[Michael Hoaster]

My Portieria Macro Algae and Cerith snails come today. Looks like the timing will be right, as I'm getting some microalgae, diatoms and cyanobacteria, here and there. I'll add a fighting conch or two, once the tank conditions are more stable.

I've finally decided on a blenny. The Horned Blenny looks like the best caribbean species for my community of mostly small fish. Hopefully I won't have to add one until I get the sunshine chromis, royal grammas and chalk basses in there. The red-lipped blenny was also under consideration, but it gets a little too big and appears to be a little more aggressive than the horned.

I'll keep the mollies as an option as well, but my gut feeling is that they won't 'look right' in my tank. It would be nice to see a fish in the tank though! I wonder how easy to catch they are. I'll see how the snails do…