Good and Bad News

Bad News: My buddies tank had a malfunction that cost him all of his fish and a few of his corals, so he decided to take a break from the hobby. Also, algae has once again started spreading in my aquarium. Good News: I got all of my buddies left over coral! Large button...

Mangrove growth 3/23/2010

Continuation of the post: Mangrove’s in the Reef Aquarium Just a couple pictures showing the size of the mangroves since the last post where we looked at growth rates from December 3rd 2009 to February 17th 2010. These are the most recent pictures taken on 3/23/2010. In the time since the last post, the...

Refugium Biological filtration

Because so many fish and corals require pristine water conditions, filtration of our reefs water is a very important and very expansive aspect of the marine reef keeping hobby. All the types of filtration can be broken down into mechanical and biological. Mechanical filtration are going to be your canister...

Refugium Installed!

So, I had been searching for a couple months now on a used refugium for my fish tanks and I finally came across a decent deal. I found a used CPR HOB (Hang on back) medium sized refugium (about 4.5 gallons) on ebay for $50 so I jumped on it. It came with the pump and tubing and all I needed to get was a...

Hawkfish update

When I woke up this morning, my Hawkfish was no where to be found. I immediately assumed the worst as I had not see him eat since I bought him about 4 days ago. I scanned the tank, the floor around the tank, and my sump and didnt see him anywhere. Then, I decided to check the back of the tank to see if maybe...

37 Gallon Reef: Hawkfish pictures

Hey guys, to those who have been following, I decided not to wait for the weekly update of the entire tank and took a couple pictures of my Long Nose Hawkfish. I know the picture quality isn’t the best, but bare with me, I am going to be getting a Nikon D40 soon ...

Long Nose Hawkfish

So its been a few days now and the fish is still alive and kicking. He has not eaten much in the way of pellets, but I have seen him pecking at the rocks in the tank. I know this species of fish eats worms so that must be what is sustaining him at the moment. I plan on making a quick stop at the live fish...

New addition – Long Nose Hawkfish

Today I took my brother and my sister with me to the fish store to have a look around and maybe purchase a coral frag or 2. The first store we went to did not have as much as I had hoped, so I decided to take them across town to another, much larger store. When we arrived, I immediately noticed a fish that I...