Despite it being a major element of natural sea water, as an element in our reef tanks, Potassium (K), is often overlooked. From what I’ve read in articles and discussions, regular water changes should be sufficient enough to keep it moderately maintained, albeit less than NSW levels of K. And, I’m not sure whether it [...]
March 12, 2008
I always think it’s interesting to see the animals we keep in our aquariums in their natural habitat. Here are some photos I took diving & snorkeling in Kauai last summer. More photos can be seen here. There’s an obvious difference in quality of photos from rental camera from diving and cheap underwater camera from [...]
February 25, 2008
A few weeks ago I added Fauna Marin’s Ultra-Life water purification power to my FM regimen. It’s a very fine powder that can be used to assist in delivery of the amino acids (UltraMin S, UltraAMIN, etc.) to the animals and to help skimming, in that pollutants will bind to the Ultra-Life (which I believe [...]
February 14, 2008
“This six-gill shark (Hexanchus) was filmed during a submersible dive off the northeast coast of Molokai at a depth of 1000m (3280ft). The 2 red laser dots are 6 inches apart, resulting in a length of about 18 ft for the shark. Great ecstatic live commentary by University of Hawaii Oceanography Professor Jeff Drazen! Many [...]
February 11, 2008
I haven’t yet had a chance to mail in a sample of my water to AWT (aquariumwatertesting.com), but will be doing so shortly. However, of interest to anyone keeping a reef, AWT recently tested a whole slew of different salt brands, and their results can be found here. Very interesting, I’m now really looking forward [...]
February 8, 2008
I am always on the hunt for new products, whether it be something for reek tank maintenance or aquarium organization, or one of those niche items that makes my life easier. Some of the best investments I’ve made for my reef are the LiterMeter III & the Aquacontroller 3, but those are ‘big ticket’ items. [...]
January 22, 2008
A few weeks ago I received a kit for having water tested by AquariumWaterTesting.com. You pay a basic flat fee and they send you this little kit with 2 sample containers and a pre-paid USPS Priority Mail Package. Just fill the samples, and send them in when you’re ready. According to their website, you should [...]
January 17, 2008
I bought this shrimp (Lysmata kuekenthali) at the LFS on Saturday and can find next to no information on them, aside from a nice post on a Norwegian forum and a site in German. I haven’t yet attempted to learn any of the languages spoken on the Scandinavian peninsula yet, and my German is limited, [...]
January 12, 2008
Got suspicious this morning when I notice a rock had moved a couple inches from where I remembered placing it. When I looked closer, a small beam of sunlight cast perfectly over a tunnel in the live rock, I saw some red eyes staring back at me.
January 11, 2008
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 [...]
January 9, 2008
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 [...]
March 18, 2008