Our Marine Aquarium:

Updated November 27, 2007

The tank was originally set up in October of 2003 when we moved into the house. After cycling the tank, we have gone through several evolutions of fish, ranging from a reef safe setup to fish only triggers and puffers.  We always seem to get that one fish that dominates everything and kills off the others.

A visit to Keys Aquarium, on day, revealed the wonderful world of frags!  This was a great opportunity to get into corals.  After some research I began to propagate the corals I bought with great success.

Click on some of the photos to see enlargements

Coming to an end of 2007, with several hobbies and life’s business compiling, we put the tank up for sale for a while, thinking of downsizing.  A bio cube seemed a good option until I researched it and discovered that I would have to modify it so much that only the original tank would be left.  The only other option would be a smaller version of what we had so, we decided to keep it.

The aquarium was neglected over the summer months so we are now working on revitalizing it to what we hope will be a beautiful reef tank.

Phase I involves an extensive cleaning, removal of some of the corals, addition of more rock (in phases) and the addition of a good cleaning crew (in phases).  Replacement of the cooling fans in the hood will be done soon.  I believe I have located a much quieter fan than the loud, abnoxious CustomSealife fans.

Current inhabitants:
Royal Gromma
False Percula Clown
Unknown number of Reg Leg Hermit Crabs
Yellow Leather Coral
Blue Zoanthids
Green Zoanthids
Pink/Purple/Green Zoanthids
Green Starburst Polyps
Yellow Polyps
Purple-Blue Mushrooms
Ricordea Coral

November 10, 2007 saw the addition of the following:
10 pounds of rock
25 Reef Hermits
25 Astraea Snails
1 Blue Flasher Wrasse - M.I.A. after 4 days
Frogspawn Frag
Orange Zoanthid Frag 0000000000000000000000000000000000 Red Mushroom Frag

November 14, 2007 - Added a frag of Green Sinularia and some live rock. The photo below shows the Sinularia in a shrunken state from its transportation from the store and placement in the tank. I'm not sure where its final placement in the tank will be yet. I also grabbed a photo of a Reef Hermit Crab looking for a new shell in the evening. Click on the photos for enlargements.

The Frogspawn frag is starting to look like it is doing well, after glueing it to a larger rock and the Blue Flasher Wrasse hasn't been seen after 4 days of being in the tank.