It is with much excitement for me to announce that a full month has past and these are the latest photos of the aquarium that was set up at the turn of the year. I am personally proud that I have accomplished much and the following is the latest update in terms of the livestock (not in order of purchase or stocking):
- 1 Clown Fish
- 1 Cleaner Skunk Shrimp
- 10 Sexy Shrimps
- 1 Pom Pom Crab
- 3 Turbo Snails
- 2 Nassarius Snails
- 1 Coco-worm
- 2 Feather Duster Worms
- 2 Galaxy Star Polyps
- 1 Sun Coral
- 1 pink Cauliflower Tree Coral
- 1 plate of Daisy Polyps
- 2 plates of red mushrooms
- 1 plate of blue mushrooms
- 1 plate of Rhodactis mushrooms
- 1 plate of mixed green Zoanthus
- 1 Mushroom Finger Coral
- 2 Xenia
- 1 rock of red macroalgae
- 1 Chaetomorpha
Interestingly, the blue and red mushrooms seemed to recover from the shock of being newly introduced into the aquarium and are getting bigger everyday. The Daisy Polyps, Rhodactis mushrooms and Mushroom Finger Coral are also growing larger. Even the rock with the initial clump of Xenia is recovering back.
The only recorded casualties thus far are:
- 1 orange Cauliflower Tree Coral
- 1 green Zoanthus
- 1 Caulerpa macroalgae
The other technical information is as follows:
- 1 Ocean Free Super Hang-On Filter 2
- 1 Ocean Free Super Hang-On Filter 3
- 1 Green Element 3W LED light (4 white, 2 blue)
I bought the following on 16 Jan 13:
- cleaner shrimp
- yuma mushroom
- pink Xenia
- clove polyp
- red bamboo macroalgae
- red cauliflower coral
- pom pom crab
From this photo, I thought my old clump of Xenia was almost gone. What is interesting is that this rounded skeletal piece that the Xenia was growing on is a live coral. I have seen the brown dots getting bigger. By the way, the new clump of pink Xenia turned a blue colour and looked very sad as if it was anemic with too much de-oxygenated blood.
The last photo showed the pom pom crab Penny taking cover.
