Recent content by Cabreradavid

Dizzy, Thanks for the info I will give it a read. Vitz, I actually think there is cause for genuine concern. I'll try to only go into as much detail on Dogs/Cats/Parrots as I think I need to make my point as this is a marine forum, but I am much more concerned about the activities of HSUS...

The HSUS is a big time lobbying organization under the guise of a name sounding like your home town animal shelter. It appears to me almost all of their money goes to pushing for legislation. They have a very extreme ideology which is basically people should not own any pets. They wish to...

Tan Caulastrea furcata ( 4 years). First coral in my first tank. David

Name: David Cabrera (cabrerad) Photo Title: Green Ricordia Photography equipment: Sony DSC-S75 Location/Tank: 29 gallon softie and lps tank

Name: David Cabrera (cabrerad) Photo Title: Mushroom in Zoo Field Photography equipment: Sony DSC-S75 Location/Tank: 20 gallon prop tank

Sorry about the links. I attached the files. I thought it might be some bone from a turtle also, but could not figure out anything either. Too bad I don't have it in hand to see/feel it.

Hey all, These pics of an unknown beach object found their way to me. So before I start looking at references before I get home I thought I would get opinions here. This bone (possibly jaw, perhaps from skull) of something was found on the beach (I was told most likely California) and is about...

Matt, Well, I am trying to get my gorgonians striaght after first thinking they were not too hard to tell apart and then realizing they were. Monomorphic refers to the fact that the gorgonian only has one type of polyp (autozooid), whereas some other corals (like leathers) may have two...

Matt, As I understand it all the Eunicea species (except E. knighti, for which of course I can't find a picture or adequate description of yet) have very apparent calyces when the polyps retract. My gorgonian has no apparent calyces so that's why I thought it might not be Eunicea. The...

Thanks John, I thought it was Pseudoplexaura as well. At least I now have someone who agrees with me. David

Thanks John, I thought it was Pseudoplexaura as well. At least I now have someone who agrees with me. David

They are real pictures I swear (my preview worked fine)! I downloaded the pics to another website so here they are again: Entire colony Polyps close up: Polyps extended /retracted colony at night: Ok

Hi, I have a gorgonian that I would like some ID opinions on (I understand the difficulties in getting a verified ID on a softie, I just want a best estimate). This gorgonian was purchased at a lfs and advertised as a Pseudopterogorgia species (sea plumes). While the polyp structure and thin...

It's kinda hard to tell from the pic, but it kinda looks more like a Caribbean Discosoma sp. than a Rhodactis sp to me. Dmc

Linckia can have 4-6 legs, and I believe that would extend to T. stria as well. This is actually a temperate-tropical water species from the California coast extending down through Mexico. Yes, it is reef safe (as long as it is T. stria or a true purple linckia). The reason I asked about tank...