Some fish pictures
Sincerely Lasse
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The last two weeks have been different up here in Gothenburg. The normal winter here during the last 10 years have been snow for a couple of days and temperatures around 0 degree Celsius otherways rain and windy weather. This year - both cold and snow have shown up for a prolonged period. We live on a ridge and can look out over the valley below - the last mornings with clear, cold weather and snow all over have been spectaluare.
Down in the valley - you can find one of Sweden's largest rivers - the Göta Älv. It is coming from Sweden's largest Lake - Lake Vänern. We can´t see the water because of al buildings around the river - but we can see the ship´s passing by. During winters like this - one of Sweden's ice breakers are situated in the Göta Älv - Vänern area - ice breaker Ale
She is short, wide and high and a spectacular view when its passing by in the valley. We always try to spot these events. Ale is a old norse god, male but ships are always a she
outside without ice breakers -
Inside - maybe with an icebreaker in my hand
Sincerely Lasse
Thank´s a lotMy jaw rarely drops.
I think it dropped to the basement, there is a hole in the desk and the floor!
Wow.
Now I need a week to read from the start.
Wow.
-Andrew
Hi Lasse: great picts, congratulations! Those clams are insane. However, I'm worried about your fish. Such a a huge amount of growth is leaving almost no space for them to swim (LOL).
Interesting - I have seen small patches of what I´m think is some Dinoflagellates and also some patches of Cyanobacteria. Nutrients levels - NO3 between 3 and 5 ppm and Phosphate between 0,04 and 0,1. Mostly green on Triton testYou mention some ciano patches. Have you ever observed dinos linked to the development of ciano?. In the last months I am suffering from some Amphidinium growing on the sand that, if left untouched, ends up developing a layer on top of which ciano begins to grow.
My nutrient levels are OK, unless the Hanna Phosphorus Checker is acting up (is pretty old) and confusing me about the real phosphate levels in the tank. According to the checker they range from 0,05 to 0,1.
Then, I think our problems with dinoflagellates and cyano are not caused by 0 nutrients.The growth have been insane - especially my Seriatopora species
Back in 15/2 last year
Today
Interesting - I have seen small patches of what I´m think is some Dinoflagellates and also some patches of Cyanobacteria. Nutrients levels - NO3 between 3 and 5 ppm and Phosphate between 0,04 and 0,1. Mostly green on Triton test
I discover something very interesting yesterday (or may have seen something interesting). I just now do some test in order to confirm this.
Sincerely Lasse
The theory is more that I with 100% intensity is over the saturation point for light harvest. See the char below for the last daysCool premise, that maybe photosynthesis can be turned down without affecting calcification
Exactly what I´m try to test out now - will light be limited for cyano and dino growth earlier than most of my corals and clams. I will be at 75 % intensity for a while - adjust the dosing times and try to even out the pH fluctuation (stable CO2 concentrations) When this is working good - I will go down in intensity again.Hi Lasse: it seems that you have experimentally confirmed photosynthesis saturation and photoinhibition. But I'm not sure about the relationship of that fact with dinos and cyano. Photoinhibition depends on the type of chlorophyll and the other pigments related to photosynthesis. May be that even with the 25% reduction you are still over the photoinhibition limit of the dinos and cyano photosyntetic systems.