Reefing faux pas

[dshnarw]

***pics are not mine, but pulled from blogs about Singapore's reefs/lagoons, in researching for the biotope***

 

 

ok, so we've all these reefing faux pas:

 

-Acros/other SPS are hard to keep/sensitive animals

-LPS shouldn't be taken out of water (too much flesh?)

-sponges die if exposed to air

 

(pretend it's raining in the pics...rainwater pH is ~5.5-6.0) Makes it hard to say "sensitive":

 

 

Brain corals:

 

 

 

Hammer coral:

 

 

(Those boulders are single colonies of Euphyllia):

 

Person, for scale:

 

Sponges, low tide!!

 

 

 

 

 

Just to bring a little levity to how the natural environment doesn't follow our silly little rules Our systems have a LONG way to go yet!

[lancer99]

I bet both those sponges and small Asian person will die when the tide comes back in.

 

Maybe not

 

-R

[jason the filter freak]

that green brain out of the water is incredible!

[Highland Reefer]

If I wanted to grow those corals in a reef system, they would probably die. It's kind of like, gardening.

[lanman]

So... I guess I need about a 100-gallon holding tank to simulate 'low tide' in my 240?

 

bob