2 years ago, I was "dreaming" about a saltwater aquarium, and now there are 3 tanks in my house,
lol! My 30 gallon was set back up after tupgrading to the 90 gallon. It's been sitting basically empty for a month cycled, undecided with what to do with it. My daughter is moving back in with me and we moved her 55 last weekend. The kitchen table & a recliner are in the garage now.
Kate's 55g has a Snowflake eel and Tuesday she got a Fu Man Chu lionfish. Her plan was to get freshwater ghost shrimp until she weaned it to frozen foods. The freshwater food didn't sit well with me, so I ordered 250 marine shrimp from Mariculture Technologies International. The 30 gallon is now the live food tank and non-photo corals (Black Sun coral & Gorgonian). The shrimp arrived and there were a bunch of tiny saltwater minnows in with them as well. I was at work when Kate put some in her tank, but she stopped to call and say "mom, this is awesome, watching the lion & eel eat shrimp & minnows
Here is the Fu Man Chu
Kate was not allowed to put the shrimp in my tank. When I got home from work I added about 15 of them to the 90 and my Tang went crazy. The Tang is incredible at chasing the shrimp through the smallest crevices and snatching them back out. The few that didn't get eaten are turning out to be the awesome little cleaning machines as advertised on the MIT site, so that's a bonus.
This is my new Gorgonian. It's been moved & bumped around a few times these past few days and then was knocked down again by a crab. Since it's happy where it is, I will leave it alone and move back up to the rock in a few days. The 30 is a low light tank with the Gorgonian, Tube Anemone (shrimp avoid this one) and a Black Sun Coral (tubestrea).
Every time I get the camera out my shy Lawnmower dives into the rock! Finally, he let me take a picture:
