Let's have some color!

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A Bicolor Damselfish darting around the Maize and other corals and sponges.  Sponges have holes, y'know.  I've said that before!










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A white Fan Worm of some sort, living with the orange Elephant Ear Sponge, and the stick-like Arrow Crab.










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A closer look at Mr. Crab.  Looks grouchy, 'crabby' hey?  Pretty blue claws, which I respect.  One of these guys drew my blood once with those sharp-as-razors claws, even though they're only about 1/8 an inch long!  A couple of mm's?  five, maybe.

The crab has all sorts of stuff on top of his pointy little head.  I wonder if he cares?


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.More orange Elephant Ear Sponge, holes?  And a coral, a Massive Starlet, or Siderastrea siderea.  Red Cyanobacteria, that I used to think was algae.








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A Star Horseshoe Worm.  Bright little guy next to the hairy looking tentacles of the Encrusting Gorgonian.
Bluish sponge below, and star coral above. 

This is a little piece of healthy coral reef, life squabbling and pushing over every bit of space.





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Whee, a blue sponge that's actually a lumpy form of Branching Tube Sponge, Pseudocerantina crassa.  This sponge comes in different colors, sometimes yellow mixed in with the blue, purples, browns and yellow orange mixes.  But always with that peculiar texture.

Not really much blue color on the reef.


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Another Branching Tube Sponge, different colors.  Beside a Maize coral, one of my favorites.  Also called Butterprint coral.  This one has the polyp's tentacles extended some.  After  dark, when they're really extended, feeding, the coral is white and fuzzy, like a shag rug.




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OK, all for right now!  I'll look for more colors tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by!
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