It's always interesting finding new things in the tank

So I've had a few losses in the tank since my last post. Sadly, mostly unnatural causes. My blue tang finally died after having a case of white spots. My hammer coral died since the naughty yellow tail damsels kept kicking sand onto it. My favourite fish punchy died from being stuck in the weir. I was so sad to come home and find him dead. my long noes butterfly died the day after.

On a happier note, I have got some new fish.



This is a sand sifting goby. (The pic was taken when he just got put in so he freaked out my goni coral) I have 2 of these now after picking up another one from Malcom this afternoon. They clean all the sand on the bottom eating all the left over food.



Alan and I have been looking for one of these for so long! He's a scooter dragonette. He is one of the main reasons we started a marine tank. We saw one at the aquarium shop when we were buying freshwater fish and thought he was the cutest thing but sadly he was saltwater. Hence, the new tank :D



Among the many random things I've found in the tank (including a sea urchin), I found this. I still have no idea what it is



Night shot with the moonlight LEDs.

Ordered a lot more goodies that should be arriving this week!

Photos!

Finally pulled out the DSLR to get some decent shots of the tank rather than just half-assed pics.

Hermit crabs:







Corals













My Trigger and starfish:



Punchy!



Got a new anemone today. One of the clownfish has already claimed it as his:

My cowfish punchy.

So have been going through HUGE updates with the aquarium. So excited. It's all coming together :D
Have quite a few corals and fish now.

Just 4 of my 7 coral:





It's so interesting watching them eat:



One of my fish (hes a niger trigger) stealing my nem's food:



I have 6 yellow tail damsels (they were one of my first fish in the tank). They can be aggressive but mine seem to like hiding



This is one of my cardinals. I have a bangaii and a pyjama. This is the bangaii:



This is my fave hermit crab (I've lost count on how many are in there). He's really active and just walks around the tank. So I named him Ferdinand after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan:



And this is the star of my tank. He is a long horned cow fish. So small and cute but Alan has named him punchy since he seriously always seems to want to fight. While other fish are scared by me cleaning the tank, he follows the glass cleaner and me around. He then bit me when I tried to put my hand into the tank! He also follows the camera around like crazy when given the chance. Check out how small he is:



Latest full tank shot: