What I Have Learned So Far

What I have learned so far:

1. I clean my tank panes bottom 2/3 only.  It keeps the limpets at the top away from hungry crabs. 

2. I put frozen food into a sideways pickle jar – the “Blennie diner”.  All the animals have been in it including cowries, bat stars, Bay Blennie and I’m sure all my crabs. It keeps the food in one place.

3. I feed my Sea Hare while he is balled up at the top – the Norri sheets float and he immediately munches on them.  I used to put these in a clip but the sheets get soggy fast and would break apart by the time he would get to them.

4. I give the crabs 1/2 of a frozen shrimp, then remove it after a few hours.I use what looks like a toilet brush to clean the skimmer – does a great job.

5. I use a sponge on the windows.

6. I provide plenty of collected kelp for my urchins so they don’t eat the the established and growing kelp in the tank.

7. Cooling any water before adding is a great idea from this site.

8. Bubbles on skimmer should come up around the neck of the skimmer.

My future plans include:

1. An Octopus.

2. A male Bay Blennie for my female.

3. A warty sea cucumber.

Then,

1. Blue banded Catalina Gobies.

2. A blood sea star.

3. More Giant Green anemones.

4. Establishment of strawberry anemones (mine are present but not thriving yet).

5. An area in tank where I can raise very tiny creatures without them getting sucked into the filters, like Blennie babies.