Not-so-mad-March Madness - 15 days of Q&A - Contest Answer Thread!!

[jrgilles]

PAR: Photosynthetically active radiation, often abbreviated PAR, designates the spectral range (wave band) of solar radiation from 400 to 700 nanometers that photosynthetic organisms are able to use in the process of photosynthesis. This spectral region corresponds more or less with the range of light visible to the human eye.

Photosynthetically active radiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[rukis]

doh jrgilles beat me to it!!! haha yea what he said Photosynthetically active radiation...

 

[jrgilles]

Shoot me a pm with an email if you guys want the PDF I used as a reference. I will email it to myself incase you want it later today.

Tough question to grade, huh? lol

 

[jrgilles]

Here we go, I got the pdf source uploaded to google docs, if you need it:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=18fwKtznKnoSZ5_SOT8f5EraBaP3O_S024lkpbjzCjHW17KvsPXjA6AQf7-Om

 

[estanoche]

OK- and the official answers are as follows:

Question # 5 - Answer: There are hundreds of fish that are now captive-bred, be sure to ask for them at your LFS, they include - Assessors, Mandarins, Jawfish, Cardinals, Scooters, Blennies, Tangs, Seahorses, Pipefish, and some Dwarf Angels - You guys showed me up!! See the submissions posted above for a complete list, as my list came nowhere close to as thorough

Question # 6 - Answer: PAR is the Photsynthetically Available Radiation which is all radiation between 400-700 nm wavelength range. It can be measured in several units. Just like distance can be measured in feet, meters, etc. PAR can be measured in different units used to measure radiation. When PAR is measured by the number of photons falling on a given area in a given amount of time, this is called PPFD and the units used are micromoles per meter square per second.

Leaderboard will be posted this afternoon (gotta run to another meeting) - but great job guys!!

 

[estanoche]

Alright - here is the official leaderboard Had a few people move up in the ranks with question #5!!

jrgilles 55
returnofsid 46
eww 40
kevnkev 38
SaltwaterNoobs 29
krisfal 21
mercenary-grunt 3
rukis 3

 

[SaltwaterNoobs]

The answer to question #7 is live amphipods and copepods.

 

[returnofsid]

As mentioned, live Amphipod and Copepods.

 

[jrgilles]

Live copepods and amphipods

 

[kevnkev]

Primary diet items are (live) copepods and amphipods

 

[eww]

They feed primarily on small live crustaceans(copepods & amphipods & seed shrimp), and other live invertebrates (worms and snails), as well as fish eggs.

source, wikipedia.org

 

[spllbnd2]

As previously mentioned, live Amphipod and Copepods and even brine shrimp. They may also eat other micro organisms within the aquariums that are not visible to the naked eye.

from Wikipedia: "diet that consists of harpacticoid copepods, polychaete worms, small gastropods, gammaridean amphipods, fish eggs and ostracods."

Cheers,
Alex

 

[estanoche]

Great job guys - you are all geniuses

Our official Answer: Copepods, amphipods, and other small pod-like creatures

Updated leader board will be posted shortly

 

[estanoche]

And we have a new player!! Here's tonight's leader board......

jrgilles 58
returnofsid 49
eww 43
kevnkev 41
SaltwaterNoobs 32
krisfal 21
mercenary-grunt 3
rukis 3
spllbnd2 3

 

[leena2674]

Awesome idea, wish I could play! Most of my internet time is at work though, and Facebook is a big no-no! Bummer.... hwell:

 

[estanoche]

Awesome idea, wish I could play! Most of my internet time is at work though, and Facebook is a big no-no! Bummer.... hwell:

mean mean work nazis!!!!

 

[jrgilles]

This is Acanthurus pyroferus

aka the mimic tang or lemon peel mimic tang. I believe this is the juvenile form, and it turns to a more chocolate color when mature.

Source: Clown Fish World. Lemon Peel Mimic Tang - Acanthurus Pyroferus
(source of your picture maybe, or another site using the same. lol)

 

[krisfal]

Well I have missed to many of these to be a serious competitor now, but this is fun so . . .

Question #8

Acanthurus pyroferus

 

[eww]

Juvenile Mimic Lemon Peel Tang. Acanthurus Pyroferus

Source: liveaquaria.com

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[spllbnd2]

It's hard to say from the pic as it could be either a Juvenile Mimic Lemon Peel Tang (Acanthurus Pyroferus)or a Yellow Angelfish (Centropyge heraldi). From the mouth area it looks like the Acanthurus Pyroferus :lol: But it seems to be missing the blue color around the gill and eye.

Cheers,
Alex