A little package was waiting for me at the post office today with some very interesting new items. Looking at the items, one might conclude that I’m either a doctor or a mad scientist, which maybe wouldn’t be all that wrong? After all I consider myself a self-educated coral surgeon! These tools are mostly for [Continue reading]
We saltwater aquarists have a tendency to spend A LOT of money on our hobby, especially when it comes to the colorful and interesting livestock. But sometimes its what we don’t buy that ends up being more interesting, such as this little fellow right up there! Asterina Starfish are common in saltwater aquariums, often introduced [Continue reading]
Now that my Website has been refurbished and is up and running again, it is high time to start introducing the many aquarium setups I maintain. So what better to start with than my Mandarin Dragonet’s home. Tank Details: – 43 Liter standard glass aquarium. – 50w AquaEl glass heater – Hydor Koralia Nano 900 [Continue reading]
There’s no question that coral reefs are just downright amazing to behold, and fortunate are those nature and wildlife photographers that actually get to visit the worlds reefs and bring home some absolutely amazing photos of reefscapes. Few are the home aquariums that can ever hope to compete with the sheer awesomeness of full blown coral [Continue reading]
A Refugium is an appendage to an aquarium which can be used for a variety of purposes, such as denitrification and nutrient export, as well as creating a sanctuary for beneficial micro-fauna to thrive and multiply. In a pinch it can also be used for isolating antagonized or antagonistic tank inhabitants. Refugiums come in many [Continue reading]
Let me introduce you to an old friend of mine, the Fulgida worm, Pretty isn’t it? Contrary to its cute and jelly-worm-like appearance this is NOT something you want in your aquarium. Fulgida worms are voracious nocturnal predators with a sweet tooth for molluscs. These hell-worms can completely decimate the snails in your clean-up crew and [Continue reading]
Well I got my hands on one of Eheim’s new line of streamON pumps. Namely the Eheim streamON+ 2000 model with magnetic attachment and flow regulator. https://www.eheim.co…streaming-pumps Its rated for aquariums 35-200 liters with up to 2000 l/h flow rate. I got rather curious about it, as I needed a small stream pump for my [Continue reading]
After many years in what I can only describe as a “dormant” state, this website has finally been revived. Its been many years since I last wrote on my Journal or developed my website. Why? Because manually writing in HTML/PHP code every time you just want to tweak something, or have to manually format an [Continue reading]