Some Updates to the tank!

So I finally got some better lights for the anemone tank. I bought a 2-bulb 36" T5 retrofit kit and was able to put it together today. I will most likely never buy a retrofit kit ever again, it was annoying trying to get the lights to hang correctly and get everything where it should be. The tank looks alot brighter and the color looks more pleasing to me eye. I used a 18K bulb and a 6700K bulb.

This is how I put them together. I had some scrap plywood that I just screwed the sockets to and then wired the lights together. That is my dog, samson, in the last picture. He likes to support me in my endeavors.





This is the fixture lit up over my tank. As you can see the lights are not hanging straight. It took me forever to get it at this point so if it really bugs me I will end up straightening up the lights.

Fish Brood Stock

So, I have been reading the marine fish breeding book by Matthew Wittenrich and decided to dive in to the realm of breeding fish as well. I bought these guys last week thursday, and they have been eating nicely on mysis. At first they were very skittish but now they have calmed down and are starting to roam/sift sand in their tank. I will be upgrading my RBTA tank which the fish are in at the moment to more of a centralized system with multiple tanks. I will be keeping the peppermint shrimp/sand sifting gobies/anemones in the main tank with a 20 gallon and a 10 gallon extra for growout and larval rearing of both the shrimp and fish.

Here are the fish I bought, luckily they were in the same tank and looked like a pair.