Tank Updates

By User ImageBambit on December 20th, 2005

The Final Arrangement

Amazing how so much has happened since Edna Mata and company walked into our house to setup the sea water aquarium. This is how it looks like now. A huge difference, you will agree, to the unfinished setup in front of which you can see Sam having coffee in the previous post below.

What contributed to the dramatic change? Additional lighting, for one. In the earlier pictures we had just the blue flourescent light, which accounts for (along with the blue backdrop) the predominantly blue look of the tank. Tonight Edna and Ondo came with the additional pink fluorescent light, which now enhanced the colors of the fish and rocks. For example, the tomato clown yesterday looked more orange, but tonight under the combined blue and pink lights the tomato clown looked as red as—well—a tomato. The green sagittaria provide refreshing color breaks against the rather dull (but very healthy) live rock.

The Car Wash

They told us not to be dismayed by the high mortality rate. It is to be expected with a new tank, and as long as we are not letting any detergents, cigarette ash, and insecticide anywhere near the aquarium we can assure ourselves we are innocent of their deaths. We started at around 30 or more fish of different kinds. Now we’re down to twenty. As of this post they all look healthy and active, as opposed to the ones who have expired (including two moorish idols, sayang) over the past two nights.

I think a huge part of that is because we’ve exiled the bamboo shark to the subtank. He doesn’t like it there, but then we didn’t want him to keep wreaking havoc in the main tank. If there is anyone out there who keeps a saltwater tank and would like a 16-inch banded bamboo shark, you are welcome to this one gratis, just leave a comment on this post.

For more samples of Edna’s work, go see the aquarium at the back part of Market!Market! and at the second-level lobby of the Pan-Pacific Hotel in Manila.

And for a closer look at the tank, click on the tank picture at the beginning of this post to see a 1024*405 pixel image of what Sam calls the Himaya Reef.

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11 Responses to “Tank Updates”

  1. no imagekars (Who am I?)
    Dec 20th, 2005 at 8:17 am

    how about naming all your fishes at Himaya reef? :-)

    nemo, marlin, coral, dory?

    Or how about names from the Tank Gang: Peach, Bloat, Gill, Gurgle?

    :-)

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  2. no imageBambit (Who am I?)
    Dec 20th, 2005 at 8:55 am

    kars, we’re waiting for the tank to stabilize before naming anyone. you know what mike in monsters inc. said, “if you name it, you get attached to it” :)

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  3. no imagetoni (Who am I?)
    Dec 20th, 2005 at 3:09 pm

    Therapeutic ang may aquarium ‘no? :)

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  4. no imageyuga (Who am I?)
    Dec 22nd, 2005 at 6:22 am

    I have a fresh water aquarium already setup. The other supposed-to-be salt-water aquarium is un-inhabited though. 16 inches is very long though. How big an aquarium does it need? :D

    Uy, merry christmas din po! ;)

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  5. no imagebambit (Who am I?)
    Dec 22nd, 2005 at 9:12 am

    toni, oh yes, therapeutic talaga, you can’t help but be awed by such a view, nakakaaliw nga din because we’re starting to see each fish has its own personality, may mahiyain, may pasikat, may asal-tambay, may batang yagit … nakakatuwa! :D

    yugs, the bamboo would need a tank at least 3x the size of its length to give it room to maneuver. Also if you have rock formations in that tank, make sure they’re securely in place, this guy can wreak havoc worse than King Kong himself. He’s beautiful but he’s a menace. :)

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  6. no imagedelish (Who am I?)
    Dec 22nd, 2005 at 6:03 pm

    i don’t think i’d ever be good with pets i can’t hold… but aquariums really soothe nerves no?

    anyway sis… happy holidays!!!

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  7. no imagesha (Who am I?)
    Dec 24th, 2005 at 4:51 pm

    I think the best time to name them is when each character are known di yan description mo can be named to them

    hahaha…..ma lingaw gyud!

    MAAYONG PASKO SA IMO BAMBIT
    DIA TUGNAW KAAYO DIRI..

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  8. no imageKing kong (Who am I?)
    Jan 26th, 2006 at 11:27 am

    That’s great, looking forward to reading the rest of your entries.
    Take care,

    king kong

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  9. no imageking kong (Who am I?)
    Jan 27th, 2006 at 8:09 am

    I love your blog, this is the secnd time I come here, yhank you for your posts and keep on writing, because you certianly can ;)

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  10. no imageBambit (Who am I?)
    Jan 29th, 2006 at 7:03 am

    thank you very much for the compliments, king kong, it sure warms the heart! :)

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  11. no imagegratis email (Who am I?)
    Jan 30th, 2006 at 11:46 am

    Hey, What a nice website. Wish there would be more like yours! Keep on the good work! :D

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