updated cold water reef pics

[Anonymous]

Dante....you are correct in the water temps up here being generally colder than 58.....but, I'm balancing Southern Australia temps with Puget Sound temps. Generally, when I dive the Sound, the temps range widely from the upper 30's in winter to the mid 50's in summer. The Australian temps range from the mid 50's to the mid 60's.....so, I'm trying to balance the two...making it summer for the Sound critters and winter for the Australian critters.

GreahamH....the red anemones are not corynactus....but rather another type of brooding anemone found here in the Sound.

Yah, the're the colonials you were speaking of in the last email They do looks similiar, but I know they're not corynactus. Epiactis prolifera is what they look like to me The red one around here is a Cribrinopsis fernaldi. We have both around here

 

[Anonymous]

Great looking tank!

What kind of fish is the blue one?

 

[Dante]

Those pictures look great. Are you using a salt mix or local NSW? Did you collect the rock locally?

 

[steveweast]

The blue fish is a australian western bluedevil.


I use oceanpure mix and the rock is from our local waters.