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.
*** updated picture added all the way down below after 12months of curing in a real rockpool *** DIY “Liverock” is a way of making very porous rock in nearly any shape you want. This has been my plan to do for a long time ever since I found this fascinating idea on Reefcentral (see…
Not much is happening over the last three months except that the tank is looking fairly clean, apart from the cyano on the sand. Most Seaweeds and the red hair algea have been dying down with the shorter days as expected. Now since days are getting longer again a lot of small reds are shooting…
About time for an update…The pictures and events from below range from May to now, it was a busy summer 😉 Summer was good and most of my free time was spent KayakFishing/KayakSailing with my new toy. Those of you following my Youtube Channel will probably understand 😉 Getting a Hobie Adventure Island (Trimaran Sailing…
During one of my last Kayakfishing trips I tried something new. Plankton trawling. I bought this Plankton net for kids, it was all I could find that wasnt ridiculously expensive. Didnt expect anything from it to be honest but it worked absolutely brilliantly.
The new food regime since January seems to be paying off. Never had Seaweed growth as “good” as now. Actually never even managed to grow Kelps at all. However this is their main season when they grow strong in the wild. Its nice to replicate that in the aquarium though. This same piece of Kelp…
Time has flewn and I wasnt in writing mood so I finally pulled myself together to write a quick update on the tank and new additions… Guess who laid that? Looks pretty neat…
Hermits dont seem to be great at parenting. At least not this one… However it provided a surely tasty very fresh fast food session for a happy Two Spotted Gobie…
Been a while since I was out in the pools but this weekend was perfect tide wise so I made the journey to Coral beach once more. The pools looked nice and not as overgrown as the last time in November. The tide was very low at 0.5m so I was hoping for some good…
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 😉
Happy New Year Readers! Some updates on the Seaweeds… Since the addition of the chiller the nuisance green cyanoabcteria is nearly gone and red microalgea are going back drastically. The sand is also staying perfectly clean 🙂 Finally! Also following the current daylight times and adjusting the controller every week might also have had a big impact…
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…
Hurray! 🙂 Its the Birthday of my Tank and Blog! 🙂 24/10/14 Thanks to all you readers, for comments and over 23000 views 🙂 It has been an amazing experience so far much more exciting and educational than I ever imagined. I have learned so much from knowing next to nothing about our native sea…
A recent netting session for sandeel as fishing bait was produced a lovely surprise. We where out with a 5m gillnet in search for sandeel in about 1.5m of water. We pulled the net between us trying to chase the sandeel shoals into the net. A very good first haul has produced around 200 Sandeels…
Long last, an update… So much good and bad has happened and I try to summarize some of the things from the maintank for now… Pollack The 10 Pollack fry that I had have all done very well for a good few weeks and have grown and filled up considerably. Very nice to watch them and…
Irish Rockpool Aquarium Adventures 