20150203 Jellyfish Tank

Recently my mother told me a story that sounds quit horrible but is undoubtedly happening at most developed and wealthy nations- A girl whom she calls daughter but is not related to me, lives in Beijing and has quite a wealthy family. One day the girl's husband felt inspired to purchase a Jellyfish tank despite having no previous experience in keeping anything saltwater, not did he do any study on it. So the natural course of this sequence is tank bought, something got put in, and then died within days, then the tank just left unattended and dried up.
So the point of this story is- Jellyfish is not impossible to keep, in the contrary, they are quite simple. But- like keeping any animal, one must either have adequate knowledge or some experience to successfully keep them thriving. And here is a great set up that I thought I would get- if I wasn't already so committed to the amount of fishtanks I am attending!

Jellyfish Art comes with a complete kit and option to ship the jellyfish separately until you have successfully set up and cycled the tank. It is compact and doesn't take up a lot of room. The tank also comes with pretty illumination to accent the translucent creatures!
But before you commit, once again, I suggest doing some thorough study on keeping these beautiful creatures: Jellyfish keeping

20150130 Seachem

Seachem is a pretty popular company among aquarium trade and hobbyists alike. They have a wide range of products crossing the freshwater, planted, and reef spectrums.
Since I use and test out a wide range of brands and products, I am not writing this particular post to promote Seachem or praise their product. In fact, I find most of the products, regardless of brand, to perform in the similar range. What's really important is the hobbyists own husbandry and keeping up with maintenance.

That being said, I am impressed with some of these tools designed and distributed by Seachem. I have always wanted to have a more complete snipping and trimming tool for planted tanks with precision and also to be stainless! Check out these snippers! Most of them retail for range of $7 to $20ish.

Seachem also provide a wide range of readily prepared food for your fish and coral. I have rarely used these products since I produce my own fish food for the most part.

20141019 Jecod 14000 Wavemaker

I have been looking to upgrade my wave makers for my tank. Originally I have wanted to go for the Ecotech Marine's Vortech System. But then at almost $400 a unit, it is quite an investment, despite having great reviews.

Today I stopped by the Local Fish Store Living Art Aquarium and spoke to Paul the owner. He recommended this Jecod Wavemaker for a fraction of the Vortech's cost. It might have as as sophisticated of a controlling system and programming ability as a vortech, but so far I am loving what I see. Below is a video of this operating in the W1 mode, which resembles a constant wave surge.

Marine popeye an cure

My black clarkii clown fought with the tomato clown (similar size) and injured its left eye. He then had an infection to it and reaulted in the popeye. It has been going on for over two weeks now. At one point (about the 4th day mark) we really thought the eye ball was going to dropout as it was so far out of the body and part of the eye became cloudy. But it looks like my perseverance in treatment is paying off. Each day when prepare frozen meal for the tank, I always mix in a pinch of minced garlic from a small glass jar bought from local grocery store. The addition of garlic helps with immune system boost as well as disinfecting. I am looking forward to this little thing's full recovery.