Meet my Little Reef Family

My 15 gallon Reef tank has been running for more than 2 months since I accidentally put Sprite in it. My water is now conditioned and my fishes are healthy and happy. All are eating and swimming around, grazing... and nibbling on something every time you watch them. So let me introduce you guys to my Little Reef Family.

Let me start with my Domino fish. This was one of the test fishes that I bought. I bought 2 Dominos, 2 yellow tail damsels and 2 striped damsels. 5 of them died and this Domino was the only fish who survived. He even had fin rot during his first few weeks, but he was able to survive! Thanks to the stress coat I bought! It’s hard to take a picture of him because he swims around like hell!

Next on my list are my Tomato Clowns. They are just the most interesting fish for me. Whenever I go scuba diving, I look for them and play with them. I was even once bitten by a Clark's Clown during one of my dives. It didn't hurt and I kept laughing after! A dive is not complete without seeing clowns. Because I have been in this hobby for more that 6 years now, I’ve learned to tell which one is male or female. Right now, I have a pair. The big one is the female and the small one is the male. I would have to say they are my favorite. And I will definitely cry if they get sick and die. During the storm a few weeks back, they got sick because power was out for a couple of hours. Luckily, they survived that too! Whew!

I bought 2 Blue tangs last week for Php560.00! I bought 2 because I was thinking one wouldn’t survive. But to my surprise, they are both alive and nibbling on the cabbage that I put in the tank for them. They look like twins! Just look at the picture! Aren’t they just so beautiful?

I now have a Juvenile Koran Angel. Juveniles are harder to keep because they are picky when it comes to the food they eat. I was a bit hesitant to purchase my baby Koran last week but I just fell in love with her when she started raising her dorsal fins whenever I’d put my finger in her tank in the shop. So I bought her. And I am very happy to say that she is eating and grazing around my tank like how a healthy baby Koran should be =)

Now let’s move on to the Corals that I have. Right now I have around 6 or 7 in my tank. All are stony corals. The first I bought was the Green Elegance, however it died a few weeks ago. Luckily, I was able to purchase a really rare colored Elegance, a maroon one, with yellow tips! It is just so beautiful! Take a look!

Apart from that, I also have a Bubble coral. I have 3, or 2 I think. I was able to purchase a 2 in 1 Bubble coral (meaning 2 Bubble Corals in one stone) I feed them fresh fish every 2 days and now they are soooooo big! My nephew calls it Candy! Sometimes they expand way too much they they touch the other corals (yikes!)

And lastly, I have an Anchor Coral, they are not as big as my Elegance and Bubbles, but they are just right. They expand their tentacles in the morning and retract them when I switch off the lights. I think they are the most beautiful, well, next to the Frogspawn Corals.

I was not able to take pictures of ALL of my livestock, not easy to take nice pictures actually. Will update this once I have the complete pictures. Planning my next Cartimar trip soon.