Ted's Fish Pics

It can be REALLY difficult to get fish to stand still (swim still?).
Since flash photography doesn't work too well through a 1/2" thick glass panel, some of these pictures are blurred because of the slow shutter speeds. All of them are taken in my tank, and many have been cut out of 1024x768 images that I use for PC wallpaper. I have found that I really enjoy the photography, and find myself trying to arrange new sessile animals in the tank so that they photograph well.

I do not have pictures of everything in the tank yet. Some of the animals are very shy or only come out at night. Others are just too darn fast to take a good picture.

If you are interested in additional pictures and information, I recommend www.LiveAquaria.com.
They have an incredibly informative site.

The Feather Duster Garden Here is my collection of Hawaiian Feather-Dusters. They are arranged around the mother colony of Green-Star-Polyp Coral. The Star Polyps are really Bright Green unlike most of the specimens I have seen lately which are just a greenish shade of brown.

Bashful Bashful is a Blue (Hippo) Tang. Oreo Four-Stripe Humbug (Damsel)

SKY Yellow-Tail Damsel Un-Named Green Chromis

Clown Fish Ocellaris Clowns - snuggling into the Anemone at night like its a bean-bag chair. Purple Tang A very new addition. This is the biggest fish in the tank and doing very well. He is really gorgeous - no picture that I can take will do him justice.

Hermit Crabs These are Red-Leg Cortez Hermits Skunk Cleaner Shrimp These are actually mates and have laid eggs in the tank.

Blood-Red Fire Shrimp This guy hangs out in the shade all of the time, so it is nearly impossible to get a good picture of him. Sally Light Foot This has got to be one of the weirdest crabs you can get. There are two disappearing antenna on its forehead that randomly open and close.

Torch Coral This Coral gets its name from the fact that its skeleton looks like branching torches. This thing is SO healthy that you never actually see it. At the end of each branch (torch) is what appears to be a small Anemone. Occasionally, one of the polyps retracts it's tentacles and you can see the skeleton. Mushroom Coral Green Striped Mushroom Corals are actually colonies of small, tentacle-less Anemones.

Brittle Serpent Star This guy is about 10" when stretched out. Banded Coral Shrimp This is a female, it was loaded with eggs when I bought it.

Serpent Star This guy is about 6 when stretched out. He isn't visible much and can move around very quickly. Goniopora (Flower-Pot) Coral I bought this Mail-Order thinking that it was red. Actually, when it opens up like this, it is a very light shade of pink. the skeleton for this actually looks like a small golf ball. It is really amazing how far the polyps extend.

Blue Maxima Clam For some reason, this makes me crave spaghetti. Elegance Coral This thing is a real show-piece. It actually glows like a light bulb in the Actinic lights - making it hard to photograph.

Colt Coral Not much to say about this. It's pretty large, budding into three different animals. It looks like a bunch of fuzzy fingers. Metallic Mushrooms These are also pretty cool - the tips of the little tentacles glow green. These are growing on an old branch of hard coral skeleton.

Long Tentacle Anemone I bought this Anemone because it was associated with a Percula Clown at the pet shop. Unfortunately, the Percula did not live. Later I found the two Ocellaris Clowns that were more than delighted to take up occupancy. So far this Anemone has more than doubled in size - at the rate its growing its going to take over the tank!