Zoanthid & Palythoa Photographs/Tanks/Videos - Page 16

jprince58 · 10/04/2008, 06:11 PM

Here is the first of a series of zoanthid and palythoa shots I'll be posting in the next day or two. I believe these are called Lord of the Rings.

Normal lighting (460nm actinic and 10K T5s):

Actinics only:

Fill-flash with normal lighting:

jprince58 · 10/04/2008, 06:15 PM

Sorry...duplicate post.

jjmcat · 10/04/2008, 06:17 PM

Here are a couple of my zoas.

ReefJunkieOK · 10/04/2008, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 650-IS350
Dam Jeff... thats a nice sized chalice.... is that a 4 color? or rasta chalice?

I got a chance to see this piece in person a few days ago. It is Sweet!!

jprince58 · 10/04/2008, 07:49 PM

Hey 650 and Junkie...thanks! I'm not sure what a "rasta" is, but locally these are referred to as a "Christmas" chalice. We may actually have a couple of different types getting fragged around here, though, as this one is more raspberry colored with grayish-blue fringe tissue. There really isn't any hint of green to it. BTW, it's about 8" across now. Here's a link to a top down view of it:

xxtriggermanxx · 10/04/2008, 08:14 PM

jprince58 · 10/04/2008, 08:18 PM

Second post in a series... I believe these to be (or at least similar to) Reverse Gorilla Nipples.

Normal lighting (460nm actinic and 10K daylight T5s):

Actinic only:

Fill-flash with normal lighting:

jprince58 · 10/04/2008, 08:37 PM

Third in a series of posts... I have no clue whatsoever as to any name given to these. Maybe that's why I like them. Unfortunately, I didn't shut down the pump when I took these, so things are moving around and a bit blurry in places.

Normal lighting (460nm actinic and 10k daylight T5):

Actinic lighting only:

Fill-flash with normal lighting:

IridescentLily · 10/04/2008, 11:14 PM

Nice fts jprince, thanks much.

That chalice is insane!

inazuma · 10/04/2008, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jprince58
Hey 650 and Junkie...thanks! I'm not sure what a "rasta" is, but locally these are referred to as a "Christmas" chalice. We may actually have a couple of different types getting fragged around here, though, as this one is more raspberry colored with grayish-blue fringe tissue. There really isn't any hint of green to it. BTW, it's about 8" across now. Here's a link to a top down view of it:

I really like the zoas to the left of the chalice, the ones with the red skirts.

IridescentLily · 10/05/2008, 05:04 AM

jprince, you've got the best comparative lighting photos I've ever seen.
And your zoas are some beauties. Each kind is a colony, and the color is so vivid, and all so healthy looking too. Wow.

And to me, as far as my personal lighting choices, there is simply no comparison, the less blue shots are way more intensely beautiful and vivid.
Whereas the bluer light washes all the detail and color to a blueish wash. The positives are that it does make the fluorescent pigments excited and happy. It is nice to see them both ways.
Thanks so much, we're lucky to be able to see your photos.

GoingPostal · 10/05/2008, 07:45 AM

MUCHO REEF · 10/05/2008, 07:49 AM

Awesome tanks & pics J.R.L, Killingseed, 650, Seapug, Jprince & GoingPostal, thanks for sharing.

Mucho

Siscim23 · 10/05/2008, 08:44 AM

Fairly recent pic, I have rearranged some since.

jprince58 · 10/05/2008, 08:50 AM

Thanks, MUCHO!! I appreciate the kinds words.

xxtriggermanxx · 10/05/2008, 10:00 AM

my camara has a panoramic mode so i gave it a try . six feet plus tanks are hard to photo with point and shoot camaras . this tank was just taken down last month to make room for a 265. I hope it all turns out well

Agu · 10/05/2008, 12:34 PM

MUCHO REEF · 10/05/2008, 01:28 PM

xxtriggermanxx & Agu, nice systems there, and full bodied colonies to boot.

