Archive for August, 2009
Tip of the Day – 8/27/09
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Bubble King Self Cleaning Heads
On all protein skimmers, if you watch them over a number of days you will see the amount of waste production will being to slow down over time. This is because as the foam rises it deposits some of the fat and proteins that it has collected on the side of the riser tube. This [...]
Tip of the Day – 8/26/09
No matter how stressful your day becomes, just take time to sit down and view your aquarium. The peace and serenity of the aquarium should relax you and help you to forget about your day.
Tip of the Day – 8/25/09
When fragging hard corals, try to cut the branches lower on the parent colony. This will preserve the look of the parent coral and prevent lower branches from becoming overgrown and possibly bleaching.
Peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wundermanni) Eat Aiptasia
Peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wundermanni) are great little shrimp to have in a saltwater aquarium. They feed on Aiptasia anemones, and when those are gone they eat leftover food and detritus. Be careful though, as some have been reported to go after the soft tissue of some corals. Here’s a video of a group of peppermint [...]
Tip of the Day – 8/24/09
If you have problems with Aiptasia, consider buying peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) to take care of those annoying pest anemones. The shrimp will roam you aquarium and eat the anemones until they are all gone.
Picture of the Week – 8/24 – 8/30
Check out this Humpback Whale and Human Interaction, Gorgeous
Tip of the Day – 8/23/09
When moving an aquarium, it is wise to use some sort of additive that will decrease the amount of ammonia and nitrite in your aquarium. When the sand is disturbed, it releases a lot of built up nutrients back into the water, which will decay into ammonia. This will devastate the already stressed out livestock.
Huge Coral Propagation System
Hey AquaNerds, I came across this video on YouTube. It’s a clip of a huge coral propagation setup in Portugal. A while back an article was posted on Reef Central by Machado deSousa (eventually became “Thread of the Month”) and I was simply blown away at the size of the propagation setup as well as [...]
Tip of the Day – 8/22/09
The best way to view your clams is from the top down. This is due to the orientation of the zooxanthellae in the clam’s tissue. If you look at the clam from the side, it will look somewhat dull.
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