Much has happened since I last posted on 28 Feb 13 and after my Taiwan trip on 11 Mar 13.
First, I got 6 Zoa frags and what I think is a Horn Coral on 28 Feb 13 itself. This is also the second and last time to see Renee the Red Spotted Goby because when I came back home on 11 Mar 13, I found her dried body on my table. It is also the last time I am seeing Felicia the Fire Shrimp because I couldn't find her carcass anywhere in the tank. It was a sad and unforgettable day.
Anyway, I added the following yesterday - Orange Yuma mushroom, Goniopora Coral and Palm Tree Coral. This morning, I also brought the remaining fragment of Candy Cane Coral to the office this morning. Speaking about the office tank, I added a fluorescent Hammer Coral, an Orange Yuma mushroom and temporarily stored a mixed Goniopora in the aquarium.
By the way, I am feeling excited at a project that I have been planning for the last couple of days. If all goes as planned, it would be materialized soon.
I was supposed to post this on 1 Mar 13 but I could make it. These are photos of the latest layout with new additions to celebrate the 2 months anniversary.
The final list of livestock is as follows:
- 1 Red Spotted Goby (Renee)
- 1 Clown Fish (Candy)
- 1 Cleaner Skunk Shrimp
- 1 Fire Shrimp
- 10 Sexy Shrimps
- 1 Pom Pom Crab
- 3 Turbo Snails
- 2 Nassarius Snails
- 1 small Yellow Cucumber
- 1 Coco-worm
- 4 Feather Duster Worms
- 3 Green Star Polyps (1 brown, 1 wavy long tentacles faint fluorescent with white eye and 1 short tentacles fluorescent with pink eye)
- 1 orange Sun Coral
- 1 pink Sun Coral
- 1 Stick/Tree Coral
- 1 Palm Tree Coral (broke into 2 frags)
- 1 branched Goniopora (1 white branch and 1 light brown branch)
- 1 Candy Cane Coral (broke into 2 frags and 1 was brought to the office)
- 1 pink Cauliflower Tree Coral
- 1 rock of Yellow Polyps
- 1 plate of Daisy Polyps
- 1 plates of red Actinodiscus mushrooms (1 plate was brought to the office)
- 1 plate of blue Actinodiscus mushrooms
- 1 plate of Ricordea mushrooms
- 1 branch of Rhodactis mushrooms
- 2 plates of Zoanthus
- 1 Mushroom Finger Coral
- 1 Xenia (1 hidden)
- 1 rock of red bamboo macroalgae, 1 plate of red bubble macroalgae, 1 plate of red wavy macroalgae and 2 clumps of red branched macroalgae
It is almost unbelievable that I managed to pack so many things into this small 27 litres pico aquarium. I will be going on a Taiwan trip in a few days time and this would be a test of how the tank will function without me around for a week. I am worried about Sunny since it has been very grumpy.
Anyway, the newly recorded casualties for this month are:
- 2 Clown Fishes (Claudia and Chloe)
- 1 Six-Line Wrasse (Sally)
- 1 clump of Chaetomorpha macroalgae
The technical information is as follows:
- 1 Ocean Free Super Hang-On Filter 2
- 1 Atman HF-0600 hang on back filter
- 1 Green Element 3W LED light (4 white, 2 blue)
- 1 Beamworks LED light (31 white, 2 blue)
- 1 Tunze Osmolator Nano
These are more random photos of the aquarium. Sunny was puffing up but turned grumpy the last days when it toppled several times after I changed the layout.
Finally, the new Green Star Polyps also opened up.
These are some of the photos taken on days 50-53 before more changes to the layout were done.
The Palm Tree Coral, Yellow Polyps, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea mushrooms, Stick Coral, Sun Coral were still performing fine. Penny always comes out waving its arms in the water, as if asking for attention, whenever I dose the tank with microplankton etc. I am glad the green Button Polyps were opening up.