MUCHO REEF · 10/05/2008, 01:59 PM

I'm happy to see all of them. This thread is really picking up. Thanks everyone.

dkirchoff · 10/05/2008, 08:40 PM

Lily...I beg to differ, and I know I may take some heat for this, but the Actinic lighting only emmits some of the most wicked neon colors i have ever seen. Its like an underwater club at 2AM!

dkirchoff · 10/06/2008, 01:31 AM

sorry for straying off topic Mucho...I will get my pics in this morning

sutec13 · 10/06/2008, 09:01 AM

BC 29 LPS Tank - 150 MH AquaPod w/22k Geisseman Bulb

coralfarm123 · 10/06/2008, 10:50 AM

Old pic, but still looks similar. I'll get an updated photo sometime.

seapug · 10/06/2008, 01:29 PM

dang sutec, that tank is PACKED! Nice stuff.

MUCHO REEF · 10/06/2008, 06:32 PM

sutec13, awesomely done my friend, awesome. Love that wrasse. I said WRASSE !!!

Coralfarm123, doesn't matter if it's old, that a sweet tank. What size is it?

Thanks to both of you for sharing it.

10/04/2008, 06:11 PM	#376
jprince58 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Jenks, OK, USA Posts: 751	Here is the first of a series of zoanthid and palythoa shots I'll be posting in the next day or two. I believe these are called Lord of the Rings. Normal lighting (460nm actinic and 10K T5s): Actinics only: Fill-flash with normal lighting: __________________ 'I refuse to discount another man's opinion -- until he opens his mouth to speak.' -- Anonymous Jeff Prince Current Tank Info: 72g bow mixed reef; 40g frag Last edited by jprince58; 10/04/2008 at 06:17 PM.

10/04/2008, 06:15 PM	#377
jprince58 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Jenks, OK, USA Posts: 751	Sorry...duplicate post. __________________ 'I refuse to discount another man's opinion -- until he opens his mouth to speak.' -- Anonymous Jeff Prince Current Tank Info: 72g bow mixed reef; 40g frag

10/04/2008, 06:17 PM	#378
jjmcat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 4,249	Here are a couple of my zoas. __________________ Oklahoma Marine and Aquarium Society Support your LFS and your local club. Jarrod Lee Current Tank Info: 110 reef with a 55 gallon sump,3 metal halides

10/04/2008, 07:49 PM	#380
jprince58 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Jenks, OK, USA Posts: 751	Hey 650 and Junkie...thanks! I'm not sure what a "rasta" is, but locally these are referred to as a "Christmas" chalice. We may actually have a couple of different types getting fragged around here, though, as this one is more raspberry colored with grayish-blue fringe tissue. There really isn't any hint of green to it. BTW, it's about 8" across now. Here's a link to a top down view of it: __________________ 'I refuse to discount another man's opinion -- until he opens his mouth to speak.' -- Anonymous Jeff Prince Current Tank Info: 72g bow mixed reef; 40g frag

10/04/2008, 08:18 PM	#382
jprince58 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Jenks, OK, USA Posts: 751	Second post in a series... I believe these to be (or at least similar to) Reverse Gorilla Nipples. Normal lighting (460nm actinic and 10K daylight T5s): Actinic only: Fill-flash with normal lighting: __________________ 'I refuse to discount another man's opinion -- until he opens his mouth to speak.' -- Anonymous Jeff Prince Current Tank Info: 72g bow mixed reef; 40g frag

10/04/2008, 08:14 PM	#381
xxtriggermanxx Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 1,867

10/04/2008, 08:37 PM	#383
jprince58 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Jenks, OK, USA Posts: 751	Third in a series of posts... I have no clue whatsoever as to any name given to these. Maybe that's why I like them. Unfortunately, I didn't shut down the pump when I took these, so things are moving around and a bit blurry in places. Normal lighting (460nm actinic and 10k daylight T5): Actinic lighting only: Fill-flash with normal lighting: __________________ 'I refuse to discount another man's opinion -- until he opens his mouth to speak.' -- Anonymous Jeff Prince Current Tank Info: 72g bow mixed reef; 40g frag

10/04/2008, 11:14 PM	#384
IridescentLily Editor-Reefkeeping mag Join Date: May 2008 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 3,858 Blog Entries: 5	Nice fts jprince, thanks much. That chalice is insane!

