Starfish, Maroon Clown, & a Gargonian

This weekend we added, Patrick, the starfish:

Elizabeth, the maroon clown fish:

Who, unfortunately, didn't reappear the next day after we added her to the tank :(

And, a gargonian, filter-feeding invertebrate:

These are a couple pictures of the tank with the new additions:

There have only been a couple of other developments since our last post.  The second bubble-tip anemone ended up committing (what Josh calls) anemocide.  In other words, it crawled onto the koralia (creates the current in the tank) and was shred to bits!  *sigh*  I think we'll have to give up on those type of anemones.  Our condy anemone also decided to move; if you look close in the picture above you'll see him in the bottom right corner of the tank with the kenya trees.  We have since moved him to a huge crack in a rock on the top left of the tank.  This seems to be a favorite spot for all the marine life in the tank, so we're hoping he'll be satisfied there.  We also had our water tested at the pet store when we went to pick up the new tank mates and were informed that our alkalinity was rather low, so we bought some supplements for the tank.  This can be a cause for the anemones moving around.  We'll see how that helps!

Angela the Angelfish

Meet, Angela - the bi-color angelfish:















We just added her to the tank last night.  My family has suddenly become enamored with the idea of having marine life named after them.  So, this one was named after my mother.

Other fish that have been named after my family include, Bo (my sister's boyfriend) - the sea urchin (left) and, Danny (my step-father) - the blue velvet damsel (right):












My sister, Elizabeth still needs to pick out her fish.  I suppose we should name some of them after Josh, the kids, and I.  Guess we'll see...

Our new anemone hasn't found his/her home yet. It's been moving all over the tank. We were hopeful that he would remain in this excellent spot:



Unfortunately, last night he was getting VERY close to the overflow box and we had to turn it off to prevent the disaster we had with the last anemone splitting himself up. Then, this morning, he had moved down to the cavern below these rocks. At first, Josh thought maybe he liked the light and had crawled up there to get closer to it. Now we're beginning to wonder if it isn't the flow of the water he likes and that's why they keep getting to close to the overflow. I personally think they are depressed - either they're hiding under a rock or trying to commit suicide! LOL Ah well, maybe he'll find a "safe" home soon enough. We'll just have to keep a close eye on him.

Toadstool Leather and Bubble Tip Anemone

Last night we added another bubble tip anemone (hopefully, this one will stay put!) and a large toadstool leather:















This is what the anemone and the toadstool look like in their "resting" state:
















Another picture of the tank as it looks now, during the day:



We have also added some "moon lights" to the tank.  Several things in the tank react to these lights like a black light and they glow in "psychedelic" colors:














Here is a full view of the tank's moonlight: