What's your one dream reef organism?

[Len]

A light-hearted topic

Of all the wonderful reef-dwelling critters, what one organism do you covet the most?

 

[Anonymous]

You first!

 

[Len]

Mermaids, if mermaids exists.

Otherwise, either a Centropyge narcosis or a Sea Dragon:

http://www.divegallery.com/Leafy_Sea_Dr ... x800_1.jpg

 

[Anonymous]

ooooh nice.

But on a more attainable level, as I set up my new reef I find myself
thinking about cespitularia or effloutenaria(sp?) or...

 

[danmhippo]

Len, I wouldn't think of anything else either.

 

[Anonymous]

Len,

I am with you all the way on the Leafy Sea Dragon. My other desire is actually obtainable: Cuttlefish. It looks like I may be able to set up a tank to have one soon! We may be moving to a new house, so not only do I get to expand my current system, but cuttlefish cuttlefish cuttlefish!

Whoo Hoo!

RR :mrgreen:

 

[tinyreef]

cuttlefish or octopus. it's a shame either would mean an empty tank other than the specimens themselves. i saw a cuttlefish/squid at a lfs semi-recently in its color shifting splendor. too coo! 8)

 

[Yellowboy]

octopus all the way!!! they rule.

 

[MandarinFish]

Some nice ones:

Conspicuous Angelfish, Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus

Crosshatch Triggerfish, iXanthichthys mento

a nudibranch race in my tank

the Spanish Shawl, Flabellina iodinea

Or, a living psychedelic creature, which I would gaze endlessly at if on a trip:

If I could only find these captive or tank-raised, ready to eat prepared foods....

someday it will happen. Someday.

 

[rikacarl]

My dream reef orgasm !?! Oh, woops. I made that same reading mystake in 6th grade and everybody made fun of me.

My wet dream would be to have Manderinfish Synchriopus splendus breed in my tank. I suppose this has been done by someone out there, and if I keep reefing, maybe someday I could accomplish it.

 

[FMarini]

Hi:
mine is Rhinopias

rikacarl- (ask and ye shall recieve) http://reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showth ... t=mandarin
http://reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showth ... t=mandarin

 

[Scott Clendenin]

Probably wont be a real popular desire, but I'd give my left one to have Black Reef tips (and a reef facility to keep 'em in).

 

[Scott Clendenin]

I had to repost to jump on bandwagon make my octopus a Blue Ring, small, colorful, leave out the wickedly poisonous aspect though. I could throw them in with my Black Tip Reef sharks I suppose.

 

[JeremyR]

Too many choices.. I want it all.. bwahahahahahahaha!

 

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Leafy Sea Dragon.

Mandarin - love that nudibranch race "photo." Lets have the next one live here on RDO so we can all watch and place our bets.

 

[Mouse]

Liopleurodon, now thats an ass kickin beastie.

At almost 25 m long Liopleurodon was the biggest carnivore that ever existed. It had four large paddle-shaped limbs, which made it a powerful swimmer.

With an enormous 3 metre long mouth which contained teeth twice as long as those of Tyrannosaurus, it was a formidable predator. Its teeth were arranged in a distinctive rosette at the end of its snout. The remains of Liopleurodon attacks are preserved in the fossil record. Half-eaten ichthyosaurs and teeth marks in plesiosaur flippers are clear evidence of their voracious appetites.


Yea Man, id feed it Minky's and Beluga's. :twisted:

 

[SteveP]

I'd be thrilled knowing I could have a pair of mandarins and a purple-tipped Elegance that would be as easy to keep as Xenia!

While I'm at it, how about an Emerald crab that actually eats valonia?

Steve
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[Anonymous]

Mine would be a dolphin.

 

[Yellowboy]

i was thinking possible things. I have to change my dream. a sea hare, the sexiest of all nudibranches

 

[Anonymous]

hi.
The brownish sea hare is one of the least colorful of all the nudi.