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01-31-2007, 02:24 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, TX,Texas
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|  Strange critters on my coral....
What in the heck are these things? 
OK, OK...I'm just kidding again. Those are the infamous red bugs and they're thriving on a 1" frag that I picked up for $5 and infected my entire system.  I just thought I would share that as it's a pretty good picture of the buggers if I do say so myself (be sure to click for the full size image).
I treated my tank with Interceptor yesterday, and now that frag looks like this... 
Judging by the polyp extension, it seems to feel better already. 
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120 gal, 40 gal sump/refugium, 2x250w 10,000K Reeflux MH, 54w T5 actinic, ASM G4+ | 
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01-31-2007, 02:31 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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I dig it
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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01-31-2007, 03:57 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami,Florida Age: 20
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Very nice pic, what camera and lense are you using!! _________ *Since 12/2002 40 gal. 85 lbs live rock. 3" fiji Live sand.wet dry filter and prizm protein skimmer. 192 power compacts
*Since 10/2006 125 gal. Built in Overflows x2, 3" LS(165 lb fiji pink) 175 lb of LR, 2x 36" aquatinics T5 HO fixtures(10x39W bulbs 2 gliesman aquablue+1 gliesman actinic+2 ATI aquablue special), mag 18 return pump, PM R30fuge. AquaC EV 180 skimmer.
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01-31-2007, 03:57 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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I'm impressed with the photography!!! | |
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01-31-2007, 05:56 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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Thanks! The camera is a Konica/Minolta Z2 with a cheap macro lens set I picked up from eBay. The picture was taken on a tripod with the camera in 'super macro' mode. | |
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01-31-2007, 06:00 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  I'm impressed with the photography!!! | +1. What camera are you using???
Marc.
EDIT: I guessed we posted at the same time... Great shot _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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01-31-2007, 06:00 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami,Florida Age: 20
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very impressive!!! | |
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02-01-2007, 05:08 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by GraviT Thanks! The camera is a Konica/Minolta Z2 with a cheap macro lens set I picked up from eBay. The picture was taken on a tripod with the camera in 'super macro' mode. | Super macro aye?! 
This photography class had better help me so I can take great pictures like that!! | |
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02-01-2007, 06:56 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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My camera is a great blend of the features from a digital SLR with the ease of a point and shoot that will accept external lenses and filters. Many of the newer cameras have a 'super macro' mode (often listed as an icon with a flower and the letter 'S') which locks the focal point to achieve the best shots of subjects that are very close to the lens.
For those who are curious, the add-on macro lenses are made by Bower.
As for the red bug treatment, it wiped all but 1 hermit that I can find, and every single acro crab in my tank. At least my peppermint shrimp, and a good number of pods survived! It seems that this also triggered a mass spawning of mysid in my refugium. There are literally thousands of babies all over the place! | |
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02-01-2007, 11:04 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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GraviT do you have any of those little red bugs for sale I heard they do wonders for a tank- lol! | |
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