Picture thread of the week - Zoanthids!

[melev]

A long time ago, we used to have a thread that would run for a week, with one subject for the topic. It was great fun, and Greg always came up with a new challenge for us.

I'd like to see this idea revived, and hope you'll join in the fun. So post some pictures from your tank, so we can enjoy them too!

Here are some large polyped zoanthids.
http://melevsreef.com/pics/06/02/green_sundials.jpg

[patsan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/zoa2-1-06.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/otherzoos1-12-06.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/pinkzoa21-8-06.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/polyps12-23-05.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/yellowcenter12-23-05.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/zoas12-01-05.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/zoas311-28-05.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/redzoas.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/zoas.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Corals/zoas8-22-05.jpg

[gregr]

mindreader! :p I was trying to come up with the next topic and you beat me to it- thanks :D
http://www.gregrothschildphotography.com/zoos3b.jpg

[cwegescheide]

OK so its not a macro!!! :D
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/cwegescheide/P1010150.jpg

[Dave88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a139/dave88_/zoofrag.jpg

[Andrew]

Heres a few of mine:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/763882004_0121reefclose0001.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/763882004_0115new20reef70009.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/763882004_0115new20reef70008.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/763882004_0115new20reef70007.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/763882004_0115new20reef70006.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/763882004_0115new20reef70005.jpg

[melev]

I'm glad I didn't step on any toes, Greg. :) I know you did fish in the past, but we can do corals, hitchhikers, LR, full tank shots, equipment, etc...

Here's another, of my Mean Greens.
http://melevsreef.com/pics/06/02/mean_greens.jpg

[Andrew]

^ Those are sweet. If you sell frags this summer and want to ship some then let me know. :D

[aural]

those mean greens are AMAZING. let me know if you want to trade!!

here are a few from my collection.... all taken with a Nikon D70s with a 60mm Macro lens

Tubs Blues
http://www.rtimaging.com/aquarium/0217bluzoo.jpg

Someone called these "Fire and Ice" but i have no idea really.
http://www.rtimaging.com/aquarium/0217fireice.jpg

again, someone told me these were "Dragon Eye"
http://www.rtimaging.com/aquarium/0217dragon.jpg

and i dont know what these are called, but they have long skirts so i call them fuzzy zoos
http://www.rtimaging.com/aquarium/0217fuzzy.jpg

hope you like :)

[AIMFish]

Great pics, in the future if you guys could post what type of camera you are using that'd be great, for people looking for ideas ;) :D

[jwedehase]

Great idea, bringing this back, Marc!

Here are a couple from my lil 38g. Canon 20D, 100mm macro.

http://www.cvreefers.org/d/17893-1/zoanthid_celestials.jpg

http://www.cvreefers.org/d/17896-1/zoanthid_limeskirt.jpg


http://www.cvreefers.org/d/17899-1/zoanthid_orangeskirt_pink.jpg

http://www.cvreefers.org/d/17902-1/zoanthid_rust_and_khulime.jpg

[fishinbuc]

http://www.myfishingpictures.com/img/089418.jpg

[mntl]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b245/mntl/closezoas.jpg

-john-

[zapata41]

sweet thread idea, cant wait for next week. gonna give me a real reason to take pictures of the tank now.

heres my share, al pics taken with a canon S2 IS with a 10x macro lens

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/zapata41/sun021a.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/zapata41/sun020a.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/zapata41/sun018a.jpg

Tim

[melev]

Wow. Just wow.

[zapata41]

couldnt have said it any better. awesome pics everyone

Tim

[tang_man_montreal]

Here's one of mine.......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/tang_man_montreal/180%20gallon/IMG_2327-1.jpg

[steve68]

http://www.steve68.com/10-31-05-7.jpg

http://www.steve68.com/10-27-05-3.jpg

[Don_Gnomio]

some of mine:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/VictorAlonso/fishtank/12-27-050079-1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/VictorAlonso/fishtank/12-27-050081-1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/VictorAlonso/fishtank/12-27-050085-1.jpg

all of the above were tanken with a nikon D50 with a nikkor 28-80mm lens

the pic below was tanken with a cannon powershot s45

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/VictorAlonso/fish2/8-29-050012.jpg

[cmhollis]

Here are a couple of mine, but they don't stack up to some of the ones above:

http://i.pbase.com/g3/84/503584/2/53967801.Zoanthus.jpg

This one under a single moonlight LED:

http://i.pbase.com/g3/84/503584/2/53968870.ZoanthidunderMoonlight.jpg

[bradleyj]

Here are a few shots of mine using my Kodak Dx6490.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/My%20zoos/100_6228Large.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/My%20zoos/100_6230Large.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/My%20zoos/100_7043Large.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/My%2065%20Gallon%20reef/O.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/My%2065%20Gallon%20reef/100_4298Medium.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/100_7241Large.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/My%20zoos/100_7131Large.jpg

[bradleyj]

Do the Grande's count?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/Recent%20Pix/100_6889Large.jpg

[-=DieselDave=-]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/66839Zoos.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/66839ZOA1.jpg

[gpodio]

Great idea, you guys have some beautiful zoos!

