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 […]
Last week I discussed the algae problem. Well, I contacted GARF as I had mentioned, and purchased some “Reef Janitors”. The purchase went a little differently than I had expected. I had expected a web shopping cart interface, where you chose your selections, checkout, and enter credit card info. GARF handles things a little more […]
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, […]
As I discussed in my first post, the major reason why I decided to create this blog is because I had so much trouble finding information on the Internet regarding marine and reef aquariums. This was particularly true for lighting. I knew I needed better lighting to support corals and other invertebrates, but from there […]