| Activity Log | ||
| Date | Note | Status |
| 6/29/2006 | Added 20 lbs of live sand | |
| 7/10/2006 | Added 15 lbs of Base Rock | |
| 7/12/2006 | Added 14 lbs of Live Rock | |
| 7/24/2006 | Cleaned both power head pre-filter sponges and the heater | |
| 7/24/2006 | Added one 40/50 count pre-cooked shrimp to the tank to promote bacteria growth | |
| 7/29/2006 | Added 5 Blue Leg Hermits | |
| 7/29/2006 | Added 2 Astraea Snails | |
| 7/29/2006 | Added 4 Empty shells for Hermits | |
| 8/5/2006 | Added 4 Astraea Snails | 3 left |
| 8/5/2006 | Added 4 Empty shells for Hermits | |
| 8/6/2006 | Added 2 juvenile emerald crabs | Sold 1, other died |
| 8/6/2006 | Added 5 Scarlet Reef Hermits | 3 left |
| 8/6/2006 | Added 1 Mexican Red Leg Hermit | Deceased |
| 8/10/2006 | Added 3 Nassarius snails | |
| 8/10/2006 | Added 1 Gramma loreto (Royal Gramma) from That Pet Place | Deceased |
| 8/11/2006 | Added 1 Camel Shrimp from Exotic Aquatics | Sold 1, other died |
| 8/11/2006 | Added 1 Red Mushroom from Exotic Aquatics | Hanging in there |
| 8/11/2006 | Added 2 colonies of Zoanthids (One frag that had a few polyps dangling, so I split them off into a separate colony) from Exotic Aquatics | Deceased |
| 8/13/2006 | Added 1 Red Hairy Mushroom from Marine Dreams | Alive |
| 8/16/2006 | Set up an emergency QT tank for the Gramma loreto | |
| 8/16/2006 | Netted the Gramma loreto, fresh water dipped him to remove parasites, and transferred him to QT tank | |
| 8/21/2006 | Added 1 Purple Mushroom with Blue-Green Spots from Marine Dreams | Hanging in there |
| 8/25/2006 | Glued the two zoanthid colonies (originally one, but then split) to rocks in the tank so crabs/snails will stop knocking them off | |
| 9/3/2006 | Removed the Camel Shrimp from the tank and sold him to LFS -- was forced to remove the aquascaped live rock to get the shrimp out | |
| 9/5/2006 | Removed the larger emerald crab from the tank and sold him to LFS -- hopefully now my missing zoanthids problem will go away | |
| 9/21/2006 | Added 2 Zoanthid colonies (Dark brown skirts with yellow-green highlights and a blue center with yellow-green circle around mouth) | Doing great |
| 9/21/2006 | Added 1 orange and purple Ricordea florida (1 mouth) | Doing great |
| 9/21/2006 | Added 1 steel blue Ricordea florida (2 mouths -- splitting) | Doing great |
| 9/21/2006 | Added 1 steel blue Ricordea florida (3 mouths -- not splitting yet) | Doing great |
| 9/21/2006 | Added 1 fluorescent green and purple Ricordea florida (1 mouth) | Deceased |
| 9/21/2006 | Added 1 two-tone green Ricordea florida (2 mouths -- splitting) | Deceased |
| 9/21/2006 | Added 1 yellow, purple, and light blue Ricordea florida (1 mouth) | Doing great |
| 9/29/2006 | Added 1 colony of "Purple People Eaters" palythoa | Deceased |
| 9/29/2006 | Added 1 colony of zoanthids (Green skirts with blue center) | Deceased |
| 9/29/2006 | Added 1 colony of zoanthids (Blue skirts with blue center) | Deceased |
| 10/13/2006 | Removed one of the larger scarlet reef hermits and placed it in the QT tank -- It was eating my Neomeris annulata | |
| 10/16/2006 | Attempted my first propagation of Ricordea florida with minor success -- finished splitting the two-tone green Ricordea, and managed to cut off one third of the purple and green Ricordea | |
| 10/23/2006 | Added one small colony of Green Star Polyps | Deceased |
| 11/6/2006 | Added one small stalk of brown Xenia elongata | Deceased |
| 11/6/2006 | Added one small stalk of Kenya Tree (Capnella sp.) | Hanging in there |
| 11/6/2006 | Added one colony (3 polyps) of orange zoanthids with green centers | Deceased |
| 11/18/2006 | Added one Amphiprion percula clown fish | Doing great |
| 11/18/2006 | Added one dark grey Ricordea florida with orange highlights | Deceased |
| 12/15/2006 | Added one green Ricordea yuma with pinkish-purple highlights | Deceased |
