Friday, September 30, 2016

45 MONTHS

I was away for 9 days early this month and when I returned home, everything was pretty fine except for algae growth on the glass and rocks. 

Aquarium 1 (1 feet cube - 27 litres)
In recent days, I have thoughts of shutting this down but when I introduced the small clowns to aquarium 3, the Tomato Clown chased after the one that was first introduced so the deal was off, for now. In fact, I just transferred a few fishes from the office aquarium to here and now it seems quite overcrowded.

The livestock are:
  • Fishes
    • 3 common Clown Fishes
    • Blue Lipped Angel Fish
    • Royal Gramma
    • 2 Blue Damsels
  • Invertebrates
    • Turbo Snails
    • Cleaner Skunk Shrimp
    • 2 Camel Shrimps
    • Sea Urchin
  • Corals
    • LPS
      • Supersun Coral
      • Fox Coral
    • Soft Corals
      • cyan Tree Coral
      • pulsing Xenia
      • pink anemone
    • Polyps
      • green Palythoa
      • Zoas
      • green Star Polyps
The technical information is as follows:
  • Atman HF-0600 HOB Filter
  • Maxspect Razor Nano 60W (10,000K)
  • Tunze Nano Osmolator
  • AOL 60 litres chiller



the Camel Shrimp from office

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the 2 Blue Damsels from office



the Blue Lipped Angel Fish

the new Royal Gramma






Aquarium 3 (3 x 1.5 x 1.5 feet and sump - 250 litres)
I lost 2 deep sea or smooth-skin Acroporas and 2 other Acropora and Millepora to rapid tissue necrosis (rtn) but the aquarium looked more colourful than ever. I also found the Green Star Polyps killed off part of my Strawberry Shortcake and cyan Acropora.

Before I went on the trip, the AI 52 HD lights gave me some slight problems but when I came back, it was fine. However, the replacement Jebao cross flow CP 25 wavemaker broke down and fortunately I had the electrical transformer replaced yesterday.

The monthly updated list of livestock is as follows:
  • Fishes
    • 2 Blue-yellow Damsels
    • Flame Angel
    • Regal Blue Tang
    • Orange Striped Prawn Goby
    • True Percula Clown
    • Royal Gramma
    • Yellow Clown Goby
    • Tomato Clown
    • Yellow Wrasse
    • Golden Maroon Clown
  • Invertebrates
    • Turbo and Nassarius snails
    • 2 Tuxedo Urchins
    • Cleaner Skunk Shrimp
    • Golden Stenopus Shrimp
  • Corals
    • SPS
      • Horn Coral
      • green Poccillopora
      • orange Cyphastrea
      • red Acropora digitata
      • green Poccillopora - 2 frags
      • unknown green
      • red Montipora
      • red/brown Poccillopora
      • pink Birdnest
      • green branching Stylophora
      • red Acropora digitata frag
      • green/pink Acropora
      • green/blue Acropora
      • purple Montipora plate
      • blue Acropora
      • cyan Acropora
      • pink sps
      • Acropora valida
      • strawberry shortcake Acropora
      • dark purple Acropora
      • Radioactive Birdnest
      • red Montipora plate
    • LPS
      • Hammer Coral (purple green)
      • green Candy Cane
      • Duncan Coral
      • yellow Torch Coral that turned green (left 2 heads)
      • Bubble Coral
      • Goniopora
      • green Brain Coral
      • green Elegance Coral
    • Mushrooms
      • green Ricordea yuma mushrooms
      • red mushroom
      • green mushroom
      • blue mushroom
    • Soft Corals
      • Chilli Coral
      • Toadstool Leather Mushroom
      • luminous green Tree Coral
      • pink Rose Bud Tip Anemone
    • Polyps
      • purple Zoas
      • Fiery Red Zoas
      • 5 assorted Zoas
      • 2 green Palythoa
      • 3 green Star Polyps
      • 3 gold Clove Polyps
      • pink Zoas
      • green base purple skirt Paly
      • green base brown skirt Zoas
      • orange Zoas
  • Macroalgae (in sump)
    • Chaetomorpha
    • red Bamboo
    • green Bubble algae
    The technical details are:
    • Jebao Marine Aqua DC-6000 return pump
    • Aqua Illumination Hydra 52 HD
    • Sanrise Aqua Pro (without wifi) 30 cm
    • Hailea HS-66A chiller
    • Skimz SN143 skimmer
    • Two Little Fishes Phosban Reactor running Phosguard
    • Maxspect Gyre
    • Jebao Cross Flow CP 25 
    • Tunze Nano Osmolator
    • Marine Magic Triplet Dosing
    the newcomers

    the new Birdnest

    the new Brain

    the new Acropora



    the Blue Tang is getting so big




    this Millepora died because of rtn

    the Elegance Coral

    a recovering Acropora

    the Acropora digitata from Taiwan

    the cyan Acropora





















    the rose bud tip anemone

    the Royal Gramma with scars on his dorsal fin area































    Thursday, September 1, 2016

    44 MONTHS

    Another challenge is coming up because I will be away for 8 whole days. There was a strange turn of events that see me blogging on 1 Sep 16 to provide updates for the month of August 16. Well, I was supposed to be on a flight at 12:40 am but the flight was cancelled and the flying was rescheduled to the next day.

