Tom@HaslettMI's 25 gallon reef niche

powers2001 · Mar 13, 2016

Tom@HaslettMI said:
Um, that would be me. I was working in the tank and the pair of jeweler's forceps slipped out of my hand and stabbed the clam. It never fully opened after that and died a few days later. I was very sad.

Tom

It must have gotten a bacterial infection from the wound. That's where an ultraviolet sterilizer could come in handy.

Tom@HaslettMI · Mar 13, 2016

powers2001 said:
It must have gotten a bacterial infection from the wound. That's where an ultraviolet sterilizer could come in handy.

Possibly. Or I might have stabbed something vital... who knows. I have never owned a UV sterilizer before, and I'm not sure that there is space for one in the cabinet. I'll get a pic of the inner workings and post it soon.

Tom

Bronc · Mar 14, 2016

Beautiful tank!!

Tom@HaslettMI · Mar 16, 2016

Bronc said:
Beautiful tank!!

Thanks!

Exciting update! My male Banggai Cardinalfish is holding eggs! This is the first time the pair has bred. So, now I know they are a true pair!

Tom

NanaReefer · Mar 16, 2016

Wow! How cool is that [emoji2]

Tom@HaslettMI · Mar 16, 2016

NanaReefer said:
Wow! How cool is that [emoji2]

Yeah, I'm pretty stoked. I'm getting the stuff together to try my hand at raising them. Hopefully I will be able to raise at least a couple of them. Who knows there may not even be any babies from this batch. We shall see.

Tom

Tom@HaslettMI · Mar 27, 2016

Here is the cabinet... not cleaned up for the photo and still needing additional organizing of wires.

Tom@HaslettMI · Jun 18, 2016

The babies that were born in April. Eleven were born and six were eaten by dad before I figured out there was a gap in the divide that was separating them... Live and learn.

Tom@HaslettMI · Dec 3, 2016

All but one of the babies when to the LFS. The last one is being held for a friend.

... almost time to start conditioning the parents for round two...

NanaReefer · Dec 3, 2016

That's cool. What did you buy with yer credit? I love shopping even if someone else is doing it-lol.

Tom@HaslettMI · Dec 4, 2016

Lol. So far just some frozen mysis and bloodworms. The rest will probably go towards CUC members... the crew needs reinforcements!

NanaReefer · Dec 5, 2016

I just added 5 more Scarlet Hermits or Red legged Hermits whatever-lol. Love these lil guys! Only Hermits I'll own.
My Strawberry Conch is still going strong too. Almost 2yrs in my tank. [emoji2]

Love the tent by the way. Makes me homesick [emoji38]