so i get homoe tonnight and what is the first thing I see as I carry a 50lb box of base rock into the house, the blue labidochromis in my african tank were spawning. Granted breeding african cichlids is like breeding guppies it will happen even if they are remotely happy. but this is the 4th pair in 4 weeks to have eggs, and the clutches of the first two pairs are healthy babies swimming around the tank. They must be very happy. there are picture of both the babies and the adults spawing on my webpage
http://homepage.mac.com/stripepike
In order to clear up the cloudyness in the reef tank I put a 50 micron filter on it. and with in two hours it was cleared up enough that I could see all the way through it so I retrieved the pouring bowl that I had left in there incase I was going to change some of the water to get the cloudyness out (the freshwater fish keeper in me, when the tank get cloudy change the water, but that doesn't involve having to mix up salt). I put the rest of the base rock in the tank after washing it. but I stired the sediment up way too much and the water is way too murky to artfully arange the base rock so right now it is in a heap on the bottom of the tank.
after looking at the
live rock in the store today I almost brought some home with me but decided it was best to wait for the water to clear then add it to the tank. which maybe tommorrow since I am leaving the micron filter on over night
Sally
