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, […]
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 […]