10000L Coral reef at The Maritime Museum & Aquarium Sweden

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Wasn't as easy as I thought to find an Acropora eating flatworm. Seems like they are having a down period in our 10000 litre tank. That's good
Here's the only one I found today. Maybe there were more but i didn't want to kill them so I only rinsed the corals in tank water but a bit lower in salinity.

Now my plan is to get the summer substitute(who knows his way around the DNA lab) to extract some DNA so we can compare and see if we have the same species as the one described. If we find a good routine for that then we might help others find out what kind of AEFW they have.
We can't do the whole process in our small lab, so it might take a while for the results.

The boring side of this is to figure out a way to make sure no AEFW follow the corals to the temporary aquariums and then into the new Aquarium. Been trying different doses of Coral Cure dip, and different time to dip, but I'm not happy with the survival of the corals. Some species up to 50%
And it might be hard on the coral to be cut, dipped and glued the same day.
Long way to go..

Can't believe future marine biologists, are working with DNA. How things have advanced. Amazing.

 

[Brew12]

Can't believe future marine biologists, are working with DNA. How things have advanced. Amazing.

Current marine biologists! Their summer help is nothing like what we do in the US. These are full fledged professionals, not college students.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Current marine biologists! Their summer help is nothing like what we do in the US. These are full fledged professionals, not college students.

Right, there already professionals, not like here. Mind blowing.

 

[Sallstrom]

We got two Dendronephthya today. Found them on the list when we ordered live food for the cuttlefish, couldn't resist
I put them in the frag tank where the Scleronephthyas are. I think I will try to hang them up tomorrow.
The feeding experiment goes on.

 

[najer]

That purple one is stunning!

 

[Sallstrom]

Today was also one of the warmest days this summer. It's was about 32 degrees Celsius a couple of hours. Now the clock is over eight but it's still around 26. And, probably due to the heat, our old air cooling system broke down So there where some panic this morning then the temperature started to raise behind the scenes. We only have this cooling system in the old part of the Aquarium. It was from the beginning meant to blow cold air onto the large windows of the cold water tanks. A way to counteract condensation. It didn't work all that good during the summers, but hey it was from 1986 Two years ago when our heat exchanger for the large cold water aquariums broke and we switched cod for bamboo sharks and corals in the 26000 litre tank, we didn't need all that cold air out in the exhibition anymore. So we did some changes and got the cold air in behind the scenes instead. This way we are able to maintain the two large coral tanks and also a smaller cold water system. But as soon as this air cooler turns of, the facilities behind the scenes becomes a sauna ;Wacky
Luckily we got help to fix it and it started again before lunch time. And I think our warmest tank just got to 28,5 degrees, so no harm done to the animals.
And now we are well prepared for days like these, lot of frozen bottles ready
Rest of the week will be 20-25 degrees, and hopefully some rain too. That'll be nice!

Edit. I have no clue on the right terms for some stuff in English. Hope you understand anyway. My head is boiled after this day at work..

 

[Sallstrom]

That purple one is stunning!

Yes, I was really impressed by both of them. The colour of the orange one is better IRL(cause I haven't learned how to take photos under LEDs yet).

 

[najer]

Today was also one of the warmest days this summer. It's was about 32 degrees Celsius a couple of hours. Now the clock is over eight but it's still around 26. And, probably due to the heat, our old air cooling system broke down So there where some panic this morning then the temperature started to raise behind the scenes. We only have this cooling system in the old part of the Aquarium. It was from the beginning meant to blow cold air onto the large windows of the cold water tanks. A way to counteract condensation. It didn't work all that good during the summers, but hey it was from 1986 Two years ago when our heat exchanger for the large cold water aquariums broke and we switched cod for bamboo sharks and corals in the 26000 litre tank, we didn't need all that cold air out in the exhibition anymore. So we did some changes and got the cold air in behind the scenes instead. This way we are able to maintain the two large coral tanks and also a smaller cold water system. But as soon as this air cooler turns of, the facilities behind the scenes becomes a sauna ;Wacky
Luckily we got help to fix it and it started again before lunch time. And I think our warmest tank just got to 28,5 degrees, so no harm done to the animals.
And now we are well prepared for days like these, lot of frozen bottles ready
Rest of the week will be 20-25 degrees, and hopefully some rain too. That'll be nice!

Edit. I have no clue on the right terms for some stuff in English. Hope you understand anyway. My head is boiled after this day at work..

Your English is great, nice work on keeping the temperature down!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

We got two Dendronephthya today. Found them on the list when we ordered live food for the cuttlefish, couldn't resist
I put them in the frag tank where the Scleronephthyas are. I think I will try to hang them up tomorrow.
The feeding experiment goes on.

Man, I gotta find some

 

[Brew12]

Man, I gotta find some

Check in your local super market, next to the cuttlefish food!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

We got two Dendronephthya today. Found them on the list when we ordered live food for the cuttlefish, couldn't resist
I put them in the frag tank where the Scleronephthyas are. I think I will try to hang them up tomorrow.
The feeding experiment goes on.

This type of dendro,your dendros, the easies to care for, may grow too. Wish i had this type
Pictures examples

 

[Sallstrom]

This type of dendro,your dendros, the easies to care for, may grow too. Wish i had this type
Pictures examples

Yes. They look quite massive, more compact then some pictures you see from the reef.
Do you know the species?
Just checked Wikipedia, there are around 250 described species of Dendronephthya, maybe hard to tell which is which
Sounds good, if these are the easier ones. Thanks!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Yes. They look quite massive, more compact then some pictures you see from the reef.
Do you know the species?
Just checked Wikipedia, there are around 250 described species of Dendronephthya, maybe hard to tell which is which
Sounds good, if these are the easier ones. Thanks!

When there hung upside down, should stretch two three times their size. Species, your guess good as mine.
Their really nice and healthy.

 

[Sallstrom]

Usually I don't get that excited about new corals, most of them are much the same
But this colony seems to be really something!

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Usually I don't get that excited about new corals, most of them are much the same
But this colony seems to be really something!

Yea, their really nice. Wait till you see more species come on market. When Indonesian ban lifted. Keep us posted

 

[Sallstrom]

That clownfish looks really small

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

That clownfish looks really small

The leather coral looks like its grown for miles. Fish looks funny in it.
Looks like national geographic picture

 

[Lasse]

Visit today result in a short video showing the soft corals that David try to grow in the aquaria. It shows four different episodes during the day.

First some photos

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Sincerely Lasse

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Visit today result in a short video showing the soft corals that David try to grow in the aquaria. It shows four different episodes during the day.

First some photos

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Sincerely Lasse

Nice video Lasse, beautiful corals. Hope they multiple. I can't get any. A small baby would be nice. Wait and see.

My gut feeling is, the key to success will be their diet

 

[Sallstrom]

Friday and some window cleaning! And finally some normal Swedish summer temperatures, 18-25 degrees and rain
It takes a couple of days for this old house to cool down, but at least we don't need all those frozen bottles today.

Trying to get some motivation to top up/fix up the tanks for our last month before we close the Aquarium. Got some areas a bit down in this tank that's possible to put some more corals. Just have to figure out how the get them there.