Clownfish aren't really that picky

So after the male breeding pair clownfish died, the female one seems to mourn it for a few days.... well, until I moved my green bta hosting anemone from my 20G tank down to the 120G. They were fighting a bit here and there, the small one even wanted to take over the breeding female's rose bta, however the female blow it away. ... then they fight a bit.....

Next day when I woke up and took a look (make sure one did not kill the other), they were already both hosting in the green bta that the small one used to host. Seems like nowadays they are hosting together in that one bubble tip anemone, so there are actually two rose bubble tip empty without clowns :D Maybe I can get some black& white percual to host those.... if I can ever find some.

Pre-boxing day cleanup

As boxing day is getting near and I have blew too much $ already, today we decided to spend some time at home doing some maintainence.

20G Kitchen tank

• 50% water change
• Rocks with dark algae is treated with Mauric acid to descale: one xenia rock, one zoo rock & the big platform rock
• The new sun corals are doing better. Jony's Orange sun coral is starting to open up, the NAFB yellow sun coral is opening up and eating fine
• pH 7.9

120G Tank

• Cleaned the hood for moonlighting
• The clove polyps are half open, so are the new green & blue/red zoo colony but they should be doing better. Next time might want to avoid non-opening speciments.
• Found out torch coral actually will eat like anemones, so will feed them too
• Still no sights of Nassarius snails that I put in anywhere, maybe the substrate is still poisonious from the dead flatworm or medicine.... hmmm....

SW Tanks Maintenance

All the saltwater tanks except for the 20G SW tnak in the kitchen got a water change... :)

120G Tank:

Salinity - 1.025

10G Tank:

Salinity - 1.026

20 G Tall Tank:

Salinity - 1.026

20G Tank:

Salinity - 1.026

Corals Galore (Part 2)

Near the end of last night, we went to BA Ken's to see what else we wanted to get on boxing day... They has a lot of stock in the store, I guess they were prepariing fo the big busy day... :) There really much we wanted to get except for many the algae scrapper... :)

We left after awhile and guess what we did?! :) We went back to NAFB for a second round of coral buying... :P :P The owner(s) must have been surprised... Haha, this time, we stayed there for about an hour...and vapo ended up seeing 2 corals he wanted to get... :) I was happy for him and definitely not surprised... ;) He liked the sun coral that is rare according to the owner and we didn't really see it that often at other places... He also liked a coral that even the store owner doesn't know what it is... :P It looked like polyps on a rock...It is brown in colour... Of course, since no one knows what it is, I didn't really want him to get it... So I told him he could only get one.... :) Then he started hard-selling the coral to me... I asked him would he be sad if he could only get one, he said yes... If I let him get both, will he be happy, he said yes... Since I want thim to be happy, he got both of them... :D

Purchases:

1 Sun Coral: $40
I Unknow Coral:: $40

Total: $80

Then we went back to vapo's place to settle the corals in and do some maintenace... :P

Corals Galore (Part 1)

Yesterday we woke up very early around 6am! :P We woke up this early just to get to NAFB for their massive boxing day sale... They were selling their new shipment of corals for $40 each! It is too big of a deal and sale to miss... It is too tempting and we couldn't miss out on it that's for sure... :)

We got there a little past 7am and there were already people inside the store choosing and picking up corals...It was definitely self-serve... :) Which of course, we love... Haha, everyone was going crazy and we bumped into C. He was there very early in the morning and was picking out corals already when we got there...and of course, he left earlier than us..haha...

So vapo went craxy... :P i was holding his jacket and the corals he and I picked out...so he can roam the isles and choose corals freely...It seems there were more guys there by themselves with noone to help them... ;)

We ended up getting 5 corals... One torch, two zoos (one of which is a surprise since it wasn't opend, we wanted to take a change on this one... :P) and one unknow coral that looks like a montipora with green on it... :) We didn't know what is was but it looked rare... ;)
We also got 2 big blue legged hermit crabs...

