Macros - gotta love 'em.

[melev]

http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/11/pocillo_pair.jpg

http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/11/pocillo_green_oo.jpg

http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/11/pocillo_pink_oo.jpg

http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/11/blue_tipped_acro_1119.jpg

http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/11/bubble_1119.jpg

Look at this shot. Those spikes that come out from within the coral during feedings are actually attached to the section of tissue each bubble is upon. For some reason I figured they came out of the core.
http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/11/bubble_spikes_oo.jpg

[reefman13]

I think that your first pic of the bubble coral is by far the best.

I have to tell you though, the rest seem just the tiniest touch blurry.

[edwing206]

Love the froggie! Very nice colors.

[melev]

That isn't a frogspawn, it is a type of bubble coral I've not seen before.

[maxalmon]

Thats a really nice looking bubble, I've never seen that color combo before. How big is the colony?..........Great photos by the way..

[melev]

It is around 3 to 4" wide. When I bought it, I thought it looked like a giant ricordia. Here's a picture from last November.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/06/11/bubble_daytime.jpg

[Jeff]

Wow! Great pics. I love the bubble coral pics a lot :)

[maxalmon]

nice looking white sand BTW.......

[edwing206]

I knew that. :D :lol:

[kar93]

Great shots but i think i noticed sum aiptasia in a couple of them shots

[ct_vol]

I think those are palythoa not aiptasia... :)

[thetedinator]

Pics of happy corals.....nice.

[melev]

Thank you all. :)

[aztbs]

Tough crowd, lol. Awesome pictures Marc. I love that teal green color (1st & 2nd shots)

I have a big relative of your bubble! I always joked about it not being able to decide if it was a pink bubble or a green bubble. Here's a couple of shots that also show the "bubble tails". Cool stuff!!

http://www.projectbat.com/Aquarium/gbubble1.jpg

http://www.projectbat.com/Aquarium/gbubble2.jpg

[ataylo13]

Melev, awesome macro shots! What are the two corals in the first 3 pics?

[melev]

aztbs - great shots! What size are those bubbles? The one I have they are maybe 1/4" to 3/8" in diameter.

ataylo13 - Those are two different colored Pocillopora.

[ataylo13]

That is what I thought. I am a big fan of pocillopora's

[aztbs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11273004#post11273004 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
aztbs - great shots! What size are those bubbles? The one I have they are maybe 1/4" to 3/8" in diameter.

Thanks! The bubbles stretch out really big and poofy. Easily some bubbles are 1/2 - 5/8 inches. It is a lot more colorful when the bubbles are not stretched out so far, I love the way yours looks. Maybe it is flow.

Everything stretches to enormous puffed up sizes in my tank, check out the crazy bubbles on this yuma!!
http://www.projectbat.com/Aquarium/ricbubble.jpg

[Lpabsolute]

What can i say.......Great Looking Pics!!!!!

[Devtech]

heres a macro shot of my starfish

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee293/Darkrooms1986/DSC00403.jpg

[melev]

http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/12/monti_macro1.jpg



http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/12/monti_macro2.jpg



http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/12/monti_macro3.jpg



http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/12/monti_macro4.jpg



http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/12/monti_macro5.jpg



http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/12/monti_macro6.jpg

[reefman13]

Last one is great!

[ataylo13]

First one is very nice, what type of coral is that?

[melev]

Do you mean the very first picture of this thread? That is pocillopora.

The most recent pictures are of Montipora capricornis.

[ataylo13]

wow that is an upclose and personal shot of a monti cap. good job :)

[Devtech]

hey melev that monti cap, is it just blobbing towards the sand? u think that one cap thats growing know will grow outwards this time?

[melev]

It has been a blob for a very long time, but perhaps that was a direct cause to high nitrates in the system. Now that they are down, the cap is making some small plates at last. I really don't know, but it has been fun documenting its growth pattern over the past couple of years.

[Devtech]

cant wait till i start up my red sea max tank, i have everything just waiting for the day to come for my appointment for the LFS to come with their water truck and fill it up.

its going to be mainly SPS and very few softies and zoas.

[tnknkr3]

hi marc, what type of camera are you shooting with? lense/

[melev]

It is a Fuji S602Z, and it has a proprietary lens; not one you can change or remove.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujis602z/

[sbwood007]

Cool shots!!

[melev]

Thanks. :)

[IBASSFSH]

Here are a couple macros I like. They are not perfect, but looked decent.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/Ibassfsh/IMG_0697.jpg


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/Ibassfsh/IMG_0698.jpg

[melev]

I think they look great! Thanks for adding them to the thread.