WaterNotes

Well, I’ve finally had a major problem with the seagrass tank. I wasnt sure when, if ever, it would come to this, but I was mentally prepared for it to happen. What follows, dear readers, is the cardinal argument for why a dedicated advanced aquarist (like you and I) should never go on vacation. (!!) [...]

The nicest change to the tank has been the addition of a really beautiful specimen of Halymenia floresii, sometimes referred to as ‘dragon’s tongue macroalgae’. This was an LFS rescue, it was growing at the top of one of their stand pipes in a hypnotic undulating flow. I talked them out of the hitchhiker. In [...]

Well well well.. how has six months of grass keeping flown by so quickly?? It really does amaze me how things progress when you’re willing to take the time to photo-document the progress you are (or arent in some areas) making. Biggest things in the evolution of the tank is that I have had to [...]

So, some rearrangements were in order over the last few weeks. You will notice first, I imagine, that a good bit of the stargrass is missing. I did a LOT of thinning of the various plant colonies and lines to try to keep things at a more manageable level. The rhizomes on some of the [...]

Its so hard to believe that this tank is at four months old already! The stargrass has taken off in the last week or so, while the shoal grass and the turtle grass still look as though they are refusing to grow much at all. Ehh. The first tank was like this too though, the [...]

If you’ve ever wondered just what exactly algae is good for (other than primary production, nutrient turnover and feeding all the yummy zooplankton than our coral, seahorses and baby fish love!) check out these really interesting companies who are basing their biotechnology dreams on models of algal species. Mera Pharma Rincon Pharma I’ve been following [...]

Well well well, this tank is just swimming right along! I expect to add a small group of dwarf seahorses, Hippocampus zosterae, into the tank later this week. To update everyone on the livestock, I’ve got a small group of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes vulgaris, a few teeny little Astrea snails, all the seagrasses and a [...]