Back on
Wow it's been forever since I've been on. I moved into the new place and we just got our internet up and running! We were slack on it, then Comcast didn't really give us speedy service. Anyways..
Lennon has been moved into a brand new 55 gallon tank from his 37 gallon. I chose a 55 over a 75 because the 75 I had was used, so I traded that one in at work for the new 55. It's running with a Aquarclear 110 and a Koralia 2. I'm adding a Prizm hang on the back skimmer shortly, or I might try and make one myself.
The transition for Lennon was surprisingly smooth. I used all of the water from his other tank and got and extra 15 or so gallons of RO/DI water mixed with Tropic Marin salt (what I always use with Lennon). I added some pieces of rock from my 125 gallon tank to fill the tank for the most part, but I'm planning on getting some lace rock just to add some more crevices and caves.
It's starting to get hotter here in Savannah, and we've got plenty of marshes around my area so Lennon's been getting FREE live food lately. The best kind, for sure! Last year when I went to catch fiddlers for my old octo, that's all I found- fiddlers. This year, however, in addition to the fiddlers I've been finding some mussels or oysters. I'm pretty sure they're mussels. Lennon eats those too, so that was definitely a good find. I think that interaction has been somewhat halted by the move...he'll still play tug-of-war when I feed frozen foods, but aside from that I don't get too much out of him. I'm hoping that will change as he gets accustomed to his new tank. I'll keep postin'!