Hello PVT! I'm glad you enjoyed my fable. Sometimes I like to tell parables to help people have a better understanding of what I am trying to say. I enjoy them myself, because I can listen to them and understand and see things I didn't see or understand before. I have found myself shaking my head and thinking to myself, "Good grief! Why could I not see that before!" A true friend will always tell you the truth whether you want to hear it or not. And I consider you a tank buddy.
And you are quite right! A boa would definately be a bad idea to have around a baby.
And I can understand spending lots of money on your tank. Marine tanks are the most expensive tank a person can start and keep spending to maintain. That's why I want you to become a detective of sorts. It can be alot of fun if you want it to be. I am always surfing the web for articles and information on the plans I have set in stone for my tank. Having the money resources to properly start up a tank and maintain it the way it is suppose to be can be darn expensive. I remember you saying that your hours had been cut back temporarily and that you have other expenses. I have had alot of unexpected expenses myself, which has caused me to not be able to come up with the necessary funds to purchase the light system I want. But I must make myself just sit, wait, be patient, avoiding buying spur of the moment purchases for my tank. Those things will only side track you and complicate the math equation that you have taken alot of time and research to figure out. I do not want you to become side tracked. No candy for me or PVT!
I am proud of you. You have got your new tank set up.
LR, sand and water in a tank cycling. You're almost done with the initial cycle. I understand that you have a snowflake eel, a puffer and a hermit crab w/ an anenome. From what you have told me, they are making the best of it and hanging in there with you. I surely hope so, as you are their life line. You are like their father, they depend on you for every single basic need that they have, just like that baby I was telling you about. I am glad that you enjoy feeding them and watching them eat. You have stated that you would like to try something new, the clownfish. They are quite beautiful and fascinating to watch. The clowns sound like a good idea for you, but you must ------->>>>LOOK<------ at the compatibility chart and see what you can keep with them, if you are not going to keep them in a tank by themselves.
I am thinking that you would need to find the eel and the puffer a new home BEFORE you purchased the clowns. That is, if you were going to put them in the new tank you have just set up. If it is clown you want.... by gosh, I want you to have them!!!!!!!! But you must do your homework just like that couple getting the baby!
If that is what you want. I can't wait for you to research and learn everything there is about clown fish. I want you so excited and you so successful at keeping clown fish that I have to say to myself "Good grief! Look at those pics PVT posted. He is doing a heck of a job! Man, if I had enough room, I'd set up another tank for clown fish too!" I encourage you to finish letting your tank do it's initial cycle and enjoy your tank buddies that you have at the moment. Use this time to decide what you would really like to have in your tank. You get an idea.... look it up... learn all you can abou it....... a mathmetician cannot figurine out a problem unless they have all the steps in the equation. And..... how about some more pics! I really have enjoyed looking at your process PVT. We all have to take a step or two back to move forward a few spaces. Such is life.
