Sunday, April 3, 2011

Stocking The Tank











Well the tank has finished cycling and I've captured, killed, or removed all but two of my yellow tailed damsels. It is now time to begin the task of stocking the tank with a community of fish that are compatible, so of to the book store and pet store to find a good book that shows which fish get along the best. The best book I found was The 101 Best Saltwater Fishes, I found that in Vancouver at J&L Aquatics in Burnaby close to S.F.U. on Lougheed hwy. I also found they had the biggest variety of stock and supplies and the best prices. When I was there I also picked up some live sand 40lbs bag and replacement media for my Marineland canister filter, and I also bought a package deal for a clean up crew. The custodian package I got was for a 50-60 gallon tank it included 45 Blue Legged Hermit Crabs, 5 Red Scarlet Hermit Crabs, 15 Astrea Snails, 15 Margarita Snails, and 15 Cerith Snails, and all that for $150.00. I also bought another 60gal pail of Seachem Seasalt for $40.00 and a few other books on reef keeping. I waited until I got back from Vancouver until I bought fish because I was worried about the 4 hour car ride back to Kelowna, a worry that I should not have had, as they would have been fine I would have just had to worry about the temperature. Anyways ounce I was back I waited until the two for one sale and I bought two False Percula Clown Fish (Ocellaris Clown Fish) and a Lawnmower Blenny Fish. The next weekend I went down and bought a bubble tipped Sea Anenome, man was that guy beautiful. That Anenome was a good 6 inches in diameter and had a real nice purple colour to him, at the store he was a pink colour and was about half the size. I found out later that the reason he changed coulour was because of my blue actnitic lights becuase it had the same effect on another fish I bought a Royal Gramma who was half bright pink and half bright yellow and when I got him home he was half purple and half yellow. I also bought a Blue Velvet Damsel Fish.

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