When I looked in the tank yesterday I was a bit shocked to see two of the three-spined Sticklebacks  having kind of reddish chins. Very hard to make a sharp shot of them with the phone but the color can be seen. I thought it could be some disease or parasites. A quick google however…
Another lesson learnt with how rockpooling trips never turn out the way you plan them, so far always in a good way 🙂 The Plan was to escort a few holiday makers  back to where they came from as they got a bit cheeky and/or greedy so their holidays got cancelled. The main culprit was…
Bit of an update on the Lighting used and the seaweeds. The gamble I took with going for the Aquaray GroBeam LED lights that are intended for freshwater aquariums seemed to have been worth it. The fact that whatever I collect wont be in deeper water than 5m and even that only at spring tides…
A lot going on at the moment so a small update here. The Fifteenspined Stickleback has settled in I think. In the beginning he was mostly hiding in and around the seaweed in the left  hand corner and didnt pay any attention to others. Now he is smoothly cruising around even in daylight (a…
This weekend I made two rockpooling trips in search for some small sea urchins, a few nice rocks and seaweed to finish the tank, and hopefully some surprises which is always the best. I wanted to write about the lights and seaweeds next but I found some new to me species so I write a bit…
Its time for an update as a lot has happened in the tank. I have been building the Hood and pipework in the back of the tank (see other post) so after I moved the tank back against the wall I was able to get started really filling up the tank with more rocks, seaweed…
Irish Rockpool Aquarium Adventures 