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December 26, 2013
by DDD
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Dendrophyllia Coral

Dendrophyllia corals do not contain zooxanthellae and they do not require light to live. Continue Reading →

A picture or roast duck thighs with pork shank.

December 24, 2013
by DDD
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Just My Christmas Dinner

Really just my Christmas dinner.
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December 23, 2013
by DDD
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Roast Duck Thighs and Breast

Duck meat cooked in the oven. It is seasoned only with some salt and garlic and then slow roasted in the oven.
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December 22, 2013
by DDD
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Bristle Worm

Bristle worms are polychaete worms which are a annelid worms just like the oligochaeta , a group that includes the common earth worms.

They do sort of look like an earth worm with bristles.
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December 21, 2013
by DDD
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Rock Flower Anemones

Rock Flower Anemones.

Rock flower anemones are incredibly beautiful although somewhat expensive anemones.

An article about flower anemones on the Reef Builders website.

December 19, 2013
by DDD
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Peppermint Shrimp

Peppermint Shrimps are often kept in reef tanks to eat the pest Aiptasia anemones.
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December 19, 2013
by DDD
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Schnitzel

Schnitzel — a tenderized, breaded deep fried slice of meat — is one of the most common meat dishes around the world.
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A Picture of Hungarian Meat Loaf (Fasirt).

December 18, 2013
by DDD
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Generally the Hungarian word “fasirt” (fah-sheert) can refer to different kinds of spiced and fried meat dishes made of ground or sometimes chopped meat that is not filled into sausage casings.
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December 17, 2013
by DDD
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Nassarius Snail Spawning

A Nassarius snail Spawning on the glass of my refugium (the same one where I breed my Amphipods).
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A picture of conch foraging on the sand bed.

December 15, 2013
by DDD
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Fighting Conch

For whatever reason these snails are called the Fighting Conch even though they don’t seem to fight.
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December 14, 2013
by DDD
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Tubifex worms

Tubifex small annelid worms that are most commonly known as a type of live fish food.
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December 13, 2013
by DDD
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Edible Hard Clam

In America these are sometimes referred to as quahog.

They are mostly used as food.
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December 12, 2013
by DDD
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A Hermit Crab

Most reef aquarists include some sort of hermit crabs to eat algae, scavenge for leftover food, etc.
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A Picture of a lawnmower blenny sitting behind some cabbage leather coral.

December 11, 2013
by DDD
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Lawnmower Blenny Resting behind a Patch of Cabbage Leather Coral

It is called a Lawnmower Blenny because it eats algae, but it also eats other fish food.
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December 10, 2013
by DDD
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Today someone has left some advertisement for the services of a psychic on the wind shield of my car.
Of course I threw it into the trash.
But wouldn’t it be more efficient for a psychic to only leave promotional material on the the cars belonging to people who actually believed in psychics?

December 9, 2013
by DDD
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Brine Shrimp

Brine shrimps are tiny little crustaceans that usually live in lakes with really high salt concentration.

For some reason they are also called Sea Monkeys — probably a clever marketing ploy.
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A picture of a porcelain crab on a rock filter feeding.

December 8, 2013
by DDD
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