We stayed there for about 2 hours and many people who came before us left already... LOL but that's okay, we loved every minute of it... :)

When we finally did leave, we met up with a guy who wanted vapo's free plant cuttings... :) We met up with him at SP at Kennedy Commons... :)

After that, we went back to vapo's place to put the corals and hermit crabs in their rightful place... :)

Purchases:

1 Torch: $40
2 Zoos: $40 each, $80
1 Unknown Coral: $40
2 Blue Leffed Hermit Crabs: $3 each, got discoout so $5 for 2

Total: $205

Maintenance (TESTS) for Dec. 21, 2005 (All SW Tanks)

20G (Kitchen):
Specific Gravity - 1.0265
Ammonia - 0mg/L
Nitrite - 0.1mg/L
Nitrate - 5mg/L
pH - 7.9 pH - 8.3
Phosphate - 0.25mg/L
Calcium - 450mg/L

10G (Basement):
Specific Gravity - 1.026
Ammonia - 0mg/L
Nitrite - 1.6mg/L
Nitrate - 50mg/L
pH - 7.9
Phosphate - 0.5mg/L
Calcium - NA

120G (Basement):

Specific Gravity - 1.0255
Ammonia - 0mg/L
Nitrite - 0.1mg/L
Nitrate - 5mg/L
pH - 8.3
Phosphate - 0mg/L
Calcium - 440mg/L

20G Tall (Basement):

Specific Gravity - 1.026
Ammonia - 0mg/L
Nitrite - 0.3mg/L
Nitrate - 20mg/L
pH - 7.9
Phospate - 0.25mg/L
Calcium - NA

***ammonia #3 (NH3 #3 Bottle ) need more***

***nitrate #3 (NO3 #3 Bottle) need more***

Reef Lobster: He's cute!

So last night after dinner, we headed downtown to J's place to pick up the corals we reserved a few weeks ago...hoping that J didn't sell those... :)

J didn't sell the corals we reserved so we picked up some zoos, a sun coral and a reef lobster and J threw in two damsels for us to use to cycle the tanks... :) I really liked the lobster from the last time... :) I was happy J still had it...

J still had some slime in his tank and we gave him red slime removal medicine and we got all the corals and the lobster for $50.00 and the two damsels...

Purchases:

Sun Coral
Zoos
Reef Lobster $50.00 + 2 Free Damsels

Thanks J! :)

Sad day - breeding pair male gone

... to our disappointment, mom announced the bad news that the male clown fish of my breeding pair is dead.... somehow got suck into the powerhead but I think it's dead before it got suck in because that powerhead is not that strong to kill a fish. Oh well, the female one seems to wander around all tank to try to find her mate, they lived together for 5 years, it is in deed a sad day for her. Poor girl.

pH Monitor Buy

Today, vapo and I went to ORG around 1pm to meet up with a fellow fishperson to buy a PP pH monitor with ac adapter and probe for $75 off of him... It was a fair and a smooth transaction... :)

I must say, the quality of the corals and other livestock at ORG were good compared to other LFS but there were quite a few aiptasias lurking around in the tanks on the rocks and on the ground... :P The prices were bit on the expensive side for us...Hehehe...

Next we headed to BA Oakville since it was nearby and the quality of the corals and fishes were pretty good compared to other BA's...and they have a lot different things too... :) I like that... Of course, we didn't buy anything since Boxing day/week is just around the corner... ;)

Purchase of the day:

PP pH Monitor with AC Adapter and Probe: $75.00

pH Readings for all Sw Tanks (Sun Dec. 19, 2005)

20G pH: 8.3
120G pH: 8.23
20G Tall pH: 8.04
10G pH: 7.96 and 7.85

The Big Day! Kill Those Lil' Pests!

Finally, the day that vapo and I have been waiting for.................

Last evening vapo poured 2 bottles of flatworm exit! into his 120G SW tank because of the growing numbers of flatworms in the tank, mainly the red/orange ones...

Hopefully, 2 bottles are enough to kill the lil' pests... @_@ and won't kill the other living things... but according to vapo, the hermit crabs and fishes are acting weird as if they are dying... Luckily the corals are still doing well... just hope that the medicine WILL kill the flatworms and not the fishes etc. :)

Will keep an update on our progress!

