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My Saltwater Aquarium
Tank Evolution
Saltwater Aquarium News From Beginning of Tank
1/31/05 Moorish Idol eating bits of mussel, dried marine algae, and some zoo plankton
1/29/05 Moorish Idol was delivered
1/24/05 Blue Linkia did not survive
1/20/05 Yellow Figi Leather Coral did not survive
1/19/05 Flame Angel, Bubble Coral, Brain Coral, Yellow Figi Leather Coral, 12 Turbo Snails, Blue Linkia Starfish, and Sand Starfish Delivered
1/04/05 Orange Linkia Added to Tank purchased from Skipton's Pet Center in Boston for $35 (expensive but very healthy star)
7/04 Tank setup at new house
6/04 Lost a clownfish during the move
5/04 Lost both rose anemones right before the move (bad water circulation to blame)
5/04 In process of moving so 75 gallon tank was split between two tanks and put at Grandma's
2/26/04 No fish until March 19th 2004 when ICK should be gone
2/25/04 Order of Inverts placed from liveaquaria.com
2/25/04 Blue Linkia Starfish purchased from Petco
2/15/04 75 Gallon Saltwater Setup Complete
2/01/04 New 75 gallon tank purchased and will be the new saltwater tank
1/30/04 All fish perished from the explosion of ICK
1/20/04 Fish have been diagnosed with ICK they are being treated with Kent RX P
10/17/03 Rose Anemone Clone Purchased (Pictures Below)
10/15/03 Sump Completed
10/08/03 Making a Sump below the tank
10/01/03 Order rocks from www.hirocks.com
8/17/03 Newest pictures posted at the bottom of this page
8/17/03 New Fish bought
8/17/03 Upgraded to a 37 gallon aquarium
2/23/03 Bought a turbo snail for the tank
2/22/03 Bought two damsel fish and a hermit crab
2/18/03 All looks good and first fish should be added on 2/22/03
2/18/03 Aquarium continues to cycle with the help of biozome and is currently cloudy
2/15/03 Aquarium was setup with water and salt added
Notes from The Past
This page is about my Saltwater Aquarium. After having a freshwater aquarium and having an extra tank setup and filter around I decided to try it. Since I noticed many of the fish are a lot cheaper now I said what the heck. I setup the aquarium and added the water and mixed in the salt. I used saltwater biozome which helps speed up the cycling process. The two damsel fish are very shy and hide when I come into the room. I had a lot of success with my saltwater tank. In fact I had better luck with it than my freshwater tank until I had a problem with my air pump and freshwater siphoned into my saltwater tank. The fish lived through the incident but they soon all got ick and eventually all died because I could not treat a reef tank. After going through all of that I knew I wanted to get my tank back going. I changed my 37 gallon tank to freshwater and moved my saltwater stuff to a 75 Gallon Oak tank. Shortly after I had it going good It was time to more. My parents bought a new house so I had to start planning for the move. My 75 gallon tank was separated into 2 different tanks (1 reef, and 1 fish only), Because I still had a small amount of ick in the tank I decided to treat all the fish for ick and eliminate it completely. The two tanks were over my grandmothers for about a month and a half. They were eventually moved into my new house back into their 75 gallon tank and there is no longer any ick. I bought a powerful 36 watt uv sterilizer and I also have a 20 gallon quarantine tank to continue to keep ick out of my tank. The UV sterilizer is only put on when I feel it is necessary. I just got a Moorish Idol and the UV on right now since the Moorish Idol will not be quarantined because he demands nothing but the highest quality water. He has been pecking at dried marine algae and chopped up mussel.
First I got a girlfriend who said my freshwater fish and turtles were ugly so I took an empty tank I had lying around and started all of this
02/15/03 Here is a picture of the initial tank setup
02/19/03 About 4 days later I changed the gravel to live sand and added a small piece of coral. Looks much better!
08/17/03 Tank Upgraded to a 37 Gallon Tank
10/10/03 Rocks were added to the 37 Gallon Tank. Purchased rocks from www.hirocks.com
10/17/03 Anemone Added and Tank Redecorated a bit
The 37 Gallon Tank after it was set up for a while
Here is the 75 Gallon Saltwater fish tank set up for the first time
05/04 The 75 Gallon Tank right before the move
1/30/05 After Moorish Idol was added