Where lies a Anthias? My little orange Anthias has chosen a niche in the rock, and there he spends most of the time "blind", ie the one with the lights off. The great thing is to see it taken care of from 2 Lysmata debelius, almost protecting it, girandogli always around and often "picking at" something in the middle of the gills, between the fins, even in the mouth.
So the 3 is a show ... that's why I did a little video.

These fish, which should be kept in a herd, say at least 3 specimens, are meeting frequently to those who dive with and without tanks in tropical seas, because there are a few up to 40 feet deep, especially in the part of the reef facing the open sea. In all the documentaries you often see a "cloud" of fish that revolves around large colonies of corals , and then retreat into them at the approach of a predator, including humans.
They are short in groups, never still except at night.

I n aquarium seems likely to have feeding difficulties. In this case I bought (well I gave) a fish that appeared healthy and above all, he calmly ate the food grain. And in fact, in my saltwater aquarium , though only after 10 days of hermit life behind a rock, eating dry food without problems, as well as brine shrimp (and God forbid!). The only difficulty is that, even today after more than 1 month, suffers from the size difference with the Zebrasoma Desjardini, so I must be careful to distribute the food in several places, so that he, too, as the pair of clowns can get there.

I can resist 2, 3 to 4 weeks without buying a coral for my aquarium , but they are rare and, although at this time are tragically unemployed, last weekend I bought a cutting of green Acropora nobilis. I have always liked, has a color so intense, especially under strong illumination, and strangely I could not find her some friends enthusiast corals SPS, which is why I am forced to buy in the store.

Quest'Acropora should be under 6-8 T5 fluorescent tubes, metal halide or a nice, short, wants strong illumination, but when the subject touches a few weeks of low light, at least until

• She adjusted the current ceiling (it takes about 25 € and a little 'work for the cables)
• I autocostruisco a ceiling light (I have a progettino ...)
• I buy a ceiling light LED from China, but by the CREE LED (tested, safe, efficient)
• I buy a new, more and T5, to economize

The problem, understandably, is that it is not the time of an unforeseen, so I'm limiting the budget to patch up the situation as "light", but I will not even fix a ceiling old Chinese always find myself with a product inefficient (ferromagnetic ballasts rather than electronic, so about 30% of energy wasted) and years of wear on the shoulders.

This is a kind of clone of the best known of the mini skimmer Mame (Mame nano skimmer)

$ 1 Mame Skimmer Nano Clone is a ghetto-fabulous DIY deal
Online, however, there are dozens of achievements of small skimmers for nano and pico reefs, small aquariums, often made ​​only with parts of a single bottle of Coca-Cola, un'ossigenatore and little else.
I admit that some have little aesthetic care ... and aquariums without SUMP most likely we will have them on sight, but I think that the aesthetic can easily touch up any project, so that each finds its balance between functionality and aesthetics.

Precise function of a skimmer is only secondarily that of emulsifying proteins in order to eliminate water (bubbles adhere to the organic molecules derived from the excrement of the fish that are deposited in a special container), the main one is the 'water oxygenation . The movement of the pump is not enough, especially where only a small aquarium pump 300 l / h often generates too much power ...