WaterNotes

  Here’s an upsetting problem I’ve been trying to overcome for the last year.  How can we ship seagrasses without sending enormous vats of soil but also ensuring roots arent damaged in transit and microbes hitch along for the ride?  I think I may have worked out an answer: agarose plugs!  You may have seen [...]

The following links and info was previously found under the “More Info” tab at the top.  I didn’t want to totally lose them though, since I’m sure they are/were useful! Available online Seagrasses and Nutrients: What are the potential effects of increasing nutrient levels? Michelle Devlin. 1999. Reef Research. 9(1). w/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [...]

On a whim I went mining through the fields of knowledge and came back with some interesting articles for all you other seagrass nerds out there.  Photosynthetic Response of Seagrasses to Ultraviolet-A Radiation and the Influence of Visible Light Intensity Invasions and Extinctions Reshape Coastal Marine Food Webs Genetic Diversity Enhances the Resistance of a [...]

Take a look at the photo for this month and compare to the growth during last month.  What’s changed?  Well, the red macroalgae have started to hit the surface of this tank, and their increase biomass, along with the steadily growing Caulerpa, have put a strain on the available nutrients in this system.  I was [...]

  Things are slowly moving along in the world of this twenty gallon tank. In the spirit of April being the month for Earth Day, and this week being all about environmental education, I reviewed my systems and decided it was time to rebudget some of the energy it requires to keep me in this [...]

I really havent had the time to commit to this tank as I’d like to, but nonetheless there has been some progress.  I purchased two A. ocellaris clownfish for the tank about twelve weeks ago and they passed quarantine with flying colors.  They’ve been happy in the tank about a month now.  I’ve had trouble [...]

And a week later we see some growth from the reds algae as well as dieback from the Ulva.  I also added in that Caulerpa prolifera.  Yes.. I need to work on my photography skills.  It has been far too long since my monthly updates were monthly, so here we go again with the project [...]