current changes:
Water
~70 lbs figi with some other types of rock in lesser amts.
30 lbs oolitic sand
2 mushroom leathers
3 million Pink Xenias
Several clumps of anthelia
1 silver dollar sized hydnopora
1 large purple blade gorgonian + lots of frags
1 Brilliant blue/purple crocea?
1 green/brown Goni (growing like a weed 2)
1 green/brown acropora with commensal crab
couple hundred button polyps
1 acropora frag (bright blue-green/mauve
1 bubble coral
1 blue, green, pink open brain
1 strange brown type of xenia with small polyps and no pulse
1 huge bismac rock + 3 other porites colonies
1 small "starlet" coral (hitchiker)
1 green bubbletip anemone
lots of caulerpa and other assorted macros and clacareous algae
tons of assorted shrooms
two colonies of bright green star polyps
1 coral banded shrimp
2 peppermint shrimp
1 sally lightfoot
less and less hermits of varying species
" " " snails " " "
1 maroon clown who loves the Goni and the anemone as well as the brown tang
1 strawberry pseudochromis
1 sailfin blenny
1 jawfish
1 brown tang
Killed-
1 green open brain (probably from a heat wave)
1 stunning elegance coral. It faded within a week of owning it. I don't think that they heal well from nicks and cuts in transport THis piece succumbed to a jelly like infection in a very similar manner to the brain only months later. I have had bad luck with corals that have skeletons similar to brains and elegance. I'm afraid I'm to clumsy and rough with them.
1 T max
1 banded pipefish (I didn't kill it the CB shrimp bit off its tail-It was doing good and I loved that fish).
2 firefish
1 (male) Bangaii Cardinal
Firefish and card both victims of the bloodthirsty pseudo
Use B-ionic daily, clean skimmer about once a week, feed about three times a day -more than the fish and corals can eat, clean glass and lights about twice a week. Also add about 3-4 gallons of water at a time about twice a week- I just dump it in and everything seems too like it. A lot of people would crap if they knew I did this but it doesnt matter.
Once you get past the initial few months of figuring out the ins and outs of reefin' its really simple and takes less maintainance than any FW tank I have ever kept.
[This message has been edited by MFisher (edited 13 January 2001).]
[This message has been edited by MFisher (edited 09 February 2001).]