ORA had awesome displays at MACNA NJ. They were displaying their aquacultured corals and fish. The colors were amazing, especially considering they were using standard Current USA fixtures w/ standard bulbs. Unfortunately they weren’t there to sell corals and fish, which saved me a lot of money! Here’s some videos I shot:

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Here’s a video of the AquaticLife Life Fixtures. These things are pretty cool because they use the latest 150w HID bulbs. What makes these so special is that the bulbs are so small and they’re designed for parabolic reflectors giving a spotlight effect. The fixture allows the reflectors to swivel to point the light where it’s need. Supplemental t5’s round this fixture out. another cool feature is that the ballasts are mounted on the fixture but there’s space between the ballasts and the reflectors to vent the heat upward. Also the glass shield on the reflectors have slits that allow air to pass though for cooling. Like I said, cool fixture indeed.

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I like to feed my fish and corals a mixed diet of dried and frozen foods. I feed frozen mysis(mysid), freeze dried cyclopeeze, small pellets (Oceans Nutrition Formula 1 & 2), flake (Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef),  nori (dried seaweed), DT oyster eggs and cut up raw shrimp. I don’t have a set schedule on what gets fed, just whenever I feel like it. In general, only pellets and flakes get fed daily.  When I feed the other foods, I feel like it makes my water dirty, so I time these feedings with my water change schedule. I’ll feed the ‘messy’ foods and then I’ll do my weekly water change, about an hour later.

I also use an automatic fish feeder because I keep anthias, which like to be fed a bunch of times a day. This feeds a mix of pellets and crushed up flakes twice a day. The best feeder I’ve ever used is the eheim 3581. It’s on sale on Drs. Foster right now for $33. Best price you can get for these. Here’s a link: Eheim fish feeder.

My acan lords (LPS) get spot fed w/ cyclopeeze and mysis a couple of times a week and my anemones get fed raw shrimp, once every few weeks. I also use some Zeovit suppliments for the corals, such as amino acids. Other than that, I’ll feed the tank whatever I have lying around. If I have fish roe (eggs) for my sushi, I’ll feed the tank this as well.

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I’m on an anthias kick lately. Picked up two female lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) the other day. Hopefully one will turn into a male soon. Right now they get along pretty good, but live in their separate burrows at night. These fish are picky eaters and they’re not touching any pellets.  Only eating mysis and cyclopeeze and they like to eat all the time!  Looks like I’m going to have to stop by the LFS and pick up some PE mysis shrimp packs again…

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Just picked up a Japanese Borbonius Anthias (Odontanthias borbonius), aka Blotchy Anthias, from NYaquatics.  These deepwater fish are pretty rare and only recently, has the price come down. Earlier this year, these fish were doing for around $300 each. I picked this guy up for much much less. He’s in my frag tank for the time being. Trying to feed him without having to compete w/ the other fish in my display. Eating mysis and pellets.

I like the look of this guy.  Big eyes, tye-dye/radioactive looking skin. He’s so ugly, he’s beautiful!

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