Powell River Jasper's New Reef tank (donated Biocube 14 g build)

[Solo7319]

Hello All,

First – apologies for not posting sooner. Jasper has been experiencing some declining health, and with moving into our new house, the hosting of a box-war…and non-stop company, we’ve been swamped!

We are all delighted with the BioCube14. Anthony (and his daughter Felicia) and Marie came and spent a few hours setting it up and checked up on it the next day. We are finding it more compelling than television! We have a number of corals whose names we are still learning, a pair of snowflake clownfish Suture and Dex, a cleaner shrimp Sir Edmund Hilary, a mandarin goby Bond, a royal gramma Francisco “Pistols” Scaramanga otherwise known as Paco or the Man with the Golden Gun, three hermit crabs named after sherpas; Tenzing Norgay, Sano Babu Sunuwar (Babu) and Nima Chhamzi, a snail and two tube worms (bonus!) as yet unnamed. Many many thanks must go out to those who donated equipment and fish and corals. Anthony explained how rare some were and how far away they have come from. This has been an excellent gift – not just for Jasper, but for our whole family and has inspired many hours of together-time gazing at the tank.

We’ve had quite a bit of action already – the climbing antics of the shrimp and crabs inspiring their names. Also – Bond must have put a hit out on Paco – because he was dead and being devoured by the snail one morning. (We suspect transport shock as we rarely saw it). We are already talking about a replacement with Anthony. The corals have all popped out and everyone seems to be doing well now. Yesterday morning my husband exclaimed “There’s a second shrimp…it must have been hiding all this time – it’s totally transparent!” We soon learned that the shrimp had simply molted – very exciting.

We are all learning more about aquaria every day, as are our friends and family. Thanks for getting us started in this fascinating hobby!

We’ll post more as our tank evolves.

The Mohans

[Solo7319]

Note the messaging on the box - awesome

[Solo7319]

Sorry for the double post; I was unable to edit my previous post to add pics.

[Skimmerking]

friggin awesome

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Thanks for posting the pics. Yeah, the message was from Mindy, who sent the Grade A Snowflake clowns 1800 km from Saskatoon.

We are all hoping (and praying) that Jasper will start to feel better again. It was a real pleasure meeting all of you and Felicia had such a good time playing over at your new home. I will be talking to my friend Dean about whether he is coming down to visit & if so, I will try to send up a replacement Royal Gramma or some equally colourful fish/character.

Anthony

[dino]

amazing job and such big hearts you guys have may I ask who will be doing w.c and other stuff besides feeding fish? im assuming they are new to fishkeeping and probley really busy

[Jakegr]

Thanks so much for taking the time to tell us about your experience with the tank. Moulting shrimp have tricked me many times too! It is amazing how closely a fresh moult can resemble real live shrimp.

Best wishes and I hope Jasper feels better again soon.

[Claudia]

I love the fact the Jasper has a chair in from too the tank lol Sorry about Paco but t least Bond is ok

[marie]

Originally Posted by dino

amazing job and such big hearts you guys have may I ask who will be doing w.c and other stuff besides feeding fish? im assuming they are new to fishkeeping and probley really busy

I am supplying new salt water, mixed and heated for water changes and I am also on call any time they are in need of help

[Myka]

I didn't realize this thread was being updated...I'm happy the message on the box put a smile on everyone's face.

I'm so heartbroken to hear that Jasper has passed. Words can't describe how unfair life is sometimes. My most sincere condolences to Jasper's family. I feel honored to be a part of this project.