My first O. Hummelincki

[skywindsurfer]

Here are the videos I took.

 

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[sulley]

tanks looking good...you should probaly cut the shrimp into smaller pieces though

 

[skywindsurfer]

Yes, she didn't eat the whole thing. She didn't even eat a 1/4 of it. So for now I'll just stick to krill. She eats all of it when I give it to her. From what I've experienced with Jewels and Bubbles is that if you give them to large a piece of food, they tend to eat less than if you were to give them several smaller pieces.

 

[skywindsurfer]

Bubbles is showing more and more interest in my fiance and I. Every time we come near the tank she perks up and tends to lean towards us. I hand fed her two pieces of krill. She kept grabbing my fingers. She's so beautiful. She hangs out more on the reef now. I figure this is because it's closer to us, and gives her more of a vantage point of the entire open area of the tank.

 

[skywindsurfer]

Last night I was scrubbing the front and back glass and Bubbles thought it would be fun to play chase/tag with the scrub brush. At first it scared her, but every time after that when it would get close, she would try and grab it. She succeeded a few times. lol After I was done I went to move the theometer out of the oyster reef which she was right behind the theometer. As soon as I grabbed it and started pulling, so did she. lol She was just in such a playful mood last night. I had a blast. To end the evening on a good note I hand fed her two pieces of krill. She took them both and crawled into an oyster shell to settle down for dinner. All in all it was a great night.

 

[skywindsurfer]

On another note. The guy has not finished building the platform for me so I will have to go another few days. He has a bad memory, so I'm going to have to stay on him to get it done. I just hope he remembers exactly how I want it built. Anyways I figure I'll have it by next weekend than. Sucks, but what can you do?

 

[skywindsurfer]

I got to see Bubbles passing cloud this evening for the first time. Unfortunately it was while she was stalking one of the fish. Luckily I was able to feed her some krill before she had a helping of tuna.

 

[skywindsurfer]

Well I think I'm going to do away with the little rock jettie. Though it looks nice and I really like the rock outcrop I have going with it, I think it will be much nicer if the whole area was open. I also moved the reef to the far end of the tank. This kind of stretches my light thin so I'll have to figure something out to fix that.

 

[skywindsurfer]

The mangroves finally came in. All looked in good condition. I placed them inside the whisper filter so they can sit under the halide until I get the island fixed. I expect this to be completed before this weekend.

 

[skywindsurfer]

I was scrubbing the front glass today and Bubbles kept trying to steal the scrub brush. I finally let her grab it when I finished. She explored it for a few seconds and I guess she decided it wasn't worth her trouble. I then went to feed her. I tried hand feeding her but she grabbed my fingers instead. When I pulled away and tried again, she shot some water at me via her siphon as if to say, "Screw you man. If I can't play with your fingers I don't want your food." lol so I put the krill on a stick and offered it again. This time she took it ravenously and even tried taking the stick. About another 30 minutes or so go by and I go back to take some pictures. The glass was smudged so I started wiping it with a towel. Seeing this, Bubbles started lashing out with one of her arms trying to get the towel through the glass. I thought that was so cute. She's become so interactive with my fiance and I. So much more than Jewels had ever been. I'm posting a few pictures of Bubbles and of some changes I've made to the tank.

 

[skywindsurfer]

More pictures

 

[skywindsurfer]

Well I'm giving up on the island idea. As nice as it is, I'm just not liking the progress, or lack there of that has thus far taken place. I don't have so much sand that I can't spread it across the tank evenly without growing anaerobic bacteria. I'm still unsure as to how I'm going to place the rocks. I'm thinking of wither a few small reef heads scattered around the tank or just one large one in the middle with possible small ones speckling the sides.

 

[skywindsurfer]

So I've totally disassembled the "island" I released a bit of gas into the water, but I don't think it was too much. None of the fish seem to be affected by it. The tank is now clouded with sediment. I'll have to wait before I start the construction/re-arrangement of the rocks. The way I see this going is having the rocks create a couple of channels that I can direct current through. Maybe I can create one large trench. Still not sure. During the tear-down of the "island" Bubbles came over to check it out, and not seeing her I scared her a little causing her to ink. She didn't seem too scared cause she didn't leave. She just squated down and let a little ink out. Then slowly crawled away.

 

[skywindsurfer]

This picture above is not mine, just something I would like to replicate. you can see the large trench in the center.