June 2001
June 5th, 2001 / Monday / 11:00 AM
Received my Aqua Fx Barracuda Model 100, 4 Stage RO/DI System from Athens Aquarium. I plan to plumb it through the kitchen sink and connect it to a solenoid for automatic top-off.
June 7th, 2001 / Wednesday / 9:00 AM
Received fish order from Anchofish:
- Sunburst Anthias, Serranocirrhitus latus
- Orange Anthias (female), Anthias plerotania
- Bicolor blenny, Escenius bicolor - I got a new one because I think my green brittle ate the other one
June 7th, 2001 / Wednesday / 9:00 AM
Removed the bicolor blenny as it was eating my Montipora digitata. I caught it with an acrylic fish trap from Flying Fish Express.
June 16th, 2001 / Wednesday / 4:00 PM
Added a few small pieces of live rock from Reef Science, and 3 "Acropora" crabs and a pink Anthias from Aquarium Concepts.
June 19th, 2001 / Tuesday / 11:00 AM
Received frag order from Joe Kelley:
- Acropora aculeus - deep blue #10 (rare)
- Acropora millepora - purple/blue #18
- Acropora millepora - red #20 (rare)
- Montipora digitata - blue green #30
- Stylophora sp. - multicolored with blue polyps #34
- Pocillopora sp. - hot pink #57
- Echinopora lamellosa - "Blue Chalice" originally from Steve Tyree #41
- Turbinaria reniformis - Purple with yellow edges #38
June 22nd, 2001 / Thursday / 11:00 AM
Received frag order from Reef Corner / Upscales:
- Acropora sp. - deep blue (rare)
- Acropora sp. - green with blue tips
- Montipora digitata - bright orange
June 23rd, 2001 / Friday / 11:00 AM
Received frag order from Steve Tyree's Reef Farmers:
- Acropora sp. - Steve Tyree's bright blue
- Acropora horrida - exotic blue (salvaged fragment)
- Acropora chesterfieldensis - green with screaming green polyps (salvaged fragment)
- Montipora capricornis - Todd Hilson's green with purple edges
- Montipora digitata - Jerry Irving's pink
This was a great week for adding frags. I am now going to let them grow in to see if I have any space left in my tank! The picture to the right shows the center of the tank with just the actinics on.
June 24th, 2001 / Sunday / 11:30 AM
Held a local reefer meeting for the Peninsula area. Traded some frags with:
- Paul Wuelfing - purplish pink tip Acropora
- Gillian Kate - electric green Hydnophora
June 27th, 2001 / Wednesday / 9:00 PM
Traded frags with a local reefer John Susbilla - "Tubs" on the boards. Added purple encrusting Montipora danae, purple/blue tip Acropora tenuis, and a bluish purple Tonga mushroom aka Rhodactis inchoata.
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