Reef Chemistry 101

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 […]

Yet More Live Rock

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 […]

More Live Rock

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 […]

Coralline Algae

Most algae is not that attractive, and is not very useful (unless you are a hermit crab).  Green algae makes your rocks and aquarium walls look like a Chia Pet.  Red slime algae looks nice, but it gets everywhere.  There is, however, one type of algae that aquarinists love to see: coralline algae. The coralline […]

Changing Shells Again

When I got home from work yesterday, Jack had changed shells yet again. I’m beginning to wonder if we didn’t name him wrong. Shopping for two new outfits in two days, I’m guessing Jacky might have been a more appropriate name.