| Animal |
Place of Purchase |
Date |
Price |
Shipping |
| Figi Live Rock (20
lb., 20 G tank) |
Harbor Aquatics |
7/13/98 |
$80.00 |
$41.00 |
| Percula Clown,
Amphiprion percula (almost 7 yrs old and still going strong) |
Harbor Aquatics |
8/3/98 |
$15.00 |
$20.00 |
| Bubble Tip Anemone,
Entacmaea quadricolor |
Harbor Aquatics |
8/3/98 |
$20.00 |
** |
| Pseudochromis
fridmani |
Wet Pets |
11/7/98 |
$50.00 |
* |
| Cleaner Shrimp,
Lysmata amboinensis |
Wet Pets |
11/7/98 |
$18.00 |
* |
| Cherub Angel, Centropyge
argi |
Wet Pets |
11/21/98 |
$40.00 |
* |
| Green Button Polyps,
Zooanthus pulchellus |
Wet Pets |
11/21/98 |
$35.00 |
* |
| Cleaner Shrimp,
Lysmata amboinensis |
Wet Pets |
12/21/98 |
$18.00 |
* |
| Bubble Tip Anemone,
Entacmaea quadricolor |
Wet Pets |
|
$40.00 |
* |
| Xenia, Xenia
elongata |
Wet Pets |
7/1/99 |
$40.00 |
* |
| Red Mushroom, Discosoma
sp. (some in 20 G tank) |
Wet Pets |
7/1/99 |
$35.00 |
* |
| Fiji Live Rock (80
lb.) |
Paragon Aquatics |
11/30/99 |
$304.00 |
$51.00 |
| Live Sand (15 lb.) |
Paragon Aquatics |
11/30/99 |
$29.00 |
** |
| Snails—12 Astrea,
12 Baha, 12 Margarita, 24 Nassarius |
Premium Aquatics |
12/9/99 |
$50.00 |
$18.00 |
| Atlantic Live Rock
(10 lb.) |
Gulfview |
12/20/99 |
$40.00 |
$33.00 |
| Live Sand (10 lb.) |
Gulfview |
12/20/99 |
$10.00 |
** |
| Firefish (3), Nemateleotris
magnifica |
Wet Pets |
1/15/00 |
$30.00 |
* |
| Green Star Polyps,
Clavularia viridis |
Atlantis |
1/15/00 |
$35.00 |
* |
| Red/Green Open Brain
Coral, Trachyphyllia geoffreyi |
Wet Pets |
2/12/00 |
$40.00 |
* |
| Bubble
Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa |
Wet
Pets |
2/26/00 |
$30.00 |
* |
| Banggai Cardinal
(died 10/3/03), Pterapogon kauderni |
Wet Pets |
2/26/00 |
$15.00 |
* |
| Torch Coral, Euphyllia
gabrescens |
Atlantis |
4/21/00 |
$55.00 |
* |
| Royal Gramma, Gramma
loretto (in 20 G tank) |
Wet Pets |
4/21/00 |
$25.00 |
* |
| Green Closed Brain,
Lobophyllia sp.($79 - traded 4 Xenia) |
Wet Pets |
4/30/00 |
$0.00 |
* |
| Green Striped and
Bumpy Mushrooms, Discosoma sp. ($49 - traded 4 Xenia) |
Wet Pets |
9/5/00 |
$0.00 |
* |
| 2 Cleaner Shrimp,
Lysmata amboinensis ($17 Xenia credit) |
Wet Pets |
1/12/01 |
$40.00 |
* |
| Six-Line Wrasse,
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia |
Wet Pets |
1/12/01 |
$20.00 |
* |
| Kenya Tree coral,
nephthea, Capnella sp., ($50 Xenia credit) |
Wet Pets |
2/15/01 |
$0.00 |
* |
| Toadstool leather
coral, Sarcophyton sp., ($55 Xenia credit) |
Wet Pets |
3/31/01 |
$5.00 |
* |
| Hippo Tang (3 in.),
Paracanthurus hepatus |
Wet Pets |
5/19/01 |
$70.00 |
* |
| Six-Line Wrasse
(3/4 in.), Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (2 in.as of 5/1/02) |
Wet Pets |
5/19/01 |
$25.00 |
* |
| Yellow Tang (3 1/2
in.), Zebrasoma flavescens |
Wet Pets |
10/13/01 |
$25.00 |
* |
| Bumble Bee Snails
(6) |
Wet Pets |
10/13/01 |
$10.00 |
* |
Flower anemone (orange, Epicystis
crucifer?)
