Aqua-scaping

October 22nd, 2007

The Tank

We finally got live rock and sand for our new Aquapod marine aquarium. After having a tank of blue-lit salt water for so long, it’s amazing how much more aesthetically pleasing some simple rocks can be!
In the past 24 hours, we discovered 3 hitch-hikers on the rocks/sand - a scallop, a serpentine sea star, and a krill. Hopefully there will be more life, now that the rocks aren’t being moved around and the water quality is improving (no more disturbed sand/rock fragments/etc).
After re-arranging the rocks the last time, I changed the angles on the pump outlet ports, so mix the top of the water more, and the sheen of protein that had accumulated cleared up in about an hour.
This morning, the tank was crystal clear, from top to bottom, and the rocks look really colorful (now that they’re not coated with settling sand!). Now we just have to wait for our diatomous algea bloom, and we’re in business!

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