March 29, 2005

time changes

Reduced the light time in the refugium to about 4.5 hrs (8pm-2:30am) to try to cut back the hair algae. Also cut back the MH lighting time by about an hour, running 12pm-9:30pm. I may cut back the MH a bit more, we'll see how it goes. I trimmed a lot of the algae in both tanks before cutting back on the light cycle.

Posted by Mike at 01:18 AM

March 14, 2005

bye blenny

blenny died today, didn't make it. No apparant reason. He had been doing well for the last few days.

Posted by Mike at 09:57 PM

March 06, 2005

Lawnmower Blenny

Got a lawnmower blenny (Salarias fasciatus) from Living Sea today for $15. I acclimated him for 45 minutes and he's sitting on the bottom now. Hopefully he'll eat the hair algae like a good lawnmower.

Posted by Mike at 04:21 PM

March 05, 2005

Crazy hitchhiker

The coolest hitchhiker I've ever seen. Some type of crab? Found on the feather caulerpa seen in the pic.

Posted by Mike at 03:14 PM

Red Chili Coral

Alcyonium Glomeratum

Posted by Mike at 03:10 PM

Squamosa Innerds

Insides of a Tridacna Squamosa.

Posted by Mike at 03:05 PM

Crocea innerds

The inside of a Tridacna Crocea Clam

Posted by Mike at 03:02 PM

Oblique angle

I'm a photo artist.

Posted by Mike at 02:58 PM

Sun Polyps

Tubastrea Faulkneri, just after feeding.

Posted by Mike at 02:53 PM