Recent content by Charlesr1958

Hard to say, most species of nudibranch have very specific food/prey and many of them (nudibranch) look very much alike, specialy in in-tank photos. Chuck

You are most welcome.

That looks to be an Aeolid nudibranch and something you want to remove as soon as possible, its eggs should be siphoned off of the glass as well. Chuck

Star polyps? Chuck

The jelly masses are from a worm species spawning. Chuck

Could have been any number of bristleworm species which thankfully most are beneficial members of your clean up crew. I have a fair selection of worm photos within my hitch hiker pages if you care to try and match up what you saw in your tank. A Hitch Hikers Guide to the Reefs Chuck

Possibly an anemone? Chuck

Probably a sponge species. A Hitch Hikers Guide to the Reefs Chuck

Thank you for that! As it is killing me to not say " I told you so! Neener, Neener NeeeeeNerrrrr " I'll instead let this line do so for me - "those corals that were not pre-stressed performing significantly worse, losing over 40% of their symbionts and having a greater reduction in...

The same is true here in the Philippines, thankfully all the small outlying islands have been designated as santuarys with resorts having taken over the role of marine enforcement which allows them to "rope" off entire reefs and then charge a small entrance fee to divers ($1.50) as well as many...

To be honest, I'm confused myself at this point. Having had to go back to the original question which was a concern of what is the optimal temp for keeping a reef aquarium, which I have been argueing is in the low to mid 80's as well as having or allowing a few degree swing (80-84) during a 24...

Thanks for proving my points, and the chart did so very well thank you. I never once said that a single day was going to deviate much from a reefs average, the arguement was at what temp was the average and if there were or were not temp swings over the course of a 24 hour period. I have no...

And what cracks me up is that the majority of coral reefs are fringing reefs or are located extremely close to land masses which equates into shallow water, which can mean anywhere from a meter or two deep down to 25 meters on average, and being close to shore lines, lagoons, reef flats what...

I care not for and pay no attention to such things and only take what to me is good information. And within that temp article, there is very good information, not simply because he says so, but also provides the links to the data if one wishes to confirm it. I am taking actual ranges into...

Actualy I don't know this and from what I have seen and been told of in the news here, such smuggling would and is very easy to do. Indonesia is very nearby and its nothing for the collectors to stroll into Philippine reefs, collect a boat load of corals and take them back to Indonesia and...