- Lots of private work.
- Bought 2023 platinum season pass to six flags.
- Officially done with the world cup after this arg/mex game today. I try to find something watchable in soccer every few years on the biggest stage, but the flopping+boredom is simply a combination for an unenjoyable sport. Will try again in 2026, I guess. It takes 2 seconds of video review to determine if a player is acting. 5 game suspension. Problem solved.
- Played with harnesswealth and a few other calculators.
- Nemo is ocellaris. My platinum storm is technically ocellaris, but my orange/white/black clownfish are perculas. Others are frenatus (tomato), biaculeatus (maroon), clarkii (clark’s), perideraion (skunk), more. Bubbletips are compatible with many, but my long tentacle anemone will probably only host clark’s/skunk/saddleback/maroon (and sebae only clark’s/maroon).
- Ordered liveaquaria: rose bubbletip anemone, bluetip sebae anemone, sally lightfoot crab, saron shrimp, tiger cowrie, sailfin blenny.
- Live food research. Worms, bugs, artemia, more. Ordered some.
- Would love to have a full refugium in my sump cabinet, I just don’t have the space. I’ve experimented with copepods before (and phytoplankton to sustain them) so that I’d have a continuous supply of food streaming to the display tank, but could never sustain the population. I’d need a light in the stand, as well as pumps, plumbing, live rock/sand, etc. It’s called a “refugium” because it’s basically a mini version of your display tank, but allows refuge because creatures can live here without being preyed on by the fish. Grow extra algae, worms, plants, amphipods, etc.
- Brine shrimp hatchery. Also called sea monkeys, or artemia. Basically add eggs to tank water (needs light, heat, ph, salinity, flow/aeration, etc all the same). Incubate for about a day until they hatch, then separate the shrimp from eggs/other and add to tank. You could do this directly in your tank, but need to avoid the return pump crushing everything, filter, the egg waste, getting eaten before hatch, etc. Easier just to do separately.