| 12/23/2006 | Propagated the smaller of the two-tone green ricordeas by cutting it off the rock and splitting it into 4 pieces -- hopefully I'll end up with 4 - 5 ricordeas | |
| 12/23/2006 | Modified the two Maxi-Jet 900s by replacing the suction cup bracket with the hook bracket to prevent the powerheads from slipping down anymore | |
| 12/31/2006 | Added 7 or 8 new shells for the hermit crabs to grow into | |
| 1/7/2007 | Added 2 colonies of Pink Zoanthids from Walt (WDLV) -- one was given to a coworker | Doing great |
| 1/7/2007 | Added 1 colony of Orange Zoanthids from Walt (WDLV) | Hanging in there |
| 1/7/2007 | Added one small hitch hiker chiton and a few bristle worms that came with one of the pink zoos colonies | Deceased |
| 1/19/2007 | Propagated the original green ricordea with a purple rim into 4 pieces | |
| 1/29/2007 | Added two stalks of Pom-pom Xenia from Ken at the Scales Social | Deceased |
| 1/29/2007 | Added one colony of "Blood Rain" Zoanthids from Chris (143Gagdets) at the Scales Social | Almost dead |
| 1/29/2007 | Added one colony of "Flaming Fire and Ice" Zoanthids from Dave (dhoch) at the Scales Social | Deceased |
| 1/29/2007 | Added one colony of "Red People Eaters" Palythoas from Dave (dhoch) at the Scales Social | Deceased |
| 1/30/2007 | Added one "metallic" purple discosoma mushroom with green/blue highlights from Marine Dreams | Doing great |
| 2/1/2007 | Moved the tank over about 7 or 8 inches to make room for the refugium and it's stand, which will hopefully begin operating in about a week | |
| 2/2/2007 | Added a MJ-600 pump and added the refugium to the system along with 4 gallons of fresh salt water -- pressure-locking baffles and lighting to come next | |
| 2/6/2007 | Added two pressure-locking baffles to the refugium | |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 red and green Acan Lord from the CMAS Frag Fest | Doing great |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 green bird's nest coral from the CMAS Frag Fest | Deceased |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 blue Ricordea florida with 3 mouths from the CMAS Frag Fest | Deceased |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 colony of "Mean Green" zoanthids from Chris (143Gadgets) | Doing well |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 colony of "Zombie Eyes" zoanthids from Chris (143Gadgets) | Doing well |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 small teal/purple Ricordea florida from Exotic Aquatics | Deceased |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 small, almost dead orange Ricordea of unknown species from Exotic Aquatics for free | Slowly growing |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 green favites from Mike (LobsterOfJustice) | Doing well |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 Unknown partially-bleached Monti Cap to be given to Tim from Mike (LobsterOfJustice) | Given to Tim |
| 2/10/2007 | Added 1 Collonista snail hitch hiker from the Monti Cap | Turned into 1000s |
| 2/12/2007 | Increased the tank's photo-period by approx an hour | |
| 2/17/2007 | Added a custom-made acrylic top to the refugium to slow down evaporation | |
| 2/19/2007 | Added 3 Stomatella varia snails into the refugium from Tim's "pest" tank | Deceased |
| 2/19/2007 | Added a large wad of Chaetomorph macro algae into the refugium from Tim's "pest" tank | Pruned often |
| 2/19/2007 | Added a single strand of Grape Caulerpa into the refugium from Tim's "pest" tank | Deceased |
| 2/19/2007 | Added 1 unknown crab hitch hiker into the refugium from Tim's "pest" tank -- very tiny, about 4 mm with one large claw and one small claw -- It was found dead the next morning unfortunately | Deceased |
| 2/21/2007 | Added 1 Coralife Aqualight Mini 18W power compact fixture with 9W dual daylight and dual actinic bulbs | |
| 2/21/2007 | Added approximately 30 lbs of Carib-Sea sugar-sized aragonite sand to the refugium, creating a deep sand bed of approximately 4 inches | |