    Anyway, today marks the first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar and I think it is auspicious month.

    Aquarium 1 (1 feet cube - 27 litres)
    I was inspired to add more rbta to this aquarium because I want this to be a Clownfish tank. I added a pink anemone to the aquarium but it seemed to lose its pink over time. I suspect it it was injected with a dye because when I took it out from the bag from the aquarium, the water was slightly pinkish.

    The livestock are:
    • Fishes
      • 3 common Clown Fishes
    • Invertebrates
      • Turbo Snails
      • Cleaner Skunk Shrimp
      • Camel Shrimp
      • Sea Urchin
    • Corals
      • LPS
        • Supersun Coral
        • Fox Coral
      • Soft Corals
        • cyan Tree Coral
        • pulsing Xenia
        • pink anemone
      • Polyps
        • green Palythoa
        • Zoas
        • green Star Polyps
      • Macroalgae
          • green Algae
          • Chaetomorpha algae
      The technical information is as follows:
      • Atman HF-0600 HOB Filter
      • Maxspect Razor Nano 60W (10,000K)
      • Tunze Nano Osmolator
      • AOL 60 litres chiller
      none of the Clownfishes touched the anemones!










      Aquarium 3 (3 x 1.5 x 1.5 feet and sump - 250 litres)
      I am really quite elated to see the sps displaying more vibrant colours and have added more sps but for some strange reason, my AI lights started giving me problems last night again. Some of the colour LED lights apparently switched off at certain times and it is so frustrating. I may have to send it for servicing again.

      The monthly updated list of livestock is as follows:
      • Fishes
        • 2 Blue-yellow Damsels
        • Flame Angel
        • Regal Blue Tang
        • Orange Striped Prawn Goby
        • True Percula Clown
        • Royal Gramma
        • Yellow Clown Goby
        • Tomato Clown
        • Yellow Wrasse
      • Invertebrates
        • Turbo and Nassarius snails
        • 2 Tuxedo Urchins
        • Cleaner Skunk Shrimp
        • Golden Stenopus Shrimp
      • Corals
        • SPS
          • Horn Coral
          • green Poccillopora
          • orange Cyphastrea
          • red Acropora digitata
          • green Poccillopora - 2 frags
          • unknown green
          • red Montipora
          • green Acropora digitata
          • 2 unknown Acropora
          • red/brown Poccillopora
          • brown with blue-tip Millepora frags
          • green deep sea Acropora
          • pink Birdnest
          • red Acropora digitata frag
          • Acropora valida frag
          • green/pink Acropora
          • green/blue Acropora
          • purple Montipora plate
          • green and pink Millepora
          • blue Acropora
          • cyan Acropora
          • pink sps
          • Acropora valida
          • strawberry shortcake Acropora
        • LPS
          • Hammer Coral (purple green)
          • green Candy Cane
          • Duncan Coral
          • yellow Torch Coral that turned green (left 2 heads)
          • Bubble Coral
          • Goniopora
        • Mushrooms
          • green Ricordea yuma mushrooms
          • red mushroom
          • green mushroom
          • blue mushroom
        • Soft Corals
          • Chilli Coral
          • Toadstool Leather Mushroom
          • luminous green Tree Coral
          • pink Rose Bud Tip Anemone
        • Polyps
          • purple Zoas
          • Fiery Red Zoas
          • 5 assorted Zoas
          • 2 green Palythoa
          • 3 green Star Polyps
          • 2 Clove Polyps (2 gold)
          • pink Zoas
          • green base purple skirt Paly
          • green base brown skirt Zoas
          • orange Zoas
      • Macroalgae (in sump)
        • Chaetomorpha
        • red Bamboo
        • green Bubble algae
        The technical details are:
        • Jebao Marine Aqua DC-6000 return pump
        • Aqua Illumination Hydra 52 HD
        • Sanrise Aqua Pro (without wifi) 30 cm
        • Hailea HS-66A chiller
        • Skimz SN143 skimmer
        • Two Little Fishes Phosban Reactor running Phosguard
        • Maxspect Gyre
        • Jebao Cross Flow CP 25 
        • Tunze Nano Osmolator
        • Marine Magic Triplet Dosing
        the 6 new sps

        blue base Acropora

        green base red tip Millepora

        Montipora plate

        bluish Acropora

        green base pink polyps Acropora

        Acropora valida
        FTS

        the left side

        the feeding frenzy



        the smooth Acropora that showed rtn

        the cyan blue Acropora

        yellow base blue tip sps

        Montipora plate

        under white lights

        Millepora

        Acropora valida

        the top left view

        top left view

        top center view

        green base pink tips Acropora

        the SSC frag