Thursday, September 2, 2010

Zoantharia

Zoanthids (order Zoantharia also called Zoanthidea or Zoanthiniaria) are an order of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs, the deep sea and many other marine environments around the world. These animals come in a variety of different colonizing formations and in numerous colors. They can be found as individual polyps, attached by a fleshy stolon or a mat that can be created from small pieces of sediment, sand and rock. The term "zoanthid" refers to all animals within this order Zoantharia, and should not be confused with "Zoanthus", which is one genus within Zoantharia.




They are among the most commonly collected coral in aquaria, easily propagating and being very durable in many water conditions

Smokey Blue zoa

 They only $32 dollar plus shipping. They will glow at night!, This one its call Smokey Blue's. Thats the cheapes zoas i seen on 20 different links,  at night they will make the rest of your tank glow with the proper lighting.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Affliction: On of the best selling shirt's on the westcoast!!

There's different styles,sizes and colors!!

Feeding

Some people have requested images of it feeding, so the following images can give you an idea of the process. I bought frozen Mysis Shrimp from a LFS, and thaw one cube in a small cup of tankwater for about 5 minutes. Using a small turkey baster, I can suck up some of the food (liquid and solid mysis) and drizzle it over the coral. The first day I turned off the pumps when I fed, but lately I've been leaving everything on to see how it does. Similar to an anemone, these little polyps seem a bit sticky and hold onto the food if it brushes up against the 'petals'.

Link's

Recently, I saw a thread (discussion) on Reef Central about a bright pink sun coral, and there was quite a bit of debate whether it was dyed or not. As I read page after page of comments, I came across a couple of excellent articles about this coral's needs, as well as comments by proud owners. It isn't nearly as difficult to care for as I'd previously understood. There's some broken links for the sun coral pages i wanted to show. I will be posting more info and links later on today.