July 9, 2003

Gary invited my son and I to ride with him to this month's meeting.
Since I had my new Fuji S602Z digital camera in hand, I snapped a couple of shots at his house.

Full tank shot of his 120g reef. Lit with Metal Halides, Gary's got some nice corals growing.
Look forward to the meeting in September, when you can see it in person!

This is a Blue Linkia, which is reef-safe. They can be hard to keep.

After leaving Gary's house, we headed to Dallas.

I know you've seen this before, but I had to shoot it. LOL
After all, I'm from Ft Worth, and only see Dallas three or four times a year. ;)

Here are the pictures I took at the meeting:

Percula Clown hosting in 10" colony of Frogspawn

Peek-a-boo! :)

Zoanthids and Frogspawn, plus a bleaching Acropora sp. in the background.

Full tank shot from one angle. (Still learning the light-balance settings on this camera)

Front of tank. I was estimating the tank held about 325 gallons, but it may have been more.

Left: Caulastrea       Right: Maze coral

I was told this is a "meaty" coral. Maybe they meant "meat eating".... Looks like lava to me!

Left: Open meaty coral        Right: Open Brain

Close up of the Zoanthids

This is Hydnophora.   Green Star Polyps in lower right.

Green something. Anyone? Anyone? Brown Zoanthids to the right.

Corals in adundance. How many can you identify? :)

Another full tank shot, from a different perspective.

Travis Staut took these two pictures with my camera. A 6 gal. Nano was handy.
Left: False Percula over Hammer coral frag.     Right: Fairy Wrasse(?) over Red Mushrooms.

I know many of you requested more pictures, but I was so enamored with this one tank,
that I didn't take pictures of the store, the crowd, or the displays. Sorry!