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 […]
I noticed something new in the aquarium yesterday. It was small, pink, had spines on it, and moved quickly. It was about a millimeter in diameter, and the part I saw was about 10 to 15 millimeters long. It lives in a tiny hole near the top of one of the live rocks. I wish […]
Last week I discussed purchasing some “Reef Janitors”. Well, they have been hard at work, cleaning up the aquarium. I have to say, I’m very pleased. One of the live rocks has lots of hills and valleys, and it’s about half way up the aquarium. Last week green algae, and a little bit of red […]
One of the live rocks has grown a lot of red and purple algae. This is partly expected – algae likes light just like coral does. It must be feeling right at home with the new lighting we got a few weeks ago. At fist I was thinking this was pink and purple Coraline algae, […]
We live in Gilroy, CA. About 30 miles south of San Jose. Even though there are two national brand pet stores in town, neither one has any marine live stock. You know these stores – the ones where the happy dog owner walks in with her pet on a leash, and buys anything she wants […]