January Updates

January updates: Finally I've pickup some corals to get the tank going, big thanks to Mark and Karl for hooking me up with those nice frags. I've also added 2 new fish into the tank, a baby Lemonpeel Angel and a Powder Blue Tang. Here are some pictures of the fish and corals that survived the tank crash plus the two new fish additions.

Raspberry Chalice

Acan
Blue-Tornado Palys
Bimaculatus Anthias - Male
Bimaculatus Anthias - Female
Powder Blue Tang

Lemonpeel Angel

Current Tank Status

Well, it has been quite a long time since I last updated. I was out of the country for about a month in Nov' 2007 and sad to say, when I returned from the trip, my tank has crashed again. I've lost all my exotic sps corals and fishes. The only surviving livestock are some lps, zoas and my two bimaculatus anthias. Since then, the tank has been re-setup from scratch with about 45lbs of Tonga Fusion liverocks. All the surviving inhabitants have been moved back into the tank and are doing well. In the next couple of weeks, I'll be ready to restock the tank with some frags.

Here is a photo of the tank condition when I returned from my trip:

This is how the tank looks like now....

New Fishes.....

Mystery Wrasse - Pickup this fish from RAP two weeks ago. It has been doing great and eating frozen mysis and formula 2 flakes. This is the most expensive fish that I've ever paid for and on top of that, I bought it at a bargain price.

Bimaculatus Anthias - These are my latest additon, bought them over the weekend from my LFS. One male and 2 females, all the three fish are doing well and eating frozen mysis and brine shrimp.

Another full tank pic taken this evening...

Latest Tank Pics...

I took some pictures this evening, here are some tank shots for your viewing pleasure.

Full Tank View

Left Side View

Right Side View

Front Center

Front Left

Front Right

Reef-A-Palooza 2007

Last weekend, I attended the RAP event in Southern California together with some fellow reefers. We drove down from Sacramento a day earlier for the event. We also have the opportunity to visit a local fish store there too. At the RAP, I picked up 7 pieces of frags and a beautiful Mystery Wrasse. Here are some pictures that I took during the event.

Entrance to RAPZero-Edge Tank lighted by PFO Solaris Lights

Closed-Up view of Zero-Edge Tank ViaAqua Skimmer in action

Polario Pump by TAAMJellyfish Tank

Captive-Bred Black Percs ClownfishLocal Fish Store from Sacramento at RAP

Frags from Steve Tyree (Reeffarmers.com)

Jendub's LPS frags

Corals and frags from Reef Hot Spot

Dipping my frags in TMPCC

Here are the list of items I picked up from RAP:

1. LE Rogue Millepora
2. Unknown Acro
3. 50K Lokani
4. Raspberry Chalice
5. Greg Caroll Acro Berry
   
6. Montipora Setosa
7. Cyphastrea
8. Mystery Wrasse