Eek I'm so sorry- for some reason I didn't know there were responses to my thread!
So - my tank is still
hot. It was 85 point something yesterday when I came home - with a water change, I lowered it almost 4 degrees, but didn't finish replacing all the water, because I didn't want to change the temperature that drastically. This morning when I left for work, the tank was 80.2 degrees F.
I haven't put the new lights on the tank yet because of the high
nitrate level, but if all works out, I'll be able to buy a 180-gallon tank w/ a chiller from a guy on Craigslist for $900 on Monday/Tuesday. Only problem is - someone else called just after me all excited to buy it, whereas I was more hesitant because budgeting that money out was difficult for me, and I didn't know until last night that I would be able to budget enough out of my paycheck to buy it. The tank's beautiful, though. If I'm able to buy it, I will be incredibly excited. I left him a voicemail this morning telling him that I would have the money as of tomorrow, and that I have two friends lined up to help me pick it up on either Monday or Tuesday.
Cross your fingers for me!
If I get this tank, I'm going to set it up right, with appropriate sand and amp's cool
pvc stand idea for the rocks.
Here are some pictures of my critters:
Arrow crab eating a dead cardinal fish:
Lawnmower blenny:
Cardinal fish (cleaner shrimp, sebae clown). This was the last cardinal fish, but he died the other day. He seemed very healthy, too! He was the only one that was eating all types of food, including flake and pellets - his other buddies were only eating brine shrimp:
Green chromis - I have a total of 7:
Firefish Gobies:
Purple Firefish Goby:
Will add one more picture in a separate post due to the 6-pic limit.
Not pictured: Fire shrimp, maroon clown, false percula clown, royal gramma
