Tag Archives: Saltwater tank

New addition to saltwater tank – Spiny Box Puffer (Burrfish)!

Posted on August 14, 2023 by jjspina

Our 195-gallon saltwater tank has another new addition. We ordered a Spiny Box Puffer (Burrfish) by mail and it came on 8/8/23. I hope by the time you see this post that he made it! Here are some photos of … Continue reading →

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New Additions to Saltwater Tank!

Posted on August 5, 2023 by jjspina

Our saltwater tank is up and running well with healthy fish so it was time to add a couple more. Here are the newest additions to our tank. They were a little anxious but now are doing well. The yellow … Continue reading →

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Updates on Saltwater Tank – Anemone!

Posted on July 16, 2023 by jjspina

I am excited about what is happening in our saltwater tank! Our anemone is happy too! One of clown fish (smaller one) has decided finally to host the anemone! Hurray! This is a good thing for the anemone and also … Continue reading →

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Update on our saltwater tank and anemone!

Posted on June 20, 2023 by jjspina

In a previous post I promised to keep you updated about our new anemone. It was touch and go for a day or so but the anemone is alive and beautiful as ever. Hurray! Here are some photos I took … Continue reading →

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Some New Additions to our Saltwater Fish Tank!

Posted on June 14, 2023 by jjspina

We recently purchased two additions for our saltwater fish tank – a chocolate chip starfish and a sea anemone. These two creatures are the only two safe ones to add to the tank since our fish are quite aggressive and … Continue reading →

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Sad News to Share about our Saltwater Tank!

Posted on June 11, 2023 by jjspina

Unfortunately at this writing I have to share that our new chocolate chip starfish did not make it. We don’t know what happened. He seemed to be healthy and eating all the algae on the walls of the tank until … Continue reading →

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Update on Saltwater Aquarium Tank!

Posted on April 3, 2023 by jjspina

I haven’t shared how our saltwater aquarium tank is doing for a long time. There have been too many projects that have been keeping me busy. While I am finishing up a WIP I thought I would do this quick … Continue reading →

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A Sad Announcement about my Hermit Crab – Sebas Jr.!

Posted on November 20, 2022 by jjspina

While we were away on vacation my hermit crab – Sebas Jr. passed away. My son was feeding our fish when we were in Aruba. He told me that on the first day Sebas Jr. was at the bottom of … Continue reading →

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New Additions to our Saltwater Tank!

Posted on August 13, 2022 by jjspina

We have some new additions to our saltwater tank to share. Some fish have short lives and we replace them with new fish. We have 16 fish in our 92 gallon tank at the moment. We recently added a basslet … Continue reading →

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Molting time for Sebas Jr once again!

Posted on May 31, 2022 by jjspina

If you have been reading my posts about our tropical fish in our 90 gallon saltwater tank you know about Sebas Jr. If you haven’t, here is a post introducing him. Here are two more posts, here and here. Here … Continue reading →

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