A small picture of the whole tank. (Click on it to see it bigger.) I like to open the blind next to the tank on sunny days - the sunlight sparkles on the sand and on our freshly painted red walls.
posted by kathy @ 10:04 AM
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I cleaned the tank yesterday so I thought I'd add some new pictures. Sometimes the water looks blue, sometimes its clear and sparkles. My anemone has climbed up on a rock and seems to like it there. I have been feeding him probably too often (every 2-3 days), and he seems to be growing fast. I have to cut back to about once a week. I hand him a dried shrimp soaked in vitamins and he grabs it and pulls it into his mouth. The next day he spits out the shell. Its fun to watch. The clownfish still haven't found the anemone, but they're very young and tank raised, so I keep hoping they'll figure it out soon. My brain coral and acropora (hard corals up on top of the rocks) are probably a bit sun-burned as I have not been consistent in when I use the metal halide light - its not on a timer. But everything is looking pretty healthy so far.
posted by kathy @ 9:50 AM
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This is my new refugium. Its a separate tank underneath my main tank. The water is pumped through it and the types of things in it help to purify the water. I run its light at night, which helps to keep the oxygen level consistant while the light is off in the main tank. In the refugium, I have seaweed (caulerpa), rocks with little creatures growing on them, and a layer of sand.
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posted by kathy @ 9:49 PM
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This guy came out front and let me take his picture! There are 3 or 4 hermit crabs in my tank.
posted by kathy @ 10:01 AM
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The tank has several types of small soft coral polyps that grow in colonies. Little glass shrimp run around underneath these.
posted by kathy @ 10:25 AM
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posted by kathy @ 10:18 AM
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The water is clear now. Wow, alot more room in this tank! It will take me a while to arrange all the occupants and fill this up. The corals, crabs, snails are all very happy with the new tank. So is my tang (the only fish right now). He even came out and posed for me! The sump is running very fast. Lots of water flow. It ebbs and crashes like a wave-maker. The reservoir is filled with live rock and some bio-balls from my old system. I have a little bit of seaweed in the refugium section and am looking forward to adding more (some caulerpa) soon.
posted by kathy @ 7:03 PM
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posted by kathy @ 8:50 PM
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Here's the new set-up. I wanted a refugium with sand, rocks, seaweed and its own lighting underneath. The resident handyman built a nice one. The stand is a basic black-painted, pine, store-bought stand. Looks nice, but it seemed a bit flimsy to us. The handyman reinforced it at the three corners with 1x2's, which he painted black.
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Here's a picture of the old tank. I haven't cleaned the glass in a long time - I guess that's obvious. (Check out the cute duck on the floor.)
posted by kathy @ 7:20 PM
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This is my underwater garden! We have a 92 gallon bow-front corner tank set up as a saltwater marine reef system. Here are pictures of the tank and its occupants. Skippy likes this project because he LOVES to eat the dried seaweed (nori) that I feed the fishies.
Skippy is a cute Portuguese water dog. I'm just the gardener who hangs out with him.
