May 25, 2006

Banded Coral Shrimp

(Stenopus hispidus) Added to the reef. Acclimated for 45 minutes, looks like he's doing ok.

Posted by Mike at 09:12 PM

May 14, 2006

Algae blenny and skimmer

Got a new impeller for one mag drive so it is back in action and as quiet as new. It is the pump connected to the skimmer, so the skimmer is now back in action - hopefully this will help the algae problems. I noticed that the brown slime algae has been accumulating pretty fast so we'll see if the skimmer can slow it down.

Also got a lawnmower/algae blenny (Salarias fasciatus) from Tropic Isle along with 3 astrea snails. The blenny seems to be doing ok, acclimated for 45 minutes.

Oh yeah, the clownfish haven't stopped making babies.

Posted by Mike at 09:00 PM

May 12, 2006

Dead Blue Hamlet

The blue hamlet died yesterday after he freaked out and got caught between the overflow box and the glass. I left him alone thinking he would figure it out, but apparantly that was a mistake and in the morning he was dead. Poor little buddy.

Posted by Mike at 11:53 AM