Aquarium Update: Got some live corals shipped from Hawaii, I think.

The last time I did something like this, was around the time in St. James, during my first marine tank (20 Gal) where I ordered some pigmy seahorses from I think Hawaii.

From Corals Anonymous, they also have a branch in CA. They called me to change an order (Green Snow Globe Bubble Tip Anemone replaced with Green Long Tentacle Anemone). Because the Snow Globe wasn't doing well. When I also added the Ultra Mini Carpet Anemone, they also threw in some frags (zoa) for free, all this without changing the price, because it's a large order, but I guess I got a good deal, not to mention good service as well. I think the guy who called me was Asian...I wonder if lots of Asians are into reef tanks.

Here's what I have as of now:

From before:
2 x Clarkiis
2 x Lightning Blue Damsels
2 x 3 Spot Domino Damselfish
around 40 lbs of live rocks
(first one from Petco, the rest pink & white from Ebay)
2 x yellow clown gobies
1 x chocolate chip starfish
2 x feather dusters
some emerald crabs
(I don't exactly know how many because they came with the Petco live rock, but they were at least 3-4, I would say more than that)
1 x Leather Finger
1 x Kenya Tree
(dying)
1 x zoa
(From FirstChoice)

Now:
1 x Ultra Mini Carpet Anemone
1 x Green Long Tentacle Anemone
1 x Purple-tip Hydra Bubble Tip Anemone
1 x Green Pipe Organ
1 x Purple Corkscrew Long Tentacle Anemone
1 x CA Ruby Red Pulsing Xenia

I also received some test kits from Hanna and the Seneye Reef Monitor which is good for checking PAR and I found out that my PAR is very low...close to zero with the light that I have, so yesterday (6/18) from Aquaridise:
1 x Fluval Marine & Reef 2.0 LED Strip Light, 59 Watts (48") $209, Amazon sold it for $190 but I couldn't wait for 3 days until Monday, wasn't even sure how well it's PAR would be. And they gave me about $5 discount, so it's good. Hopefully this will save the Kenya Tree, but I am not counting on it too much.
1 x Dr. Tim's One and Only Saltwater Live Nitrifying Bacteria for 60 gal tank, pour all of it.
1 x Fritz-Zyme 9 Saltwater 16 oz. (For dealing specifically with Ammonia and Nitrite, which I am high on now)

The Fluval light looks great. Blue light even made the corals glow. But it was only the night, more time is needed. And I dumped Dr. Tim's bacteria in, with filter running (hopefully this has nothing to do with the warning not to leave filter socks in on the label). Haven't tried Fritz-Zyme 9 yet, we'll see.

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