POTM June

Picture Of The Month time here and this time i wanted to bring up some of the old pics that got second place and give them a second run .Many of the pics that won were great but so were many that didnt.if you would like to submit a picture you still may.i will simply have it over wright the previous picture for the vote.

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gudgeon by: eyeballer
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rose bubble tip anemone and clown: MVPaquatics
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red phase bearded dragon: Hamstern
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fishfanatics

that gudgeon is a beauty...

i know right!? i think i voted for that one at some point.and i wouldnt mind having some either.beauty in a small package

I have one you can add if you want...or put it to a later months...it was actually an unplanned photo that really shows the scribbled rabbit fish nicely

and now i want one that is a sweet couple of rabbit fishes.i have always been a little wary of them though some a little larger than i want anad some possible nippers but that puts some things in perspective as far as awesomness of pattern.

no doubt...I want one for myself now too! That is the big display in portland I maintain. That hippo in the WAAAAY back is at least 5-6 inches. And each rabbit fish has a mate (or at least a buddy), Ill find another pic

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that brain...

its always hungry.my friend i saw today was saying his brain almost tried to eat his little seahorse. now that is kinda cool.....or just evil.

id be mad and proud at the same time...

I thought you couldn't keep seahorses with stinging corals at all.

I know this is a weird place for it but i said i would post another pic...love the rabbitfish! This is just after a cleaning with my cell phone, about as bad as it gets

oh wow man that is nice.so many rose bubble tips...and those rabbit fishes are mad i can tell they are pretty good sized.that rock work is pretty unreal too is it man mabe or just some crazy reef shelfing going on?and do i see some birds nest in there?

all natural rock, but that was the reason they wanted me, was to do a lot with a little. It was an existing tank, and they had enough rock work, but the previous maintenance people literally just dumped it in and attached corals. So I had to make ledges and archways with rocks that already had corals attached. It was a headache but made an impression. Yes that is birdsnest, They have a softie factory right now and a few large LPS. They are wanting to take the plunge into SPS, acroporas specifically. They want the dense stag look. So we are testing some hardier species, making adjustments as needed, and its going pretty well.

There was one incidence of the tank getting to warm in the recent warmest weather. I would come in on mondays and things wouldnt look as perky as they had in previous months but everything checked out. I thought the problem looked like heat stress. A max/min thermometer and some phone calls later...I come to find out that they turn off the AC to the building on the weekends and it got HOT over the weekend, like 86ish degrees. A quick phone call and that was fixed. Those are the little things that make this business unique, you can experience many different issues than in the home aquarium, and the answers aren't always so readily available.