The Crosby ChroniclesA Life in Motion

So, after weeks (months actually) of reading and researching and waiting and planning, we finally got our aquarium started!
Yesterday, we added the live rock and live sand to the aquarium, and clouded up the whole works for a day. This morning, Mary took a shot at ‘aquascaping’, and we now have a pretty good looking layout of rocks, with lots of little crevices and caves for the fishes and creatures to live in. Now that the rocks and sand are in, the tank has begun it’s ‘cycle’, which will last from 2-4 weeks. At that point, we can add fish and coral, one at a time. We’re hoping to start getting cool stuff around late Dec / early January time frame.
Here’s a few pictures, from ‘Just put the tank on the stand’ to ‘15 minutes ago we found a starfish that hitched a ride’!

I’m not sure exactly what happened, but Mary somehow talked me into getting a fish tank. As with anything else we do, however, I’m not content to just get a little average fish tank with like a goldfish or something in it. This fish tank is a salt-water tank, and will end up full of coral and some exotic crustaceans and fish, so it’s at least interesting to look at. Here’s day 1:

The rest of pictures are over on flickr, here.

We’ll be sure to post updates as we add things, like water and sand and rock to it