Came across a thread on Reef Central some time ago and just checked back today in the Clownfish & Anemone forums. Many of you are familiar with Dr. Sanjay Joshi, especially his work with aquarium lighting. If for some reason you’re not, shame on you!
As he posted in January, his pair of clownfish decided [...]
I thought this pic of my male A. percula clownfish getting totally dominated was funny. The look in his eyes cracks me up.
In kind of a throwback to an old post on Glassbox Design, and adding to one of his more recent posts “The Remarkable Pico Reef of Marcelo“, I happened across some of Marcelo’s marine inspired artwork on flickr. His ‘Marcelocean’ collection of paper sculptures bear such titles as “Basslets & Soft Coral”, “Dascyllus aruanus & [...]
Took a walk yesterday and noticed this neighborhood mural has been updated at least semi-recently. The paint looked fresher (here’s a link to the old one on Google Maps street view), maybe a couple months old. Wonder if the artist has a tank? Click for larger view of any.
Been a while since any update on my tank, so … A few changes in the last couple months, well, all changes but water changes .
I switched out the Iwasaki 50K bulb in favor of a Radium 20K. I like this bulb as well, and will stick with rotating the Ushio 14K, Iwasaki 50K [...]
I’ve got a small dilemma. Per usual, as in, every summer, I get a little lax about tank maintenance. So this last week has been spent doing a bit of cleaning, water changes, scrubbing, scraping, rearranging, and what not. The dilemma is this: Xenia umbellata. I know it’s the scourge of many reef tanks out [...]
I let the new Solomon Island clowns out of the holding area just a few minutes ago, here’s a quick shot! I think they’re gorgeous, a very nice deeper orange**. Will get some better pics once they decide to venture out away from the glass…
** I emailed LiveAquaria.com last night and got a response this [...]
What better way to blow some of my Christmas bonus than on more stuff for an aquarium?… Yeah, that’s what I thought too… Tank lights are off early tonight for…
this:
and these:
And after those little guys get used to the tank, I’ll add this to the mix:
The Vortech, yeah. I’m going to upgrade within a year [...]
My tailspot thinks it’s one of them. Has been swimming circles with them all day…
These…
Will help pass the next few hours I spent acclimating these…
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