Monthly Archives: September 2010

SPS Frags.

I bought some SPS frags off a reef forum member. Small Polyp Stony Fragments (SPS Frags) are pieces of acropora corals which are broken off mother colonies to start new colonies themselves. SPS are harder to keep than most other corals (I’ve tried in the pat and mine only lasted a few months), kinda like the holy grail/top end of reef keeping.

I figure I start with aqua cultured frags from a guy off the forums rather than buy big pieces which have been plucked out of the ocean. Cheaper, frags are more acclimatised to living in an aquarium and better for the environment too.

If all goes well hopefully my tank will end up looking something like this in future!

My hood is painted and done!

2 angled edges under the hood lid make it easy for me to get my fingers under the lid to pull it up and open.

Hood lid open looking up at the LED lights (holes cut through a wooden shelf built into the hood).

Concealed LED lights from the top sitting on their own shelf.

Framing of the lower stand tomorrow, then doors!

My Uncle Tekky came around today with all the components for my aquarium stand (except for the doors). He brought along a compressor and painted the stand in my back yard as his wasn’t big enough!

Uncle Tekky getting ready for primer.

Hood + frame for lower cabinet ready for paint.

I also got a delivery of some goodies. A China made LED clip light for the ADA mantis tank and also a NanoMag, a tiny little magnetic glass cleaner for the ADA tank made by a small Miami based company called Two Little Fishies (you can see it on the right top side corner). It’s absolutely awesome. I’d say ingenious (I also bought their VeggieMag magnetic veggie clip for holding nori in the main tank, also ingenious! No more failing suction cups!).

FTS.

Mia was due for the last of her baby shots today and she took it like a champ! We’re so impressed :)

She’s now 1kg heavier!

Ears back but no fighting and not a sound when she was given the shot.

We also bought a couple of new fishies. A damsel which is going into the Mantis tank (cruelty to animals?!) and a little Coral Goby for the main tank, pics to come.