Reef Retrospective, May 2014

Since today is the first Tuesday in June, I’m taking a look back at the best images from last month on the reef: Little Tai the dragonet is growing and eating well, and proving a frisky addition to the  tank: The emerald crabs feed mostly at night (or before the lights come on) so capturing one in the open can be a challenge: Ghillie has started sitting among the anthelia at night again – and peeking up periodically to see what everyone else on the reef is up to: And, last but not least, a photobomb of imperial proportions: Have

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November on the Reef

I’ve been less than perfect about my reef posts for the last couple of weeks – but I promise we’re back on schedule now. And since it’s the first week in December, it’s time for a November retrospective on the reef: I caught Ripley the porcelain crab at the end of a successful moult, with the old shell still clinging to her legs: And the zoanthid and daisy polyp corals enjoying the evening lights: Max spent lots of time hanging out in his cave: And enforcing the “no shenanigans” rule when Emo got out of hand. Finally, near the end

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These Aren’t the Fish You’re Looking for….(Part 1)

I set up my aquarium for seahorses, but it isn’t Cygnus, or Ceti, or even Ghillie, who ended up hogging the spotlight. Instead, the tank’s biggest star is a fish I almost didn’t acquire at all, and who nearly forced me take him back to the fish store. Our watchman goby, Emperor Maximus Angryfish, has easily as much personality as anything else in the tank. His constant glare never fails to make me smile. His photos garner the most attention – on Twitter, on Facebook, and on this blog – despite the fact that I’m sure he would thoroughly disapprove

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