First coral!!!

I have had on order some coral for a while now and on tuesday it finally arrived WOOO.

I have a pulsing Xenia, on it came a free tiny feather star (starfish) i have decided to call him Tony hehe. So far he hasnt moved but if i does i dont think ill ever be able to find him again lol.

Welcome Patches

I have a new friend who seems to be doing well, we have called him patches. She is a green spotted Mandarin dragonet/Goby (Synchiropus picturatus).

new photos

Iodine and soft coral

I have ordered a Pulsing Xenia today and i purchased an Iodine supplemt and a test kit to get the water levels right for the xenia.

The Iodide level is 0.01 so i will be using the supplement every day this week to get it up to above 0.06mg/L.

17/1/10 testing

Test results for this week

nitrate 0.1
phosphate 0
PH 8.6
nitrite 5 or 10
calcium 480
ammonia 0
gravity 1.018

might be getting coral soon woo

Strange new growths

After some study of my tank i discovered some strange new something growing on my rocks.









the feather things have been determined to be feather duster worms
the hair things are vermitid snails and will be removed soon

Send in the Clowns!

Wooo after some final tests my calcium is up to normal standards and i have purchased a saddlebag (percula variant) clownish woooo, his name is Vinny as he looks like a hard man lol. After a bit of cowering round the back of the tank he found the anemone and has settled right in, the anemone seems happier as well which is good.

Here is a photo of him, more will follow on facebook;


I will keep you all posted!