Sorry for no updates but it’s been pretty hectic around here. We got a good December snow storm, furnace stopped working, no internet, Christmas, Christmas parties, New Year’s, power outage and….. Ich. Yup our tank broke out with Ich and it has devastated our saltwater tank. We believe the Ich came in on the Blue Hippo Tang. We ran the risk with not having a quarantine tank. Because we have corals and invertebrates in the tank we cannot use copper based medications the most effective way to treat Ich. We treated the tank with Revive but we still had losses. So far to date we have lost both clowns, Blue Hippo Tang, Yellowtail Damsel and the most devastating of all the losses is the Blue face Angel (Gary’s Christmas present). The fish surviving so far are the Lawnmower Blenny, Pink Spotted Goby and 3 Blue/Green Chromis.
On a brighter note our True Rose Bubble Tip Anemone has split. There was a problem the baby looks like it got up to the power head and well got cut up. We found many pieces of the Anemone in the filter but many didn’t have a foot or a mouth but I did find one piece that had a foot and mouth but no tentacles. Anemone’s can re grow tentacles but in order to survive they do need a foot and mouth. The little baby is doing good! It is actually regrowing tentacles very fast and the ones it does have are starting to turn pinkish/red.
Well you know what Gary got/had for Christmas but what about me….. well I got what I wanted for Christmas lol I got a Neptune Systems Aqua Controller 3 and full version of Aqua Notes. I so love this thing. We have it hooked up and hooked up to the internet. Right now we are working to set up the web server. I have this crazy fear of electricity so unplugging and plugging things back in just freaks me out and I don’t enjoy it one bit so…. now to turn the skimmer and filter off during feeding I can just push buttons and bam shuts it off and then turns it back on in a hour for me. Another added benefit is the ability to remotely turn things on and off and keep an eye on it when we go on vacation. Right now we only have the temp probe but I plan on getting the PH probe to also monitor the tank. I also love the moon cycle on it which control the LED Moonlights. It also has a seasonal lighting and temperature schedule too but we don’t have the lights or heater on that. I need to go in and tinker with that because it would have the main lights on at like 7 in the morning and the tank would be dark in the afternoon/evening and we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the tank in the evening.
We did go to the PSAS Christmas Party and it was a blast. It was during the snow storm and so alot of people didn’t come but we braved the weather and decided to go. It was so cool to check out Vicki’s tanks and to see all of her baby clowns that she bred. Everyone who came had so much fun and Gary and I ended up getting a piece of the Monti Cap for the new program the PSAS launched at the party. We also got a Green Birdsnest during the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Both are doing great!
Well that’s it for now I will make sure to update better then I had been 
