Hi all and thanks for all you new followers that came along even in my long absence from blogging. A big fat sorry of shame for not updating for such a long time! Without any more excuses for my laziness in writing here we go. I will make this very short.
First of I would like to introduce his highness that was so kind to really put on a show right at the front glass so I could finally take some decent pictures of this lovely creature. When I looked at the pictures afterwards I just thought it looked so kingly with its crown of seaweed 😉
Some updates in relation to the Fauna in the aquariums… 200ltr Maintank The Prawns as many other others have been very busy with procreation through the summer. All females have been carrying and releasing eggs to the joy of many. Unfortunately they where on the menu specials for all other inhabitants. Especially the two spotted…
Its been ages since the last maintank update so here a bit of catching up… As the title gives away the two seahares have grown to real giants. They are now by far the biggest animals in the aquarium. From their former length of around 25mm they have now grown over 100mm! 🙂 They still graze…
A lot has happened and has come and gone in the tank since the last update. First the worst news. The fifteenspined Stickleback has deceased 😦 Not sure why, he was doing fine now for over 4 months and I net fed him daily with either tiny live prawns or unthawed mysis shrimp. However he…
Peaking into the Aquarium nightlife with a torch isnt really nice for the fish I think, even though they dont seem to be too bothered, but I still dont want to do it too often. Sunday evening though it was really worth it. I saw an inhabitant that I have long thought ended up as…
Yes it might sound strange but thats whats happening 😉 Since a few days right near the front glass on one of the rocks a worm seems to have settled and started to build his sand tube. Recently then there was a lot activity also in two other places where I could observe how they…
Thought it was time to upgrade the water testing so I ordered another API marine test kit that can do Calcium, KH and Phosphates. The result is fairly colourful… 0ppm Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 25ppm Nitrate 8.2 pH 420ppm Calcium 143.2ppm KH 0.25ppm…
Trying to grow macroalgae was something I really wanted to achieve with this project and so far I am quite pleased. Its very enjoyable to me to observe growth especially new shoots. One of the reasons surely has to be that the watertemperature in the tank is around 15degrees which is about 6 more than…
Happy New Year everybody! And while I am at it thanks for reading my Blog! I finally got around making my first video of the aquarium. The camera is a wideangle actioncamera type (Actionpro SD21 Pro) and unfortunately not really suited to make sharp shots on close distance but still thought I post it. I…
Irish Rockpool Aquarium Adventures 