Tag Archives: Trigger

We lost our Hippo Tang – Dori!

Posted on September 16, 2025 by jjspina

Sad to say, but I must tell you that we lost our Hippo Tang – Dori. She had not been swimming much over the past two days. She appeared to be struggling to breathe. I don’t know what happened. That … 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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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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A Tragic Die-off in our Saltwater Tank!

Posted on July 29, 2023 by jjspina

We had a sad event happen in our saltwater tank. We lost one clown fish, Wrasse, and two blue damsels. They evidently could not tolerate some chemical in the algae treatment that had to be added to counteract the growing … 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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A New Addition in the Tank! A New Guy is in Town!

Posted on May 24, 2022 by jjspina

I wanted to share with you the newest addition to our saltwater tank. He appears to be happy in his new home, a Tang. I’m not sure of his official title – some type of yellow scoops tang? We have … Continue reading →

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Some More Fish Added to our Tank!

Posted on July 9, 2021 by jjspina

We now have two clown fish, three anemones, a Foxface, Lubbock’s Fancy Wrasse, Gold Spotted Rabbit Fish, a Coral Beauty and a Gamma. They all appeared so far to be getting along. I think the anemones are trying to entice … Continue reading →

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Sad Day – Our Trigger fish and Dori, a Hippo Tang both passed!

Posted on June 15, 2021 by jjspina

I recently wrote a post about our cantankerous Trigger fish. He was quite a fellow and controlled the tank. Today we woke up to find him and his buddy, Dori, a Hippo Tang, both gone to the hereafter. So sad. … Continue reading →

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A Rascal of a Fish – our Trigger!

Posted on June 2, 2021 by jjspina

If you have been following me you know how much we care for our tropical fish and freshwater fish. My husband takes care of them and I just enjoy watching them. It takes a good deal of time and effort … Continue reading →

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