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…
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…
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…
Irish Rockpool Aquarium Adventures 