Skippy's Fishies: July 2007

Saturday, July 14, 2007

collected seaweed

This week I collected some seaweed floating in the waters off Cape Cod. I brought it home to my marine tank. In the past I have added collected seaweed and the fish enjoy eating it. I was amazed at the number of different types of macro algae that one small clump of flotsam included. I imagine it will not survive my tank temperature of about 78-80F, as the Cape water is much cooler, about 65F.

(Yes, that is me with the camera in the reflection!)

Nemo

Almost in focus!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

aquarium in action

This is a 3 minute video of the fishes swimming around in my aquarium. I have two clown anemone fish a.k.a. Nemo fish (Amphiprion ocellaris), a yellow tang, a rusty angel, and a yellow and purple dottyback (who is shy around the camera). The fishes nibble on some newly collected seaweed I have added.

daisy polyps

My first video! I'm experimenting with posting video. This is a couple second clip of my daisy polyps waving in the current. I think the video conveys a better sense of my aquarium than a still photo, though the pictures lack resolution.

This is my underwater garden! We have a 92 gallon bow-front corner tank set up as a saltwater marine reef system. Here are pictures of the tank and its occupants. Skippy likes this project because he LOVES to eat the dried seaweed (nori) that I feed the fishies.