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New tank mates

Added some clown fish, a red bubble tip anemone and a green birdnest Sps to the Blu Reef. All trades or purchases from fellow Marsh members.

Satisfaction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3qfBgcnxlQ&feature=share&list=UUI4zeGbv1meoreKvj3vzzrQ

A little change is always good.

           

             I broke down and redesigned the aquascape for better                                      flow all away around.  

                             Added a cabana to the mix...time for a party!

Looks like the Bi Color Branching Hammer likes the improvements I made.  

April 2013 Blu Reef 4 Months old

Good bye Goober.

So Goober was about to croke and the Duncan reached out and grabbed the fish by the tail. Easy lunch. What a site to see,nature taking care of business right in front of my eyes.

Thanks 3rd Coast Corals!

I recently had a bout with Ich in my biocube and it cost me two fish, our Green warpaint Goby and our Royal Gamma. I was upset and started to research all I could on the internet on how to stop this plague on my nano reef.
I did water changes, started to add garlic extract to the food and prayed.

I learned that Ich is common ,but the #1 cause is stress ,the second is big changes in the temperature.

So I started to ask around to see what is an safe option for a reef tank with corals.
The #1 solution is to quarantine the sick fish and use copper based meds. That is a big no no when it comes to invertebrates such as shrimp,snails and corals,it will kill them.

So on a recent window shopping excursion with my kids ,we stopped at 3rd Coast Corals . Behind the Tinsletown 290 movie theater off of West Tidwell.

We walked in and I was amazed at the selection of exotic corals. What really blew me away were the quarantine tanks he had set up. Brain then explain to me his process, he holds all the new arrivals for 2 weeks before selling them.

Which is unique ,because most of these fish stores will only QT them for one to three days.

This is a big deal IMO.

Brian then asked me if I've heard of Kick Ich, a over the counter ICH fighter. He then filled up a bottle of Kich ich and just gave it to me. WOW... first time I've gotten anything free from a fish store. Let alone something that would cost me more than $5.

I then started the dosing for two weeks. Had to make sure we had all that crude out before I added another fish,and on top of that I wasn't going to buy fish any longer if the fish store didn't QT the stock before selling them on the floor.

So here we are 1 month later and I finally made a purchase that I'm happy with. First fish I purchased from Brain at 3rd Coast Corals.

                                                               Carpenter Fairy Wrasse

                                      

The Blu Reef's Bad Fish

Fish Tank shot for Feb 23rd

I moved a few things around,I'm liking it and hope you enjoy it as well.

Goober's Hollywood Shuffle ..it's movie time!

Here is my first video with sound.
I'm new to all this and will be uploading and adding music more often once I get the hang of this.

So with out any more waiting here is the debut of The Blue Reef! Enjoy!

It's not easy being Blu

When people hear the term, "I'm blue" ,or it's a "blue Monday" they think of someone sad or alone,  just plan down.
Well for me when I hear Blue I think of things I love, like the ocean, the shine off a colbalt blue 64' Impala, or the some music I can sip a beer to while I puff on a cigar.  

Maybe it's because my favorite color is blue, or the fact I used to watch Cookie Monster tear up those cookies and he would make me crack up as a booger eating kid! LoL :D

What ever it is, the color blue is a part of my life and I embrace it.


                            Here are a few pictures from The Blu Reef at night under the black lights.
                                                 
                                                            Aussie Metalic Trumpet Coral

                                                                 

                                              Candy grubbing on anything she can find.

                                                       
                                                My wife watching Goober eating algae.

                            Well everything is better blue IMO, so I'm going to end this post with 
                                                   
                                              Houston's own... BLUE OCTOBER

                                                 

Always stealing the show.

You damn Goober!

By far the Orange spotted Goby is one of the most active and entertaining of the marine life that I have coexisting as "tank mates".

He starts off by popping his head out a tunnel he made by scooping sand and rocks by mouth,shifting sand thru his gills. What a site to see, everyday he's shuffling. Hahaha

Not only that but he tends to bite off more than he can chew,taking chunks of Algae too big to eat in one bite and having staire downs with the Blue Reef Queen,Candy formally known as CandyMan.

Goober the Goby has been a great addition to the BluReef ,and he even allows others to share his cave that he dug out at night.
The only thing negitive is that he will move corals if not bonded by epoxy or glue.

He thinks he owns the joint :)