Our SaltWater Tank

Last year we went to a HOME SHOW and put our name in the drawing for a HI-S Maxxima RO 35 gpd Guess what happened a week later?
They called to say that we won the filter.

They want an arm and a leg for their TECH to install it.
Since I like all of my appendages I installed it myself.
In truth the RO Water Filter was a snap to install!

The big problem we had with winning it was the cost of the replacement filters from the local supplier. They wanted almost as much for the filters as for the unit itself.

So we went on line and found this place water filters online. They made the whole deal worth while.

I use to have 3 or 4 those cheap clear acrylic, swing-arm style hydrometer.
And you know what no 2 of them would read that same.
I am sure that you know taking care of fish and corals requires very strict water parameters. The cheap hydrometer were and are a waste of time and money. Get yourself a Hand Held Refractometer w/ATC.
It is will worth the cost compared to the cost of your coral and fish.

This is a new baby fire worm I found in the grow out tank.
He will be going into the Refugium just as soon as I can catch him.

Although Sea Anemones look like flowers, they are predatory animals.
These invertebrates have no skeleton at all.
They live attached to firm objects in the seas, usually the sea floor, rock, or coral, but they can slide around very slowly.
Sea anemones are very long lived.
Hermit crabs sometimes attach sea anemones to their shells for camouflage.

There are over 1000 species of anemones found in coastal waters worldwide, in shallow waters (including coral reefs), and in deep oceans.

Clown fish always live near anemones; they are immune from (and protected by) the stinging tentacles.
The clown fish help the anemone by cleaning the tentacles (as the fish eat detritus) and perhaps by scaring away predators.
Sea Anemones come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Radially symmetric, they have a columnar body with a single body opening, the mouth, which is surrounded by tentacles. The tentacles protect the anemone and catch its food; they are studded with microscopic stinging capsules. Sea Anemones are usually about 1 to 4 inches (2.5-10 cm) across, but a few grow to be 6 feet (1.8 m) across.
We have not had to much sucess with anemones from the LFS but the last one we got from
reeftopia.com
were far healthier the any we have ever see at the LFS and are doing very well.

Click HERE to see more of this Sea Anemones Pictures

Decided to do a little “browsing” at VI Pets in Grand Rapids. (We like the one on Plainfield best) Our browsing turned into buying again !
Our new Scooter Blenny (Scooter II) seems to enjoy his new home, the hex tank.
We also brought home a long tentacle green plate coral.

We’ve never met one of these before, but so far — so good !
What is striking about this coral is it’s iridescent green body.
This long tentacle green plate coral expands and contracts daily a lot.
This guy eats ALOT and was eating within the hour of going in the tank!
You can see the other pictures of the Green Plate Coralhere