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  1. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Well, although I have stuff to do to complete my system, the important part is done. My 100 gallon Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Biotope Aquarium is up and running, and almost fully stocked (I still have fish in QT for another week). Still, there is a lot of life in there. I posted a stocking...
  2. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Hi everyone. It's been a long time since I've posted an oyster reef tank update, so now I finally have something worth updating and showing. I've kept a sloppy tank with the fish and inverts since my last post about this tank, nothing like my 20g tank when it was in its heyday. But, I've...
  3. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    I hate giving updates about bad news, but I've had a few things happen in my oyster reef tank recently that I'm not happy about reporting. But, I have to tell it like it is. First, my last skilletfish died. I had no idea it would happen. It was a hearty eater and full of energy every day...
  4. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Here's a quick update on the 20g high tank. I lost one of the two sticklebacks about ten days ago. Why? I have no idea, but, because it was eating fine. But, it hid all the time, and when it came out to eat, the other one harassed and chased it. My hunch is that the one doing the harassing...
  5. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    I made a short video to introduce everyone to the crabs that are currently in my tank. Enjoy! By the way, the blennies killed one of my crabs. After filming this, I found a dead one, upside down, with the belly eaten out. I've seen them attack the crabs before. This one was picked on the...
  6. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Last night, I took another video of the fish tank, because the one that I posted yesterday was filmed when the water was still cloudy, and there were some really blurry scenes. The water in this video is much clearer, probably because the live oyster has been doing some filtering! Also, notice...
  7. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    This was an exciting weekend in some ways. I went with some friends on a collecting trip. On the down side, record rainfall over the past 16 months reduced the salinity in the Chesapeake bay dramatically, so much so, that it's almost fresh water. Blue catfish are regularly caught throughout...
  8. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Well, I'm going to spam y'all with another video. I filmed this the other night to try and capture all of the life in my tank. I guess that I did, but after watching it on YT, it turned out better than I thought at first. I panned the fish first, then the invertebrates (barnacle, anemones...
  9. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Time for a video tank update, shot the other day after my "monthly" water change. Monthly is in quotes, because that is what I've decided on for a schedule. In practice, it's more like every third month, LOL. The fish were all curious and poking their heads out. I thought that the tank...
  10. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Here's a quick peek at a male striped blenny that comes out to attack the camera. You can see some of the spawning coloration, such as the blue spot and yellow/orange streak on the dorsal fin, orange tail, orange trimmed over yellow pectoral fins, orange lips and the orange/peach patch on the...
  11. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    It's not a very good pic because of the angle that I had to shoot from, but, you can see the eggs that were laid during the filming of that last video. Those eggs were laid in just 11 minutes (the length of the video). I find that amazing. There weren't any eggs on that shell prior to the video.
  12. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    I wasn't going to shoot a video last night, but, I couldn't help it. I saw this male striped blenny (Chasmodes bosquianus) corral a female blenny into his shell. I quickly grabbed my camera to see what happened next. His attempts to keep her in there until he could squeeze in with her were...
  13. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    I've got three videos to share for this update: This first one is only 16 seconds long, and shows three of the anemones that I've found recently in the tank. Not long ago, I thought that all of the anemones died off. When I first discovered that they survived and reproduced a few weeks ago, I...
  14. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Last night, I was able to catch some really cool spawning activity on the video. One of male blennies was able to successfully herd the female blenny into a shell to spawn. He worked hard to get her there, but, he did it. The only problem was, it wasn't his favorite shell that he was hoping...
  15. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Thank you Dee! I'm glad you like them!
  16. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    The male striped blennies are very bold. When I search the tank with my magnifying glass, the blenny that defends the left side of the tank often charges me, trying to scare me away from his territory. I've always wanted to catch it on film. Until last night, he was the only one that did it...
  17. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Everyone's probably sick of my tank by now with all of my updates, but, I can't help it. I love it and want to share it LOL. The skilletfish that disappeared and then reappeared died. I found the half eaten carcass floating at the surface. The blennies and other skilletfish looked pretty fat...
  18. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    This morning, I went down with my flashlight and magnifying glass to see what was active before the lights were on, looking for that first anemone. I found it, plus the three in the video...but...there are actually four in the video! And, I found another one on the other side of the tank...
  19. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    While searching for the anemone that I saw a few days ago, I found more anemones. There are three small ones, as it turns out. The first anemone must be buried. In an earlier post, I thought that the blennies killed off the ghost anemones, but, apparently, the original two not only survived...
  20. Chasmodes

    Oyster Reef Ecosystem Tank

    Well, I was wrong about another thing about my tank. The "missing" skilletfish that I hadn't seen in a week, was on the glass near the other two skilletfish that were waiting patiently for me to feed them. This particular skilletfish wasn't interested in any of the food that I dropped into the...
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