More Updates

So vapo has moved more of his corals from the 20G tank in the kitchen to the 120G tank in the basement... :) His corals are slowly migrating to the bigger tank with better lighting and a better waterflow... :P His fishes should be the last to migrate...Hehehe... Since he isn't here during the week, it will give his tank more time to cycle.. The more time the tank has, the better his fishes will adapt...

The other thing is, we can't see any of the red/orange flatworms in the 120G tank anymore!! :) It's a good sign because maybe they are dying off since the tank is still relatively new and there is nothing much to eat inside... I really hope that's the case so we don't have to pour a whole bottle of Flatworm Exit in the tank which might kill his corals and other living things... I say to becareful and hold off it for awhile... :)

It appears corals and the 2 breeding clownfishes he migrated from the 10G tank are doing well in the bigger tank with better lighting... :)

I can't wait to see how it looks when everything is complete and done... ;)

I just have to get some slippers and maybe a couch down in the meantime... :)

Big Live Oysters

On Sunday afternoon, vapo and I headed over to BA Ken to see what livestock they have left from the sale...

They didn't seem to have much left and nothing too impressive... Let's just say, we didn't buy anything there... We are waiting for Christmas, hehe... but vapo did eat a hot dog... :)

Next, we went over to our friend K's place to see his tank and maybe get the overflow containers which K helped us glue back together... Thanks K! :)

I was looking for the linka starfish in his tank the entire time we were there and I couldn't find it...I think it will come out every so often for food... :)

Next, we went over to TNT supermarket to check out their seafood selection... :P I must say, they have a wide variety of seafood... :)

vapo couldn't resist and bought 5 big oysters... :) They were only $0.98 each...so that was definitely a good deal... We were looking for oysters that had a lot of stuff stuck to the shell... :) The more, the better...hehe... We had fun poking and touching the oysters... :)

Purchase:

5 Big Oysters @ 0.98 each... 5 for $4.90

Crab eating cuttlefish

On Saturday, vapo and I decided to go to K's house to see the crab that vapo caught get eaten by K's cuttlefish... :P Haha, yes, vapo and I love seeing these kinds of things... K would give us an acro frag for the crab which is a pretty good deal...

We got there and we saw K's tank... We were definitely very impressed... We especially liked the centrepiece...a big acro with 2 colours... Unfortunately, we couldn't pick that one as a frag for the crab... :P

K took us to his room where his cuttlefish tank is and the cuttlefish looked like a rock... I figured it is hiding itself so he can prey on his food...Haha, smart... Once the crab was dropped in, it didn't move but the cuttlefish sneaked up behind it but not to close to the crab...it walked using two of his tentacles and he changed colour and kept on bobbing up and down, back and forth...waiting...and waiting...for the right moment... The poor crab still didn't move, maybe he knows he is food and gave up any chance for survival... vapo and I started to become restless and wondered if the cuttlefish will prance on the poor thing and gobble it up.

Then suddenly, the cuttlefish pranced forward very quickly and snatched the crab in its mouth! :O The whole scene took less than 2 seconds!!! He was that fast! So the cuttlefish caught the crab and moved back to his hiding place to devour the poor thing...He ate it in a few second...shell, legs, everything... :O He seemed to be pretty content after his meal... :P

vapo and I were amazed and it was fun watching... :) It seemed to be entertainment for us...oops... :P I wouldn't forget this and I don't think vapo would either... :)

So we decided to pick up one of K's small red/brown acro frag... :) It's very nice... We left K's place very happily...coz we saw something that was definitely very fascinating... :)

Next, we went over to BA Miss...to check things out...there was nothing very interesting and they were closing up soon too...Haha, so I guess they were kicking people out...

After that, we headed over to RR to check out what was left in terms of corals from the blow-out pre-Xmas sale... :) We got there and no one was inside...I guess we got there pretty late, past 6pm for sure... :P They still had some stuff left and most of the corals were around the $40 price range... vapo saw some zoos he liked but decided not to get it...I think the prices are still not that great even though they have been slashed quite a bit...but I guess not enough for vapo and I to fork out money to buy... ;)

Then we left and went back to vapo's place to play with his (free) acro frag... :)

Gave crab to K and got a free acro frag

Thank you crab...you died very nobly... vapo and I will not forget...