When I think of sea anemones, I think of waving tentacles, in brilliant colors. Something that would sting me if I got too close. I also think of a small clown fish family darting in and out of the anemone, daring larger fish to come get them. I hope to put an anemone like this [...]
One thing you’ll have to do a lot of is water changes, no mater if you’re doing a fresh water, marine, or reef aquarium. I’ve done enough that I’ve got a basic procedure that I go through. My son helps me most of the time. I’m going to document the procedure I go through in [...]
I had a sample of the water from the aquarium tested at a fish store last weekend. I was feeling pretty confident when I went in to the store. I’ve tested a number of chemicals every week, and everything was looking great. But, I wound up learning an important lesson about calcium. So, I figure [...]
Okay… Thursday I was thinking we would wait a few more weeks to get more live rocks. But, my parents are in town, and Mrs Salty Geek and I decided to take them to a couple of fish stores. We wound up leaving with a pile of live rock, and a few extras. At this [...]
We purchased more live rock a few weekends ago. I fell like we’re getting close to enough. You’ll notice a big gap in the middle of the aquarium. I plan to add a table like rock to bridge the gap. You can see that I have some rocks already there, ready to support it. Chances [...]