55 Gallon Journal

[jrossjr79]

wifey not to happy with me, screwed up acclimation and lost both of the Anthias :(

[Zack]

What happened?

[jrossjr79]

not 100% sure, but everything leads to me acclimating the eel and the two fish in same bucket. Checked on them after going to the bank and the two fish were dead. Either from shock of ammonia from the eel, or stress level got to high for them being in the same bucket acclimating with the eel. Either way its my fault. $60 down the toilet. Which wifey paid for, so now I need to replace with my money. Guess that will be done in a week or two.

[MARKIS210]

Sorry for the loss man, what kind of anthias if you don't mind me asking

[jrossjr79]

Purple Queen and a Dispar (think that is how you spell the last one)

[jrossjr79]

here are a few quick shots of the eel, had taken more, but with this stupid camera cant get clear shots very easy, grr I hate auto focus.

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[jrossjr79]

ok, a few more updates. The eel has eaten both of my firefish, which I was pretty upset about. Waited for a bit to replace them. But the other day we went ahead and got a new Purple Queen Anthias and a new Dispar Anthias. Decided to also pick up a Porcupine Puffer as well. I will be adding pictures later of everything.

Peppermint Shrimp has been molting alot lately, roughly once every 3-4 weeks, which I think is a bit odd since I dont have any calcium supplements being added to the tank.

Sand Bed is getting thoroughly aerated due to the horseshoe crab.

Forgot to add, seems that my Turbo Snail has started making alot of scratches on my glass tank. Is there any safe way of fixing this with out emptying the tank?

[jrossjr79]

Finally getting my skimmer in. Not exactly what I was wanting, since I am trying to prepare for a bigger tank. But really needed one due to the waste of the eel and the messiness of the puffer, that I could not wait any longer.

Just ordered last night, should be here in about a week:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...00&pcatid=4400

[jrossjr79]

MY skimmer came in today, already have it all set up, now just waiting for the break in period. Not really liking the amount of microbubbles that end up back in my tank though.

[jrossjr79]

This is the last night my 55Gallon will be operating, here is its final moments

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