After working like crazy to get the aquarium ready over the past several weeks, I decided to go ahead and place my order for live rock so that it would arrive today. That will give me the long holiday weekend to get it all arranged and stacked the way I want it. For those outside the loop, live rock is basically dead coral skeletons (primarily calcium, I think) covered with various kinds of algae and bacteria and tiny little critters that help keep an aquarium going by processing toxic waste materials into safe (or at least less toxic) materials that are easier to remove from the water using various filters. Live rock is frequently thought of as “biological filtration” for the aquarium. Anyway, the rock came in today, and I just threw it all in the tank so that it would be in water with some strong currents flowing over it. I’m planning to stack it properly on Friday.
We liked the tank, glub glub. :) And we’re excited to see SNAILS when we return in December! :)
Comment by Becca — November 27, 2006 @ 8:26 pm
Hip hip hooray for the rock! I could stare at the rock for hours just investigating what all is growing on it. I was bummed to find that we did not get any bonus creatures though. In the past I believe that we received a bonus shrimp and anemone. It is quite fun being able to stare at something in the tank now instead of just the air and water! :)
Comment by Joy — November 30, 2006 @ 1:52 pm