Sept 2014 - Photo of the month

[jrpark22000]

For September POTM the theme will be pests, nuisances or annoyances in your Reef.

Let's see photos of what bothers you the most!


1. Please submit photo below.
2. Last day of entry is Sept 30th.
3. Winner will win a $25 gift cert to Premium Aquatics [MENTION=969]saamath[/MENTION]

Good luck and have fun! Looking forward to all the submissions.

 

[lunacris]

hmm, where to begin !!! is my build thread an appropriate entry ? lmao. Bad phone pic but a trifecta of pests at its best. at the top of this white mass on my setting sun montipora you can see the devil himself , a montipora eating nudi branch pray to the coral gods you never have to deal with these guys . on the bottom you can see a flatworm,and at the top of the pic you can see the bryopsis algae

 

[sk8elenex92]

its not a pest but a annoyance. These two guys drive me nuts.. I have lost a couple rics, a hammer, some zoas. The pistol digs all day makeing doors out of my frags. I tried blocking them off with some shells but that little guy is strong. They are really cool, and my fiance thinks its the funniest thing ever..

 

[ColaAddict]

Coraline Algae. I will post pic another time


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[vucious]

This little guy is both a pest and annoyance. He keeps removing the outer mag float, which then sends the inner mag float tumbling all over my tank and bumping into rocks and corals. I would then have to stick my arm in the water to retrieve it. Sigh.


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[anarchy]

I was going to post a picture of my wife but figured this would keep me out of the dog house. Aiptasia

 

[madjoe]

its not a pest but a annoyance. These two guys drive me nuts.. I have lost a couple rics, a hammer, some zoas. The pistol digs all day makeing doors out of my frags. I tried blocking them off with some shells but that little guy is strong. They are really cool, and my fiance thinks its the funniest thing ever..

yea i hate my daym shrimp wish it would get crushed by rocks he makes a mess

 

[jrpark22000]

There aren't more pictures of pesky fish and shrimp, annoying palys, overgrowing monti/acros, bristle worms, hermit crabs or sponges?

 

[anarchy]

There aren't more pictures of pesky fish and shrimp, annoying palys, overgrowing monti/acros, bristle worms, hermit crabs or sponges?

I've got a whole family tree of bristleworms. They just won't get together for a family picture

 

[jrpark22000]

Besides photo-bombing, trigger is in the habit of feeding itself. Flipping over Acans to get to the "tasty" bristleworms that hide underneath. Not to mention eating a few cleaner shrimp.

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[anarchy]

There's 2 things here.
1: all the micro bubbles in my sump from my skimmer
2: the outbreak of white sponges not only all over my glass and rock but on my skimmer pump

 

[jrpark22000]

Coming up on the deadline. Sorry for the poor topic choice, anymore photos out there?

 

[jrpark22000]

tomorrow is the last day

 

[ultimatemj]

Flower or weed?

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[Sawdonkey]

Here is my pest Gary. Every night between about 9:00 and 11:00, he spends his time picking up gravel with his mouth, swimming to the top of the tank, increasing his swimming speed, then blasting the gravel out of his mouth. I have to get the turkey baster out almost daily because of him. Here he is in the act:

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[tikireefer]

I will title this one "Figure it out" (Remember the game show from the 90's on Nickelodeon?)

 

[enzo1028]

Coming up on the deadline. Sorry for the poor topic choice, anymore photos out there?

It was a good topic...I guess it's a good thing most of us don't have pests to post pictures of!

 

[get_armbarred]

How about a beautiful fish covered in ich.



image by get_armbarred, on Flickr

 

[SMACKERS4]

Stone crab, hasn't proven to be a pest as of yet but I know extracting him will be one.

 

[Tangency]

STN