| 3/4/2007 | Added 1 small colony of Lunar Eclipse Palythoas from Chris (143Gadgets) | Deceased |
| 3/4/2007 | Added approximately 20 nassarius snails from Sea Save (~10 to main tank and ~10 to refugium) | Half are still alive |
| 3/4/2007 | Added 1 unknown snail that came in the bag with the nassarius snails to the refugium to monitor it -- it appears to be a baby turbo snail | Doing great |
| 3/13/2007 | Propagated one of the 3 polyps of orange Ricordea florida into two pieces -- hopefully the root that was left behind will also form one or two polyps | |
| 3/13/2007 | Attempted to induce one of the three steel blue Ricordea florida polyps to split by tying a piece of fishing line around it between its two mouths -- this is an experiment to see if this method works | |
| 3/25/2007 | Added a Valenciennea puellaris (Orange Diamond Sleeper Goby) from Exotic Aquatics | Doing well |
| 4/14/2007 | Added a purple Ricordea yuma from Tony (Biggs) | Deceased |
| 4/14/2007 | Added a green birds nest from Tony (Biggs) | Hanging in there |
| 4/14/2007 | Added an orange Montipora digitata from Tony (Biggs) | Doing great |
| 5/6/2007 | Added a 5-polyp colony of Galaxia sp. coral from the CMAS May Picnic and Frag Fest | Doing great |
| 5/6/2007 | Added a small frag of red Fungia sp. from the CMAS May Picnic and Frag Fest | Deceased |
| 5/6/2007 | Added a medium-sized frag of green Echinophyllia sp. from the CMAS May Picnic and Frag Fest | Hanging in there |
| 5/6/2007 | Added a small orange and blue Ricordea yuma from the CMAS May Picnic and Frag Fest | Deceased |
| 5/6/2007 | Added a medium-sized frag of purple and green Acanthastrae hillae from the CMAS May Picnic and Frag Fest | Doing great |
| 5/6/2007 | Added a green Ricordea florida from Tony (Biggs) | Doing great |
| 5/6/2007 | Added a small tan Sarcophyton sp. With green polyps From Heather (ortegah) | Doing well |
| 5/7/2007 | Replaced both the dual daylight and the dual actinic power compact bulbs and commenced a modified dual daylight lighting schedule of 4 hours + 1 hour each day for the next week to acclimate the corals to the new daylight light bulb (the actinics will be left on a normal cycle) -- several layers of egg crate will also be used to block some of the light, with one layer being removed each day for the first several days | |
| 8/18/2007 | Added a small pink and greyish-blue Ricordea yuma with a yellow mouth from Exotic Aquatics | Doing well |
| 9/2/2007 | Added several small frags of orange, yellow and green Acanthastrea echinata on a frag disk from Exotic Aquatics | Doing great |
| 9/8/2007 | Added a 2-head frag of green frogspawn with purple tips from Tom | Doing great |
| 9/8/2007 | Added another purple Ricordea yuma from Tony to replace the first one he sold to me that is barely alive | Deceased |
| 9/8/2007 | Added a frag of "Fire and Ice" zoanthids from EliteReef's $10 zoo frag sale | Doing great |
| 9/8/2007 | Added a frag of "Dragon Eyes" zoanthids from EliteReef's $10 zoo frag sale | Doing well |
| 10/14/2007 | Added a frag of yellow Tubastrea sp. from Matas | Doing great |
| 12/5/2007 | Added about 5 lbs of dead rock split between the fuge and main tank -- the purpose of this is to begin making it live rock before the live rock already in the tank is transferred over to the 29g tank being set up at home | |
| 12/8/2007 | Added a 1.5 polyp frag of a deep red Acanthastrea sp. from Mr. Corals | Doing great |
| 12/8/2007 | Added a 1 polyp frag of light green and light red Acanthastrea sp. from Mr. Corals | Doing great |
| 12/8/2007 | Added a 3 polyp frag of gray and red Acanthastrea sp. from Mr. Corals | Doing great |
| 12/8/2007 | Added a small frag of whammin watermelon zoanthids from from Mr. Corals | Doing great |
| 12/8/2007 | Added a 1 polyp frag of gray and green Duncanopsammia axifuga from Mr. Corals | Doing great |
