Hermit crabs, in a saltwater aquarium, can be very beneficial. As your saltwater aquarium evolves, you will eventually need to employ some sort of “cleanup crew”. What is a cleanup crew? This term usually refers to the creatures that will inhabit the substrate and live rock in your aquarium and eat all kinds of stuff […]
One of the more impressive saltwater aquariums I’ve seen
I recently ran across a forum thread in which the person who started the forum was documenting his construction of a 600 gallon saltwater aquarium. My reaction is pretty much: WOW. Click here to check it out. The documentation is quite impressive, starting with building the tank all the way to loading it up with […]
Treat your aquarium fish as you would like to be treated
There is a common saying that goes something like this: “Treat others as you would like others to treat you”. Let’s apply that to your aquarium fish. If you were an aquarium fish, how would you want your owner to treat you? I can think of all kinds of ways that I would like to […]
Just Ordered a Media Reactor for Phosphate Sponge
I finally got tired of only being able to put small amounts of phosphate sponge into my canister filter. Not only is the filter not able to hold as much phosphate sponge as I want to have in there, it is also a pain to disconnect and change on a frequent basis. So… I decided […]
Bristle Worm Hunt
The last time I posted about Bristle Worms on this site, I was convinced that I would be catching hundreds of them [slight exaggeration]. The last times I set the trap, I set it up on the live rocks. The bristle worm trap proved ineffective on the live rocks. I was able to prop the […]
19 Bristle Worms and Counting
I’ve been trapping Bristle Worms for 3 nights in a row now. Each night I put the trap into a different sector of the fish tank. Whenever I first drop the trap into the tank for the night the Nassarius Snails swarm the trap. But they can’t get in. After about an hour the Snails […]
