frequently, feeds on frozen commercial foods Giant Green Anemone - unsuccessful due to size of specimen - very small, inadequate lighting conditions - returned to area of collection. Proliferating Anemone - successful and prolific, more colorful than aggregating anemone, same care. Hairy Hermit Crab - unsuccessful - outcompeted and predated by tropical hermits (Blue left-hand, scarlet reef, halloween) Kelp Crab - successful, feeds on commercial dried algae and frozen foods, grows well, changes color according to surroundings and type of algae consumed. May also eat tropical algaes - witnessed eating sawtooth caleurpa and halimeda. Great characters that love to be hand-fed. Porcelain Crab - successful, feeds on commercial frozen plankton (cyclopeze, rotifers), needs protection from predators, especially wrasses. Keyhole Limpet - varied success dependent on ease of collection, otherwise performs well in tank, feeds on diatoms. Likes the inside of my skimmer. Purple Shore Crab - successful only if allowed to exit water. Must have a very secure lid. Feeds on commercial frozen foods. California Mussel - unsuccessful - usually predated by other inhabitants. Oregon Triton - unsuccessful - predated by other inhabitants. Sand Shrimp - unsuccessful - predated by other inhabitants. Black Tegula - very successful, same species sold in shops as Mexican Black Turbos or Margaritas. Many have barnacles attached that normally survive in the tank and are quite happy to be transported into food-rich areas. Feeds on diatoms, green algae, and cyanobacteria. Manage to keep in the tank for two weeks and they'll stop trying to escape. Rockweed - successful but usually predated by tropical snails. Surfgrass - unsuccessful, difficult to root. Branching Coralline - unsuccessful in my tank, but may do well with better lighting and high calcium levels. Acorn Barnacles - successful, often predated by other inhabitants, especially wrasses. Feeds on phytoplankton, cyclopeze, rotifers, other commercial planktons. Emarginate Dogwinkle - unsuccessful, predated by other inhabitants. Checkered Periwinkle - successful, feeds on diatoms, green algae. Will escape! Likes the inside of my skimmer. This is one of my first posts, so please give comments. Kat

Does anyone have any Berghia nudibranchs? Does anyone in Oregon want to order some?

I have a lot of sawtooth caleurpa I'd like to "sell" - I'm looking for an unwanted peppermint shrimp for trade or $7 for the large clump (softball sized when compressed). Will consider corals, other algaes and other inverts too. Should have frags pretty soon: Pom Pom Xenia, purple/blue warty mushrooms, Pink with green rim/center zoas.