Pictures of my Premium Rock

These are pictures of the "premium" grade live rock that I received from Tropico Reeflife on October 27, 1995. The pictures were taken the next day (after the dust settled). Open your favorite aquarium magazine to Tropico Reeflife's advertisement, and decide for yourself how the quality of my rock compares with the rock pictured in their ad.

[Thumbnail picture] Overview of the whole tank. These photographs were taken with the pumps off. With the pumps off, the water line is rather low. That's to prevent the tank's overflowing when the surge device goes off. Curious about my lighting fixture?
[Thumbnail picture] The water line, with a rock sticking out the top. This is an experiment. The action of the surge device changes the water level in the tank by about two inches every 45 seconds. At the low water level, the top one inch of this rock is exposed to air. At the high water level, it's completely submerged. What will grow on it?
[Thumbnail picture] A large branching sponge. This sponge was shipped to me with the rock, as a sort of bonus I suppose, but it was not attached to a rock. In these pictures, I had it stuck in the sand. I've since decided that burying the bottom may kill it. I would appreciate any hints about the care requirements of such a sponge. Should I epoxy it to a rock?
[Thumbnail picture] The same sponge from a slightly different angle.
[Thumbnail picture] Brown encrusting sponge.
[Thumbnail picture] Christmas tree worms and unidentified white translucent "teeth."
[Thumbnail picture] Brown and orange encrusting sponge.
[Thumbnail picture] Christmas tree worms.
[Thumbnail picture] More Christmas tree worms.
[Thumbnail picture] More sponges.
[Thumbnail picture] Orange and brown sponges.
[Thumbnail picture] A low cave created by stacking rocks.
[Thumbnail picture] Encrusting coralline algae and Halimeda algae.
[Thumbnail picture] Christmas tree worm, empty scallop(?) shell, and brown sponge.
[Thumbnail picture] Unidentified white gelatenous "teeth."
[Thumbnail picture] Sponge and some coralline algae.
[Thumbnail picture] Sponge, viewed from above.
[Thumbnail picture] Christmas tree worms and the unidentified translucent white teeth, viewed from above.
[Thumbnail picture] Christmas tree worms.
[Thumbnail picture] Most of the tank, viewed from the front at an angle.
[Thumbnail picture] Christmas tree worms.