Check out this cold marine reef tank

[Chilly Willie]

As for the feeding I really do just use mostly dried food with a very occasional feed of blendered clams. The dried food is SF Bay plankton and also brine shrimp plus Wardley marine flake.I put them all in a blender which turns them into a powder which,when introduced into the water resembles marine snow....the jewels seem to thrive on it.

Thanks for the info. My strawberry anemone are not reproducing, so I want to increase and vary their diet by doing what you are doing, but I need a little clarification. When you say that you put the dry food in a blender, are you saying that you put it in dry, or do you add enough water to make a slurry. Wouldn't the blender blades just spin on light dry ingredients and not push them through the blades like it does with a liquid? Or maybe by "blender" you mean a coffee bean grinder or spice grinder, which does work on dry stuff (When yank says "blender" is he talking about the same machine that a kiwi calls "blender"?) Maybe you fill the blender cup so full that it really does work on dry stuff. Can you explain more about how you grind the dry food up?

Thanks.

 

[BoCoMo]

How is the tank doing?

 

[coldmarine007]

Tank going well...new pics coming soon

How is the tank doing?

Hi Bocomo....yep, tank looking terrific...extreme low tides at the moment so doing plenty of snorkelling and finding a lot of new jewels etc....will post some new pics soon.

 

[coldmarine007]

ULTRAMARINE MAGAZINE ARTICLE

I've just had an article published in the UK's ULTRAMARINE magazine....on keeping a temperate marine tank...if you live in the UK check it out!....not sure whether the mag is distributed in the States though.

 

[Chilly Willie]

Congratulations on the article!

 

[Chilly Willie]

You can read last month's articles at http://www.ultramarinemagazine.co.uk/articles.htm

so I'm guessing that in a month we'll be able to read your article online for free at the same link. I don't think I can get the magazine in the US.

 

[coldmarine007]

Hi Chilly...it's a really good marine mag....pity you can't get it in the States...by subscription only I guess...

 

[Chilly Willie]

Coldmarine007,
Can you answer my question about grinding/blending flake food from 6-22-09? It would save me some experimentation. Thanks!

 

[chefjamesscott]

truly top notch tank and thread

thanks for sharing it

 

[coldmarine007]

Feeding the corallimorphs

Thanks for the info. My strawberry anemone are not reproducing, so I want to increase and vary their diet by doing what you are doing, but I need a little clarification. When you say that you put the dry food in a blender, are you saying that you put it in dry, or do you add enough water to make a slurry. Wouldn't the blender blades just spin on light dry ingredients and not push them through the blades like it does with a liquid? Or maybe by "blender" you mean a coffee bean grinder or spice grinder, which does work on dry stuff (When yank says "blender" is he talking about the same machine that a kiwi calls "blender"?) Maybe you fill the blender cup so full that it really does work on dry stuff. Can you explain more about how you grind the dry food up?

Thanks.

Hi chilly....sorry I missed your question...the dried food is broken-up into "dust" by the grinding attachment...takes a bit of patience though!...I just add the pinches below water and in front of the ecotech pump that blasts them around the tank....they disappear within seconds, just as the jewels would grab microscopic marine "snow" in the wild....good luck!