Now everything I feed Sunny and the pink Suns, it becomes a feeding frenzy for Felicia the elusive Fire Shrimp, Chris the Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, the Sexy Shrimps, Penny the Pom Pom crab and even the Nassarius snails. All the shrimps learnt to station themselves next to the Sun Corals and snatch whatever mysis shrimps that they can land their hands, oops I mean, claws on immediately after I feed them. Next to the pink sun are some unknown purple sponges? Only time will tell what they are. Today I even spotted a small crab, which probably hitch-a-hike from the other corals that I am temporarily holding here before introducing them to my office tank.
Yes, my colleague bugged me to start a new pico reef in the office and that was what I did. We started one just a couple of days ago and there is now Franco the Clown Fish with two feather duster fan worms. I will be bringing the Jasmine Polyp that I kept in the breeding container shown here soon.
By the way, the 16th photo onwards were taken using my iphone 5. From one of the photos, Coco can be seen growing out 2 new crowns. Thanks goodness!
These are more photos of the red and blue mushrooms, Sunny after feeding and Felicia hiding in the corner.
I don't know how well Calvin is doing though since at times he sends out its yellow feeders but today he seemed kind of shrunk up.
Here I also posted photos of the red Sea Grape, brown macroalgae, pink sun and Green Clove Polyps colony that I bought.
I still don't quite like the overall colours and somehow I feel it lacks some green, especially when most of the green Zoas have been closed for some time. I am not sure if its because of the frequent trampling by the Sexy Shrimps though. I am thinking of getting some large colourful button polyps and am looking out for where to get them.
Poor Coco lost both crowns by the time I came back on 1 Feb 13 after work. The red and blue mushrooms have finally opened up nicely after a few days of acclimatization. By the way, I also decided to just feed Sunny directly in the tank, which I hope is a good choice without polluting the water.
After the green Caulerpa was removed, the tank looked so bare and boring. So I got a yellow Sea Cumcumber Calvin and a Fire Shrimp Felicia to add some colours to it.
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)
