It's been a while since I posted. I've been meaning to take more pictures to have something to show. I haven't done that yet, but I will get to it. But there has been so many changes to the aquarium it deserves an update!
Two pieces of bad news awaited me when I came back from a recruiting trip to Austin last week. The frag of birdsnest coral I got from Billy apparently was out in the air too long while I did my 15 gallon water change last week, and about half of it died off . On the upside, half of it still looks great. Hopefully it'll grow a bunch to compensate.
The other piece of slightly bad news was that my blue tang seems to have a case of Marine Ich. For the uninitiated, it's a protazoa parasite that causes itchy white spots under the skin of the fish. I'm treating with garlic (yes, garlic) drops and some stuff called "IchAttack", and so far it isn't too bad. My local fish guy said that every tank has it, but the fish only contract it when they are stressed out. Hopefully my tang will relax...
On the positive side, I've been adding quite a few species to my tank over the past week. Saturday James and I picked up a Lawnmower Blenny and a Royal Gramma Basslet. I have to get a picture for y'all of the Royal Gramma, it is awesome. The fish has blue eyes, and it's body is half purple and half yellow. Weird.
Yesterday I picked up a Fighting Conch snail, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, and a frag of cool Favia coral- maroon with neon green centers. I will post pics!
So far so good.
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