Originally Posted by
jason490
Thanks Nemo,
Caleigh, Yea I still have the mandarin and he is doing great. The sand is turned over a lot, I have about 10 blueleg hermits, a snail, and 3 snails I picked up the other day that move very quick and have long tails, forget what they are called. I also have a horseshoe crab in there. Yea I am gonna add a couple more pieces of rock I am not real fond of the stacking but will probably stack some in the corner.
I find myself looking for new stuff to add everyday but I know I am at my limit. So I will most likely upgrade in the near future to a larger system.
I feed the manadrin frozen brine shrimp. He also likes the frozen invert food (the green stinky cubes
) and I put ZooPlex in the water for the anemones and him. So everything is doing great, PH is 8.3, salinity is .023-.025 and all others are 0.
Don't wanna get any stuff stirred up again here, but this is the tank everyone told me I was an idiot on and that everything would be dead in a week. Hmm seems like that was over a month ago.
I also just purchased a Fuji 9.0 megapixel camera, one of the 1000.00 dollar ones. So I should have some real good pictures once it comes in from order.
Jason
I'm sure we're all just talking to the wind here, but regardless of whether or not your fish die in another month, in another year, or in another ten years, that doesn't necessarily mean that they're happy and thriving. They may always be just "getting by." Know what I mean? Kind of like a homeless person that lives on the streets for most of their life; just because they're living doesn't really mean that they're happy or thriving either.
Please be a responsible, caring reef- and fish-keeper and read up about your tank inhabitants, and do what's right by them. Definitely go out and buy "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist," give it a read, and put to practice the responsible reef- and fish-keeping routines that Dr. Fenner recommends.
Good luck!
