My Reef Addict Diary

I'm sure I'm not the only one completely enthralled by the goings on in my tank. I could sit and watch for hours and often do! All of the little nuances of the tank, behaviors of fish and inverts alike are just amazing to watch. To know that "I made this" (in theory of course, not actuality because I cannot create the life in the tank, only support and nurture it through development) is just amazing to me!

I sit and watch the blue tang and firefish swirl through the water together... They formed a bond when my tang was first introduced at just smaller than a half dollar coin. Maybe the tang thinks the firefish is it's mother, who knows.

I watch the mandarin peck at the glass and flutter his pectoral fins to knock the pods around a bit before slurping them up. He sees a pellet roll by and shwoop! It's gone. He flutters to the front of the glass where I sit and pecks the glass so loudly that you actually hear the tapping! His attitude is more of a, "Human, human I say! Feed me naoooooooo!"

The tailspot blenny seems to still be finding his place. He's found a home in a small hole in one of my main support rocks and peeps his head out when I sit and watch. He comes over to the glass, almost saying "Hi momma, I don't mind if you feed me now!" He is a dorky little fish with huge personality and has taken to lying under a large mushroom coral, peering around suspiciously. The tailspot apparently thinks that my coco worm could use a haircut and obliges as I cringe. The coco worm doesn't mind and does a little spin in his tube.

I've also taken to viewing the less readily accessible creatures in the tank. I'll sit sometimes with flashlight in hand peering up through the bottom of my tank. I have a sand bottom that is now over a year old so there are some interesting sights to behold.

I sit and watch all of the worms in the substrate doing whatever it is they do, skooting along the bottom through their tunnels. It's a beautiful maze of tunnels and occasionally you can see exactly how the tunnels work. I sit and watch as a worm is making his way through and see the detritus and such that he is excreting weaves its way through the same passage way that the worm came through. There are rather large worms (large for a 29g anyway) and there are teeny, tiny worms all plugging along with their wormy ways.

Ah, a day in the life of a reef addict. I may not have a huge tank or lots of cash to throw in to it but what I lack in those areas is definitely made up for in dedication and amazement!

 

Beautifully written. By all means write as much as you would like here! I really enjoyed that.

+K

 

I'm glad! Thanks! I haven't just written about something in quite a while. I forgot how soothing it is, LOL.

 

very nice read, makes me wish I was home watching my tank and not at work . I could absolutely just sit and sit and sit there, almost dangerous because I could pass the whole day and not worry about anything else but that little slice of the ocean that is mine.

 

Definitely. It's amazing how much time can go by just watching!

 

cool post whippy

Im very similar these days , cant recall if I have watched any TV this week to be honest
but I have spent plenty of time staring in my tank

my most recent funny observation has been watching my yellow tang battling his way to the 3000 gph wavemaker which has a small amount of algae on it
the tang gets there manages 2 or 3 brief pecks and then gets blasted 18 inches backwards
not put off by this , back he goes

its a aquatic variation on a Hamster wheel LOL

Steve

 

I am with you...I could spend hours upon hours looking and tweaking things.

My wife always says I have my head under the tank!

Thats because I just did some major upgrades so I am fine tuning everything, but I can spend all day with this tank no problem....

Ahhhhh....the benefits of working from home....Lucky me!!!

 

Too funny Steve! My tailspot likes to do that occasionally as well!

I wish I worked from home! Actually, probably not. I wouldn't get anything done!

 

Lucky you your stand allows the rare view of the underside of the tank, my stands have a solid top...but nighttime spying into the tank is still fun too.
We call the tanks aquatic tv.

 

LOL! Aquatic TV is a good name. I would rather watch the tank than TV any day! Now I just need to rearrange corals so that they look good and aren't just stuck wherever I could wedge them at the time!