| 12/15/2007 | Installed a Compact III RO/DI filtraton system from www.airwaterice.com in my house -- all water changes from here on will be done using water from this system instead of from Kleins supermarket | |
| 12/17/2007 | Added one very small green ricordea florida purchased at the CMAS Christmas party | Doing well |
| 12/17/2007 | Added one medium pink and blue ricordea florida purchased at the CMAS Christmas party | Doing great |
| 12/17/2007 | Added one free frag of pink and green echinophyllia sp. from TomD at the CMAS Christmas party -- Thanks Tom! | Doing great |
| 12/24/2007 | Added one free polyp of brown zoanthid with bright green center from TKByrnes | Doing well |
| 12/24/2007 | Added 2 small, barely alive frags of brown and green Favia sp. I rescued from Mr. Coral | One died, other is great |
| 2/9/2008 | Added 1 frag of blue-ish Acanthastrea bowerbanki from the CMAS Frag Fest | Doing well, broke into 2 |
| 2/9/2008 | Added 1 frag of red and white Acanthastrea lordhowensis from the CMAS Frag Fest | Doing great |
| 2/9/2008 | Added 1 polyp of purple Ricordea florida with orange highlights and 4 green mouths from the CMAS Frag Fest | Doing great |
| 2/9/2008 | Added 1 frag of rust-red with green center Maze Brain from the CMAS Frag Fest | Coloring up! |
| 2/9/2008 | Added 1 frag of Green Montipora capricornis from Walt | Doing great |
| 2/10/2008 | Added 1 polyp of light grey and greyish-green Ricordea florida with 2 mouths from Mr. Coral's Midnight Madness Sale | Doing great |
| 2/10/2008 | Added 1 polyp of light green Ricordea florida with yellow highlights and 1 green mouth from Mr. Coral's Midnight Madness Sale | Doing great |
| 2/10/2008 | Added 1 polyp of greyish-tan Ricordea florida with grey-ish purple towards the edge and 2 green mouths from Mr. Coral's Midnight Madness Sale | Doing great |
| 2/10/2008 | Added 1 polyp of grey Ricordea florida with yellow highlights and 1 pink mouth from Mr. Coral's Midnight Madness Sale | Doing great |
| 2/11/2008 | Added 2 small frags of Seriatopora Hystrix (birds nest) from the CMAS Frag Fest I got from Tim for free | Doing great |
| 2/11/2008 | Added 1 small frag of Green Slimer Acropora from Tim | Doing great |
| 2/23/2008 | Added 1 polyp of light pink and light blue Ricordea florida with one grey mouth from Exotic Aquatics | Doing great |
| 2/24/2008 | Replaced the 9w actinic refugium light with a 9w 6700k light | |
| 3/2/2008 | Added one small Caribbean pistol shrimp with a green claw from Bob (Fuzznuts) | Snapping regularly |
| 3/15/2008 | Added one and a half small polyps of orange ricordea florida with a purple center and one green mouth from Mr. Coral -- the half polyp looks like it was torn | Doing great |
| 3/15/2008 | Added one small polyp of green and orange ricordea florida with a hint of blue and no mouth yet from Mr. Coral | Doing great |
| 3/15/2008 | Added one small polyp of green with yellow highlights ricordea florida with two mouths from Mr. Coral | Doing great |
| 3/17/2008 | Added two new shells for the hermit crabs to fight over | |
| 3/17/2008 | Fragged off the 1/2 polyp of Ricordea florida that was on the orange ric from Mr. Coral so it wouldn't fall off and get lost | Doing great |
| 4/7/2008 | Added an orange and blue-grey rainbow Ricordea florida with a pink mouth from Blue Ribbon Koi -- It was pretty expensive, but hopefully worth it | Doing well |
| 4/7/2008 | Replaced the dual daylight power compact bulb and began the modified lighting schedule used last time I replaced the bulb | |
| 5/23/2008 | I have begun the process of slowly moving the contents of this tank to the 29g I have been building at home -- starting with the rocks on the far right side of the tank | |
| 5/24/2008 | Moved more of the tank over to the 29g today -- the rest of the section to the right of the ricordea bridge in the middle and some of the ricordeas | |