Category Archives: fish tanks

The disappearing starfish!

Posted on July 3, 2025 by jjspina

Another strange occurrence in our fish tank! It never ends! The starfish is gone!! As I have mentioned in previous posts, our starfish was doing well and eating all the detritus and algae on the walls of the tank. Well, … Continue reading →

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Our fish tank life!

Posted on June 21, 2025 by jjspina

Life in our fish tank has been crazy with the death of our Brown Tang. We are waiting a little longer before purchasing some more fish. Our Gramma Basslet is doing okay but looks sad without any other fish to … Continue reading →

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A sad day in the fish tank!

Posted on June 11, 2025 by jjspina

I am saddened about what happened in our fish tank today! John and I had been out on errands and a doctor appointment. When we returned home, we found our beautiful Brown Tang stuck on the fan that circulates the … Continue reading →

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Two new additions to our fish tank!

Posted on June 10, 2025 by jjspina

We continue to add more fish to our tank to join the starfish and anemone which were added a week ago. They are doing well. Here are our two new fish – Gramma Basslet and Brown Tang. Even though it … Continue reading →

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A Sad Day!

Posted on April 26, 2025 by jjspina

Recently the day after Easter Sunday we woke up to find our fish had died in our 95-gallon saltwater tank. I let our families know that we were closing down the tank in case someone wanted the tank. My husband … Continue reading →

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Do your children love to read about Hermit Crabs?

Posted on April 16, 2025 by jjspina

If your children love to read about Hermit Crabs, maybe you should check out my children’s book, Clarence Henry the Hermit Crab. Clarence was a real hermit crab who lived in a 90-gallon saltwater tank in our home. He was … Continue reading →

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Two New Additions to our Fish Tank!

Posted on February 10, 2024 by jjspina

I am happy to share that we have two new additions to our 95-gallon fish tank. We ordered a few fish online to be delivered by mail. They arrived a few days ago – a Bi-color Dottyback, Spiny Box Fish … Continue reading →

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Sad News about our Boxface Puffer Fish – Raymond Burrfish!

Posted on October 20, 2023 by jjspina

I have sad news to share with readers today. Our Boxface Puffer Fish – Raymond Burrfish had an accident in the tank while feeding and suffered an injury that killed him. We still don’t know what happened. My husband had … Continue reading →

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Adorable Spiny Puffer Burrfish – Raymond Burrfish!

Posted on August 31, 2023 by jjspina

I have been enjoying watching our new spiny puffer burrfish – Raymond Burrfish! He is quite entertaining! I think he knows me now and follows me around as I passed by his tank many times a day to say ‘hello.’ … Continue reading →

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New Additions to the Fish Tank and Visitors to our Yard!

Posted on August 22, 2023 by jjspina

We have had a lot of problems with red algae once again so we added two Goby fish that are bottom feeders and good at cleaning up the tank. Here are several photos of them getting acclimated to their new … Continue reading →

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