Here's some shots I took after reading the article on fluorescence...

http://gpodio.smugmug.com/photos/50570384-L.jpg

http://gpodio.smugmug.com/photos/50570393-L.jpg

[Kinetic]

http://i.xkinetic.net/2-06/21st/DSC_0025.jpg

[melev]

Ignore that coral in the foreground. ;)

http://melevsreef.com/pics/05/10/act2.jpg

[21Reefman]

Nice, pics!!! Hey, melev, What do I see in the upper right hand corner? Two black spikes?? Is it a blue Hippo tang? I'm curious because my friend has 2 Hippos in a 400gal and they pick on all the polyps and open brains. He is going insane watching them kill cool stuff:(

[21Reefman]

Here are some of my zoa's. Most pics were taken within hours of getting them in the mail and adding them to tank.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/Eagleeyeemail.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/eyeoffirezoo.jpg

The green ones died:(:( I liked them a lot!
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/zoamystyer.jpg
These made it:)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/zoatealgreen.jpg

These, I did not take the pictures but, did group onto one, and label them. I bought them and they are all in my tank(except for the castro's, he forgot to put them in the box andis going to send them to me. These were his names also, the castro's look like the same ones on here, by another name.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/zoos6pack.jpg

[Jon770]

:eek1: WOW :eek1:

Does anyone have any frags they are willing to sell? Seriously...

[melev]

This isn't the selling forum, Jon. There is one for selling and buying frags of zoos. We're posting pictures.

21reefman - yep, that's Tucker and he's done his share of chewing on stuff I care about. I have considered pulling him out numerous times.

[Kinetic]

some more pix from today:

http://i.xkinetic.net/2-06/22nd/DSC_0006.jpg

http://i.xkinetic.net/2-06/22nd/DSC_0005.jpg

http://i.xkinetic.net/2-06/22nd/DSC_0014.jpg

[alexchern75]

My turn, here are a few pics taken with my old camera :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/alexchern75/redzoas.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/alexchern75/IMG_3630.jpg

[mzeinstr]

nikon D70s (awsome camera!) no macro lens yet. these were taken with the 55-200 lens, cropped in photoshop.

marti

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/mzeinstr/yellowpinkgreen.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/mzeinstr/greenmaroon.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/mzeinstr/darkred.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/mzeinstr/bigpink.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/mzeinstr/assorted.jpg

[rockindacheeks]

There are some zoos in the pic.
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b113/rockindacheeks/DSC00202.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket"></a>

[rockindacheeks]

heres another
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b113/rockindacheeks/Picture4011.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket"></a>

[21Reefman]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6801167#post6801167 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 21Reefman

These made it:)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/zoatealgreen.jpg



mzeinstr, Actually the girlfriend did like these:rolleye1:

[AngelReefer]

nice

[Jay Luto]

Looks very nice . Thanks for sharing

[louist]

http://www.zengalleria.com/images/aquarium/CRW_4555.jpg

[melev]

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/06/03/2zoos.jpg

[Snausages01]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Snausages01/Zoanthids-2.jpg

[21Reefman]

Ok, I think we need more pics:cool:
I will post these here too.
Sorry, to all who have already seen these pics.
I will have some different ones for ya' soon.
Camera is a Cannon 20D with a 100mm macro.
Light is a 400watt, 20kXM MH, 2 50/50 65watt PCs, and 1 10,000k 65wat PC.
These are all frags.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_8480eyef.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_teals.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_atomiccocktail.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_fireice.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_redeagleeye.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_eagleeyes.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_eyeoffire.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_dragonseye.jpg

[21Reefman]

These are the same zoa's..
This is in the 1st few hours after being shipped,
under 65watt of Actinic PC's.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/zoatealgreen.jpg

And this is 3-4 months later, after being under the above stated lighting.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/ryhosk/IMG_teals.jpg

Same ones, totally diff now.