Saturday, March 31, 2007
I felt young again last night, after some coaxing by Monty and Yx to do something utterly unimaginable - I drove out at 1 am all the way to Pasir Ris, just to grab newly-imported corals. Cheap, cheap, cheap!! Bought more than I expected I would, but they were really hard to pass up at that price and quality. Tonnes of photos coming up!
First off, miscellaneous photos before last night's trip:
Caulerpa sp. - a green seaweed
Purple sponge
Cup coral, Turbinaria peltata
Button coral, Palythoea sp. - containing palytoxin, *the* most toxic naturally-occuring substance. If you think fugu is bad, think again - people have gotten ill just by putting their hands into a tank containing this coral, and one reefer was hospitalised after he suffered progressive airway constriction after breathing in fumes after he poured boiling water over his rock (which had this coral on it) in an attempt to sterilise it.
Flying gurnard camouflaged in sand
And after last night's romp:
The loot!
Brilliant orange plating Montipora capricornis
Sky blue Staghorn coral, Acropora nobilis
Powder pink Acropora millepora
Neon green "true" frogspawn, Euphyllia sp.
Branching hammer coral, Euphyllia ancora
Jewel coral, Goniopora sp.
And some before and after tank shots:
Before last night
After last night
Left side:
Right side:
Wenky
7:37 PM
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