10/05/2008, 05:04 AM	#386
IridescentLily Editor-Reefkeeping mag Join Date: May 2008 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 3,858 Blog Entries: 5	jprince, you've got the best comparative lighting photos I've ever seen. And your zoas are some beauties. Each kind is a colony, and the color is so vivid, and all so healthy looking too. Wow. And to me, as far as my personal lighting choices, there is simply no comparison, the less blue shots are way more intensely beautiful and vivid. Whereas the bluer light washes all the detail and color to a blueish wash. The positives are that it does make the fluorescent pigments excited and happy. It is nice to see them both ways. Thanks so much, we're lucky to be able to see your photos.

10/05/2008, 07:45 AM	#387
GoingPostal Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,517	__________________ Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer. *Jack Handey

10/05/2008, 07:49 AM	#388
MUCHO REEF Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,682	Awesome tanks & pics J.R.L, Killingseed, 650, Seapug, Jprince & GoingPostal, thanks for sharing. Mucho __________________ Anyone can build a reef.....the greater challenge......is to grow one. Current Tank Info: 70 gallon zoanthid, Palythoa and Mushroom Reef.

10/05/2008, 08:44 AM	#389
Siscim23 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 147	Fairly recent pic, I have rearranged some since.

10/05/2008, 08:50 AM	#390
jprince58 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Jenks, OK, USA Posts: 751	Thanks, MUCHO!! I appreciate the kinds words. __________________ 'I refuse to discount another man's opinion -- until he opens his mouth to speak.' -- Anonymous Jeff Prince Current Tank Info: 72g bow mixed reef; 40g frag

10/05/2008, 10:00 AM	#391
xxtriggermanxx Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 1,867	my camara has a panoramic mode so i gave it a try . six feet plus tanks are hard to photo with point and shoot camaras . this tank was just taken down last month to make room for a 265. I hope it all turns out well

10/05/2008, 12:34 PM	#392
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	__________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

10/05/2008, 01:28 PM	#393
MUCHO REEF Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,682	xxtriggermanxx & Agu, nice systems there, and full bodied colonies to boot. __________________ Anyone can build a reef.....the greater challenge......is to grow one. Current Tank Info: 70 gallon zoanthid, Palythoa and Mushroom Reef.

10/05/2008, 01:59 PM	#394
MUCHO REEF Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,682	I'm happy to see all of them. This thread is really picking up. Thanks everyone. __________________ Anyone can build a reef.....the greater challenge......is to grow one. Current Tank Info: 70 gallon zoanthid, Palythoa and Mushroom Reef.

10/05/2008, 08:40 PM	#395
dkirchoff Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: north Jersey Posts: 561	Lily...I beg to differ, and I know I may take some heat for this, but the Actinic lighting only emmits some of the most wicked neon colors i have ever seen. Its like an underwater club at 2AM!

10/06/2008, 01:31 AM	#396
dkirchoff Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: north Jersey Posts: 561	sorry for straying off topic Mucho...I will get my pics in this morning

10/06/2008, 09:01 AM	#397
sutec13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Prospect Heights, IL Posts: 582	BC 29 LPS Tank - 150 MH AquaPod w/22k Geisseman Bulb

10/06/2008, 10:50 AM	#398
coralfarm123 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 590	Old pic, but still looks similar. I'll get an updated photo sometime.

10/06/2008, 01:29 PM	#399
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	dang sutec, that tank is PACKED! Nice stuff. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

10/06/2008, 06:32 PM	#400
MUCHO REEF Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,682	sutec13, awesomely done my friend, awesome. Love that wrasse. I said WRASSE !!! Coralfarm123, doesn't matter if it's old, that a sweet tank. What size is it? Thanks to both of you for sharing it. __________________ Anyone can build a reef.....the greater challenge......is to grow one. Current Tank Info: 70 gallon zoanthid, Palythoa and Mushroom Reef.