Snorkeler's Cube

Today it was 'cooking for my fishies' time :-)

Last week I bought a fresh seafood pack at the market then froze it for a few days to kill pathogens. I unfroze it in the fridge from yesterday to today, and tonight ground it to a paste with some Cyclop-eeze, nori and some gelatin.

Pictures of the 'cooking':


My kid helping ...

That nice little neon goby who just joined the DT is missing in action... he was last seen on Wednesday, by my wife, who saw him dart upwards followed by the sound of splashing water...

The tank is covered so it isn't possible to jump out, but he might have jumped into the central overflow column. Today I tried opening completely the overflow valve to empty it and force him out, but he didn't appear in the sump.... so, I'm afraid he might have died and was already eaten up by his ...

Thirty five days ago I bought a Neon Goby from my LFS1 and decided to try my first quarantine (despite that LFS being trustworthy to always quarantine their fish). The little guy did well inside my Boyu MT-30 quarantine tank despite the temperature swings, the not-as-frequent-as-I-should feedings and lack of light (which I guess he doesn't care for).

He survived and didn't have any signs of disease, so today I decided it was time for him to move into my main tank. I fed him, fed the ...

Two weeks ago I had the impression my hammer coral (one ployp) was getting fatter.... well, today I am pretty sure it is splitting into two polyps! That might seem "so what?" to you, but feels very rewarding to me. It is the first stony coral in the tank that not only survived in my water and lighting but is also growing (had one Acan polpy that died, three Trumpet polyps that also died and another hammer polyp that got eaten by a rogue peppermint shrimp).

Must be a sign ...

As requested by my friend dkbann (who happens to be watching my progress in order to decide if he'll start a new tank after his tank crashed, let's cheer him up to do so folks!), here is a quick and dirty picture update of my "War On Valonia". Mithrax crabs were my weapon of choice.

#1 Before (Jan 9th):

#1 After (Mar 25th):
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