Old Wood Enclosure

Today I expanded the wood enclosure. I built it over the bio-ball sump to hide the pipe-work, bio-balls, and autofill. The frame is made of 2x3 and the outside layer is made of old boards that washed up on the beach. I'll add photos soon. I also got some new fish. Stony Brook Southampton is closing down their fish tanks so they offered for me to take their fish. I got a few larger fish which I haven't identified, a moon snail, and a few smaller ones. Photos to come....

New Stuff

I went down to Ponquogue Bridge a few days ago and went snorkeling and seining. I got two very interesting fish (which I don't have pictures of) that could possibly be tropicals, even though it is early in the season for them. I also got a few purple Sea Urchins and a nice big Forbes Sea Star.

-Purple Sea Urchin and a Hermit Crab checking out a new shell

-Forbes Sea Star


-Hermit Crab

- Pan and Tilt Webcam

Tank Net and Air Conditioning

I ordered a nylon net to stretch across the top of the tank to prevent fish from jumping out. I installed that yesterday. The two air conditioning systems in the room are struggling to keep up with the high temperatures, they both now need to be reset every few days to keep cooling. The summer campers have collected some stuff and put them in the tank, but a lot of the stuff is really small, like pipefish, and they are either being sucked up by the filter or aren't staying alive.