Archive for March, 2008

Another burial at sea…

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Dynamite didn’t make it through the night.  So, we had another sea-side service for him this morning.  :(

I’m not sure what went wrong.  I’ve never had this kind of trouble with fish before.  I guess it’s back to the drawing board.  I’ll keep the tank with the live rock and crabs going.  The next fish will definitly go through QT before going in.  I also need to get some water tests, since I could have something out of whack with one of them and not know it.

Dynamite is not well…

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

This weekend Dynamite has taken a turn for the worse.  It started with little white spots on Friday.  So, Friday night I set up a hospital tank for him and got some Ick medication.  On Saturday, I woke up to a wet spot in the basement.  Turns out it was right below the new hospital tank.  The brand new tank leaks.  Grrr.  So, I moved Dynamite to a bucket and sealed up the tank with some silicone.  Today I moved him back into the tank.  He’s not well.  It appears that he has some fin rot too.  His tail, anal, and dorsal fins all seem to be in poor condition.  So, I guess I will be going to the pet store again tomorrow for some fin rot meds.  Actually, that all depends on if he makes it through the night.  He doesn’t look well.

I’ll keep you posted.
:(

Now we’ve got worms…

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

These too are in the aquarium, but they’re good worms. Some of them are feather dusters. They’re filter feeders. They make little tubes, then pop out and look like feather dusters. Here’s a picture of the coolest one we have: Our coolest feather duster. If you can’t quite see it there, here’s a close-up: Closeup Don’t let the size of the picture fool you. The blue part is only about a half an inch long. Maybe a bit longer, but not much. There are a bunch of other smaller ones too. But, they are not as pretty. The tube is grey and the “duster” portion is white or clear. Not to mention only about 1/4″ across.

We’ve also got some bristle worms. They’re kind of ugly. They’re reddish brown and have rows of “bristles” on them… hence the name. There’s mixed info about them on the web. Some people say they are bad cuz they’ll eat corals. I don’t have any, so no big deal there. Some people say they are beneficial detritus eaters. Yup, that means they eat fish poo. So, that’s good. I think I’ll leave them. Besides, they’re hard to catch. :)

It’s always fun to see what pops up next with the live rock.