01/05/2015
So the Bubble Coral had been doing amazingly, loving life like it should. Unfortunately, I did go through quite a big makeover with the tank yesterday as I wanted to modify the way the aquarium runs a bit. The Marine Pure in the hang-on filter had been trapping brine shrimp eggs I add in, which was annoying. Taking them out and putting them into the display meant that it won't happen within the filter... though things are getting a little jam packed.
Especially since... in the spur of the moment, I decided to get some Ricordea (Ric) and a Bubble Tip Anemone (BTA) to add to the tank. XD Well the Rics not so much, I knew I wanted some. But the BTA was just from annoyance.
Excuse the mess... and the peeved off behaviours. Obviously the corals are not happy at all. XD The Bubble Tip did start to attach basically like a minute after addition though, so obviously it wasn't THAT unhappy.
The reason why I got a BTA was because I was starting to get annoyed by constant suggestions that anemones can only go into an aquarium that is at least six months old'. These sort of suggestions are very bad, because 1.) it delays something unnecessarily in many cases, but more importantly 2.) it makes for laziness and a wrong thought process. A BTA requires certain parameters, if an aquarium is ready, it is ready. Regardless of it is is one day or one year. And that's the other thing. Even if someone wait for six months, their aquarium may not have the necessities for an anemone. It's never good to go with such broad suggestions, because it is of no help at all. Instead, it is better to know the specifics of WHY an anemone can or can't be kept in a certain aquarium, and take steps towards prepping it.
Anyways, I guess I might be shooting myself in the foot though. Whilst the above was the reason I got a BTA... this aquarium might not exactly be suitable for one. >_< So we'll see, but yeah. If this fails, then this is gonna be a bit embarassing... might have to set up a nano just to grow an anemone or something to prove my point if that happens.
But anyways!
That was all yesterday.
This morning, the tank looks like this:
A.k.a better. The bubble coral is coming out a bit, so that's good. Rics are happier. Anemone settling in.
Now, I am starting to get annoyed by the macroalgae. As you can see, they sort of are sticking all over, and just act as surfaces for microalgae and stuff to grow on.
So I am thinking of moving a light into the hang-on filter, and relegating the macroalgae to the filter. Maybe the heater too. Will see if it all works out.
But yah. :D
Experiment going well. Though hopefully I didn't screw up with the BTA, and endanger my Bubble Coral. ><"
