Well, the tank is up and running and as of today seems to almost be done with its cycle. No not like a woman....ha ha ha. When a tank is set up new it must have time to establish the bacteria that break down fish waste. This is usually accomplished by the addition of live rock or a chap fish that one could care less if it dies. I used live rock and today added a clown fish. So far so good, its even eating on day one!! Sometimes fish can be finicky about eating first off so this is a good sign. I will re-check levels tomorrow and then if everything is going well I may take a trip to Worlds of Water in Johnson and stock up on the livestock. I just don't want to spend a Franklin to find my colorful fish tits up in the morn'. I'm already looking at adding a sump to clean up the look overall and adding water capacity. As water capacity increases the ability of water chemistry to swing either way diminishes. That's good. We added some crabs and snails a few weeks ago and even scored a Turbo Snail that has some Feather dusters on its shell. Feather dusters are a tube worm that uses its fan-like fingers to filter food from the water. We haven't really sat down and established a list of what livestock we want but I know it will take a while to find out who can live with who and who wont eat who. Part of the fun.
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Yyeeaa!! This has been so fun and taken so much patience on mine and Jamie's part! We are both pretty impatient, so we were more than thrilled when we could add the fish! "Nemo", as the kids have named him (I know, such an unusal name!)seems to be a little lonely,so he or she will hopefully have some friends within the next week or so. I cant wait until we can get an anemone for the clownfish! All of you are invited over to see it whenever you can swing by!
And to Jamie...This has been such an adventure with you! I'm so glad we can share the same interests, enjoy the same things, and embark on something new without pulling each other's heads off! I laugh to myself everytime we walk in the house from going somewhere....it seems like the first thing we both do is walk directly to that tank to stand and stare for a few minutes! I love you!
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