I absolutely love ordering from Live Aquaria. They have the best service, a wide range of livestock, and great shipping. There is one part about ordering from Live Aquaria that can trip me up though: they have two different facilities. One is in Wisconsin, and seems to be primarily for aquacultured coral. The other is in California, which I imagine handles imports from the Pacific. This time I based my order around the fish I wanted, and filled it out with other specimens available from their California facility.
My reef has only had three fish for its first six months: our resident firefish, who was the original inhabitant, and the pair of clownfish I added at the end of summer. While moving slowly on additions is always a virtue with keeping a reef aquarium, I decided it was time to move forward with a group of fish I've always wanted to keep: Chromis viridis, the Blue Chromis. The layout of this tank was originally created to allow for a large open swimming area at the top, specifically for small schooling fish like the Chromis. I purchased five juveniles, which will hopefully adapt well and add a lot of colorful motion to my aquarium. As nice as corals are, you really can't beat the visual appeal of a group of colorful fish. It makes the tank appealing from across the room as well as close up.
Below is a full list of what I ordered from Live Aquria. I also purchased some coral frags from a member on Reef Central. Both orders should be arriving Tuesday.
5x Chromis:
2x Brittlestars:
Haitian anemone:
5" encrusting montipora:
Calcareous algae, Halimeda:
"Hulk" polyps, ~30 heads:
Neon green polyps:
2x red monti frags, 2"x2":
My reef has only had three fish for its first six months: our resident firefish, who was the original inhabitant, and the pair of clownfish I added at the end of summer. While moving slowly on additions is always a virtue with keeping a reef aquarium, I decided it was time to move forward with a group of fish I've always wanted to keep: Chromis viridis, the Blue Chromis. The layout of this tank was originally created to allow for a large open swimming area at the top, specifically for small schooling fish like the Chromis. I purchased five juveniles, which will hopefully adapt well and add a lot of colorful motion to my aquarium. As nice as corals are, you really can't beat the visual appeal of a group of colorful fish. It makes the tank appealing from across the room as well as close up.
Below is a full list of what I ordered from Live Aquria. I also purchased some coral frags from a member on Reef Central. Both orders should be arriving Tuesday.
5x Chromis:
2x Brittlestars:
Haitian anemone:
5" encrusting montipora:
Calcareous algae, Halimeda:
"Hulk" polyps, ~30 heads:
Neon green polyps:
2x red monti frags, 2"x2":
Labels: Coral, Fish, Reef Aquarium