|
Reeftopia |
6/30/02 |
$12.00
|
$0.00 |
| Ricordia (green), Ricordia
florida |
Reeftopia |
6/30/02 |
$12.00 |
$0.00 |
| Encrusting Gorgonian |
Reeftopia |
6/30/02 |
$16.00
|
$0.00 |
| Serpent Stars (2) |
Reeftopia |
6/30/02 |
$12.00 |
$0.00 |
| Emerald Crabs (2) |
Reeftopia |
6/30/02 |
$10.00 |
$0.00 |
| Various snails (60) |
Reeftopia |
6/30/02 |
$65.00 |
$0.00 |
| Xenia, Xenia elongata |
Wet Pets |
1/18/03 |
$60.00 |
* |
| Ricordia (orange), Ricordia
florida |
Reeftopia |
10/5/03 |
$12.00 |
$0.00 |
| Serpent Stars (3) |
Reeftopia |
10/5/03 |
$12.00 |
$0.00 |
| Emerald Crabs (3) |
Reeftopia |
10/5/03 |
$10.00 |
$0.00 |
| Various snails (60) & fighting
conch |
Reeftopia |
10/5/03 |
$85.00 |
$0.00 |
| Ricordia (3 - green, orange,
yellow), Ricordia florida |
The Sea |
10/31/03 |
$30.00 |
* |
| Firefish (2), Nemateleotris
magnifica (one died 5/1/04) |
Wet Pets |
10/31/03 |
$25.00 |
* |
| Firefish (1), Nemateleotris
magnifica |
Tanks A Lot |
6/15/04 |
$15.00 |
* |
* Local fish store, no shipping
** same shipment as item above, shipping cost includes both
Hitchhikers
large brown serpent star, small black
& white striped serpant star, blue leg hermits, small brown hermits, small
white hermits, 2 mantis shrimp (one caught, one never seen again), lots of clams
and/or mussels (up to 2 inches, on Atlantic rock), small greenish-blue sponge
(on Atlantic rock), lots of barnacles (on Atlantic rock, deceased), several
small crabs, LOTS of small orange flatworms (flatworms flourished for several
months then gradually disappeared)
Macroalgae
Feather Caulerpa (Caulerpa sertularioides),
Grape Caulerpa (Caulerpa racemosa), Razor Caulerpa (Caulerpa serulata),
Red Macroalgae (Gracilaria tikvahiae, deceased), Brown Macroalgae (Sargassum
hystrix, lots of this on the Fiji rock), Brown Macroalgae (Padina sanctae-crucis
or Padina gymnospora), Halimeda Algae (Halimeda opuntia or Halimeda
incrassata), Agardhiella subulata, Caulerpa cupressoides (just
a little bit of this), Udotea flabellum (this doesn't grow too well),
Acetabularia calyculus (this is what's growing on the snail in the Snail
Garden picture, now deceased)
Take a look at the Algae
Gallery or this Algae
Slide Show for pictures of these algae.
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Tank Disaster
In April, 2001 my 75-gallon tank
overheated to about 96 degrees. It's never been quite the same since. The following
is a list of the fatalities.
| Bubble
Tip Anemone (2), Entacmaea quadricolor, one died immediately and
the other died a few months later |
Xenia,
Xenia elongata, a few small patches survived for a little while but
finally shrunk and disappeared completely, after reproducing continuously
for almost two years |
| Torch
Coral, Euphyllia gabrescens |
Bubble
Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa |
| Firefish
(2), Nemateleotris magnifica |
Toadstool
leather coral, Sarcophyton sp. |
| Six-Line
Wrasse, Pseudocheilinus hexataenia |
Kenya
Tree coral, nephthea, Capnella sp. |
| Pseudochromis
fridmani |
Green Button Polyps,
Zooanthus pulchellus |
| Red Mushroom, Discosoma
sp., there are a few of these left but they are very small an are not
growing |
Green Closed Brain,
Lobophyllia sp. |
| all serpent stars,
hermits, clams/mussels, bristle worms, and all but a few snails |
|
Tank Disaster - Part 2:
In February, 2003 I overdosed my tank on iodine. Luckily I was able to remove
most of the inverts to my small tank temporarily. Unfortunately, all of my snails,
serpent stars, and crabs died. I think much of the life in the sand bed was
also wiped out. The fish were unaffected. My xenia, discosoma mushrooms, ricordia,
gorgonian, and anemone have all since recovered.
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Vendors
Atlantis, 439 McNeilly Road, Pittsburgh,
PA, 412-343-2999
Gulfview, http://www.gulf-view.com/
Harbor Aquatics, http://www.harboraquatics.com/
Paragon Aquatics, http://www.paragonsales.com/
Premium Aquatics, http://premiumaquatics.com/
Reeftopia, http://www.reeftopia.com/
Tanks A Lot, 3 South 4th Street,
Martins Ferry, OH, 740-633-9840
Wet Pets, 4225 Waterdam Commons Plaza,
Rt. 19, McMurray, PA, 724-942-4442
The Sea, 6709 Ridgevue Drive, Pittsburgh,
PA 15236, http://www.thesea.org/
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