The Continuing Adventures Of Skifletch

[SkiFletch]

Thanks guys. If there's any closeups you guys want, lemme know

 

[garybuk]

Thanks guys. If there's any closeups you guys want, lemme know

Ski could you get a pic of the green coral on the left in the middle? is it frogsborn coral thingy? also the torch coral mines got really big fast!

 

[shibby]

i would like a close up of mystery! ps is that a type of solar wrasse the blurred one?

also whats that long greyish fish that looks like a barless shotsilk? type of goby i would guess but unsure!

you probably state this somewhere but im lazy and cba to look !

 

[SkiFletch]

Gary, yes that's a frogspawn and yes I can take a closeup of it

Shibby, I'll try on the Mystery wrasse, but DAMN that thing's hard to get good pics of, fish won't stay still long enough . Yes, that's a Solorensis Wrasse. That "grayish" one is actually green and goes by many common names including green bar goby, zebra goby, and zebra dartfish. It's scientific name is Ptereleotris zebra and my LFS gets a lot of them. They're a neat schooling fish

 

[john.o]

Really nice tank skifletch
I really like the frogspawn , the elegance , the AUSSIE DUNCAN , and the …. Well all off it in fact I think it’s so cool I have set the pic as my desk top pic it’s a real inspiration I love it
Ps that pink fish in the middle of the shot is really nice what is it and how big do they grow?

 

[ox5477]

The Clam, The Clam!! Picture of the clam... umm.. please, yes, if you get a chance Maybe one of the elegance while your at it

Ox

 

[SkiFletch]

John, it's a purple firefish and that's pretty much fullsize

More pictures huh? OK

 

[WayneVT08]

Ah Ski, it looks good man, I haven't decided what kinda wrasses I wanna go with, I may get a fourline and a leopard wrasse for the 30 cube, and when I get the 25 going I'll drop a Mystery Wrasse in there.

 

[shibby]

Ptereleotris zebra[/i] and my LFS gets a lot of them. They're a neat schooling fish

score where im from there called shotsilk gobys so i actually got it right not one of my favourate fish i must admit though i hate pajama cardinals, firefish and most clowsn which people seem to like!

 

[fishheaded]

Love the tank bro
+1 close up of the clam

 

[SkiFletch]

Hehe, ok guys. Got the camera in the car. Will be doing a cursory tank clean tomorrow (saturday) afternoon and can do a flurry of pictures thereafter

 

[chrissaysyes]

You and your wrasses they're all beautiful, Im glad everything is going well. Looking forward to the new pics tomorrow.

 

[ben1987]

looks really nice ski
far better than being awake at 7.55 on a saturday!

 

[kj23502]

oo I can't wait for pics either!!

 

[SkiFletch]

Ok, here we go guys and gals, got LOTS of pictures here. First, the non-requests, a couple of palythoa colonies.

Next up, an Orange and Pink Ricordea Yuma

And rounding out the softies, some Giant Palythoa

Next up, my green hairy Millepora. Anyone remember when this was just a tiny 1" frag? It's been growing exponentially lately. Notice all the buds and polyps.

Also my pink Pocillipora has been doing well as of late. Not quite as good as the Mille, but still growning well

And another SPS frag I just picked up from someone locally (this is the same size as the mille was)

And this Green Pocillipora here has to be one of my best successes. I bought the rock that it's on and it literally grew out that rock. Didn't even know it was there when I bought the rock

Next up, what's known here in the States as Pokerstar Montipora. Got it off a friend who was closing down his tank. Poor colony was upsideown in the sand for a few days and was down to just a few polyps. I've grown it back to life here and it's just starting to get it's purple skin back. Still dominated by the orange polyps, but it'll get better I hope

Now on to the LPS, another favorite of mine, Blastomussa Wellsophyllia. Also a free rescue colony. Was down to a single head and I've grown it out to ~15 heads now. One of my favorite pieces.

And an Acanthastrea Lordhowensis frag I just got to replace some of my losses from the cooking

And now on to the requests, first up, my Duncanopsamnia Axifuga

Per another request, my Green Torch

One of my favorites, green/purple Frogspawn

Got a couple pics of the Clam here. First is a top-down, second is through the glass. Was tough to get a good shot of it, lighting and angles aren't right but these should do OK

And someone wanted a shot of the Mystery Wrasse yes? It took me 50 some tries to get it, but finally got the near perfect shot. Even got him flaring and everything

Last of the closeups of course is my prized Elegance coral. Despite loosing half of it in the cooking, it's still doing very well

And since I cleaned, figured I'd finish up with a FTS

Hope you all enjoyed