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Achilles Tang
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Sadly, he died in early March '09, after
eating the dead body of another fish.
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Lion Goby
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The Lion goby died unexpectedly in Jan
2009. He was a very fun fish.
I tried replacing him with a Sleeper Goby in early March,
but that Goby didn't survive the new environment, dying in 1 day.
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Carpenter's Fairy Wrasse
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Sadly, he died April 4, 2009. He was the smallest of the wrasses and
probably was too scared to get a full feeding, so I think he gradually
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Pulsing xenia
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On Feb 21, 2009, 3/4 of it has died. In March 28, 2009, that remaining
1/4 has managed to survive, but still is borderline health.
On April 4, 2009, during the night, something ate the bigger remaining
stalks. Just a tiny amount remains.
All gone on May 3, 2009.
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Zoanthids colony
palythoa sp.
pink or purple
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Some polyps in the middle have been sick
for a few days, Feb 21, 2009
Sadly, by March 28, 2009, only 1/3 of that colony remains.
The rest died and were picked off by fish. April 26, 2009: 95% gone.
Early May, all gone.
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Bubble coral.
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before I moved him, when he was in too much water currents, the balloons
wouldn't inflate.
Then, I moved him, and he started looking great.
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Same Bubble coral.
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plerogyra Sinuosa. At night, (2nd image)
the balloons deflate and a different kind of pointy polyp becomes active.
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Same bubble coral.
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Unfortunately, by late March 2009, this coral was nearly dead. It was
around this time, that I discovered that my aquarium had been running
with low salinity. (S.G. 1.018) due to incorrectly calibrated refractometer.
I hope it will survive, after fixing the salinity problem, to a true
S.G. of 1.026.
April 23, 2009 update: doing a little better.
April 26, 2009. My Sally lightfoot crab at the remnants of it. It's
dead now.
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Actually, a few small bits have stayed alive.
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Aiptasia
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a different few corals with light green
tips
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Small feather dusters
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anthelia or clauveria species
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Dragon goby
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He's slowing starving to death. 4 pictures
of same fish. In mid-March 2009, he died.
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2nd picture shows it curled up temporarily
into a ball. Super cool.
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Algae
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Extra snails were added, and this gradually went away.
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A lawnmower blenny sitting on a big snail
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he he. This smaller blenny tries to hide from the other bigger lawnmower
blenny.
April 26, 2009. Haven't seen this 2nd blenny for a few days. I think
he got killed by the bigger one.
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Diatoms
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Yes, I'm having trouble with diatoms on my sand. April 4, 2009. Problem
disappeared gradually and was gone by May 9, 2009. |
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Scotts Wrasse
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for some reason, he's hard to get a sharp photo. This
photo from April 3, 2009 shows the wrasse up high near the water-surface.
By April 9, he's having swim-bladder trouble and is sinking to the bottom
and ending up in a vertical orientation. I hope he survives.
By April 17, he's been upside down in a net for past 5 days. His swim
bladder is empty and gas in his belly always flips him over. He hates
that. He's tiring out and slowly dying.
By April 23, still upside down, very stiff, hardly eating anything.
Died May1, 2009.
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Cyanobacteria growth
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spreading on rocks, making little gas bubbles. First noticed it on April
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Bicolor Blenny
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added late March 2009
By late april, 09, his yellow tail had faded to black. He was all black.
He bites the big clab, causing it to retract its flesh a lot. He bites
all corals, and had to be removed from the tank. gone in Mid-May.
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Big Bristleworm
(flushed it.)
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Flasher Wrasse
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He was one of my first fish, in fall 2008.
update May 17, 2009. He was sick for a few weeks, having slight whitish
opacity sticking onto his body, and slightly cloudy covering over his
eyes. Then that mostly resolved, but now the fish is hanging out at
the top of the tank, so it might have developed a swim-bladder problem.
He disappeared on May 20, 2009.
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an orange Plate Coral, Fungia spp.
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This poor little coral became an object
that a crab used to wedge into crevaces. 3 times I found this coral
moved into dark crags. Its edges have been damaged from those moves
(and subsequent retreivals), but it's doing OK, and recovered its orange
color. But in May 17, 2009 its edges are dark and it has white bleached
streaks. By May 25 it was totally white.
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Berghia Nudibranch
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Saw him one evening in Feburary 2009. Never seen again. |
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new Coral 6
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Everything liked how this one tasted, fish and crabs and snails. Eventually
all the green areas got eaten entirely. |
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Blue Sponge
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My leopard crab, broke it apart, and hauled the pieces under a ledge
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Zoanthids polyps
palythoa sp.
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growing bigger colony in May 2009.
But later, the Bellus Angel ate them all, slowly, bit by bit, day after
day.
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Turbo Snail
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nice black & white colors. Got 2 in May 16, 2009. They starved I think,
and eventually were eaten by hermit crabs, August 2009. |
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Yasha Haze Goby
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Haven't seen him since early August 2009.
Maybe Sally lightfoot crab got him. |
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Fire Cleaner shrimp
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I bought two of these. The wrasses sneak up on them, bite their tails.
Then other fish share the remains. Lasted 1 day. |
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Leopard Crab
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He had been hiding unseen in my tank for
6 months before I caught my first sighting of him.
This crab moves shells around the tank, and builds them into walls for
a his private fort inside the rocks. He got bigger, and moved corals
and rocks too much, and I had to get rid of him. I gave him to the aquarium
store, Oct 2009.
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Rainford Goby
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Added Oct 4, 2009. Also the nice Orange sponge. The Rainford Goby died
Nov 7, 2009. Probably starved.
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Shrimp goby
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Added in early 2009. There were 2, but one died. The other hides, and
is seen only every 3 weeks. The other died Nov 9, 2009. |
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Cyanobacteria
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Cyanobacteria
Cured of this stuff in late Nov 2009. Hurray!
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Big Maxima Clam 2
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died Nov 7, 2009. was being picked on by lawnmower blenny, and stayed retracted a lot.. probably not enough light. |
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Mixed clump of corals
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My bellus angel gradually ate all they zoanthids, then the other things
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Red Head goby
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added May 16,2009. Rarely seen, every 2 months or so. Was last seen Sept
29, 2009. Hides in a hole. By Nov 20009, declared MIA. |
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Died Dec 21, 2009. gradually starved. |
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other notes:none.
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Feel free to help me identify the proper names
of these creatures. email to steve at halls dot md