Just some (shotty) pictures!

[Fish'InMN]

Well, shotty compared to Li's incredible pictures at least! Nothing special or particularly expensive, just what looks good.

I'm sure he remembers this bunch of zoos...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/P1010055.jpg

And a couple of Graham's blues...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/P1010073.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/P1010108.jpg

Cheers,
Marty

[mtfatwork]

Marty, I will trade you a frag of some pink palys for a frag of those top ones :)

[JnS]

Marty- nice stuff! when you have a frag of the blues ready I would love to get some of them from you.

[Chad Vossen]

very nice blues.

[Fish'InMN]

I'll make frags for the both of ya... Prefer just rubble or a tile like I have the blues on?

[mtfatwork]

Either or is fine with me :)

[Zekester]

nice stuff I have a pile of the first ones too....super fast growers

[JnS]

I'll make frags for the both of ya... Prefer just rubble or a tile like I have the blues on?

no problem. I have some bam bam zoa's if you don't have those or I have a few enchino frags.

[Irenicus]

Nice shots. Far from shotty IMO.

The blue zoas are my fav. Put me in line for a frag of that bad boy.

[deathmatch782]

Nice blue zoos there. Different skirt than i've seen.

[Fish'InMN]

Some updated and touched-up photos...

Graham's Blues: Slowly developing green bands on the skirts, which you can barely see in the picture.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/April%207th%202007/BlueZoanthids.jpg

Yet-To-Be-Named Zoanthids: Growing like mad.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/April%207th%202007/OrangeZoanthids.jpg

DayTrippers. Thanks again smeese!
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/April%207th%202007/PinkZoanthids.jpg

Cheers,
Marty

[hypoxia]

How totally cool!

[74oldsguy]

Can I get in line for a blue frag? Thanks. They are fantastic.

[Sizzlersonthebrain]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/April%207th%202007/OrangeZoanthids.jpg
look like reverse black widow markings lol

[hypertech]

I'd like to join the blue frag line. I don't have anything to trade but could pay for them.

[Fish'InMN]

All duly noted; the list is quite large at the moment as we have not cut up any frags for quite a while. They have now covered the tile picture below and are beginning to grow off the sides, where more tiles have been placed :wink:, so it is only a matter of time. Excruciating time

[smeese]

No problem! They look great!

[schachnerd]

In that case, put me on the list. I don't have my tank yet, can't decide which nano to get. So maybe the time line is good. I don't have any frags to trade but I have $ and will bake cookies.

Thanks, Dawn

[Fish'InMN]

Well a little update wouldn't hurt...

The blues are growing slowly and oddly (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/July%2028th%202007/?action=view&current=July28038.jpg). They aren't spreading like normal zoanthids, by growing new polyps next to old polyps, but are throwing out long 'arms' of base and then polyps appear at random lengths/locations. But they're growing, so nothing to complain about.

The "Daytrippers" (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/July%2028th%202007/July28058.jpg) aka pink zoanthids took a random turn for the worse mid-September. A few polyps would not open at all and there was no sign of disease or predation at all. Mid-October we finally spotted some white spots on the few remaining polyps, but not quickly enough. We have one remaining polyp on a separate frag tile, down from about a dozen originally. Bummer!

The "Wammin' Watermelons" (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/July%2028th%202007/?action=view&current=July28056.jpg) are also growing slowly, we have probably a dozen now after 4 months, up from 8 polyps originally. October 28th Picture, Actinic Only (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/October%2028th%202007/?action=view&current=WatermelonZoanthidscopy.jpg).

Charlie picked up a small rock of zoanthids from the local fish store, The Fish Guy, which looked quite ugly in the store apparently. They have colored up quite nicely! :biggrin: :bow: We are now calling these "Neon Sour Green Apples", but with no intent to market or sell them as such. July 28th Picture (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/nmkranz/SW%20-%2040%20gallon/July%2028th%202007/?action=view&current=NeonGreenSourApples.jpg).

Our orange zoanthids have been neglected unfortunately, mostly because we have run out of room to properly display everything. As such, they have been sitting in the back corner in fairly low flow, but are still getting minimal halide light and full VHO light. The skirts have shortened a lot, down to 2-4mm, but the polyps are still 10mm across or so. Hopefully we will get a 10g tank connected around Christmas that will be dedicated to mushrooms, yumas and zoanthids to properly display everything.

Cheers,
Marty & Charlie

[jon_56048]

Can I get in line for a blue frag?:bow:

[curlyq]

If you don't have room for the orange ones, I'd gladly take those of your hands....