Swedish fish - behind the scenes rebuilding a public aquarium

[norfolkgarden]

Looks like a beautiful trip!

Thank you for sharing it with us.
:- )

 

[Silver14SS]

Here's the view from the top of the island Godøya, across the water from the aquarium.

Such a nice picture, there's so much wonderful detail it's hard to pick one thing to focus on . Thank you for sharing!

 

[Hemmdog]

Beautiful pics! Have you done a par reading on the monti tank that’s using the horticulture lights? That’s so cool some of the colors those corals are showing.

 

[Sallstrom]

Beautiful pics! Have you done a par reading on the monti tank that’s using the horticulture lights? That’s so cool some of the colors those corals are showing.

I did some quick readings when the corals had move in. It's around PAR 250-300.

Most of the horticulture LEDs only have 450, 660, and 6500K(or maybe 5700k) diods, so the total light colour differ a bit from the Orphek and Hydra lights
But on the other hand, the coverage is so much better on the Heliospectra lights.

 

[Sallstrom]

Coral abstinence. Been away from work 10 days

 

[Brew12]

Coral abstinence. Been away from work 10 days

lol

Most people would love to be away from work for 10 days!

 

[Sallstrom]

lol

Most people would love to be away from work for 10 days!

I know. Strange to have "your" tanks at work and no tank at home.
And scary knowing @Lasse might change all settings for the aquarium computers and spill calibration fluid into the tanks ;Nailbiting

A good thing is that you can visit other aquariums on your holiday trips

 

[Brew12]

I know. Strange to have "your" tanks at work and no tank at home.

I can understand this, I love having my tank at home. But, I also don't know if I would want one at the house if I worked on one all day. I try not to bring work home with me if I don't have to.

And scary knowing @Lasse might change all settings for the aquarium computers and spill calibration fluid into the tanks ;Nailbiting

Isn't this a good thing? You wouldn't want to be bored as soon as you come back from your holiday, would you?

 

[Sallstrom]

I can understand this, I love having my tank at home. But, I also don't know if I would want one at the house if I worked on one all day. I try not to bring work home with me if I don't have to.


Isn't this a good thing? You wouldn't want to be bored as soon as you come back from your holiday, would you?

True. I sold my home tank after a couple of years working with aquariums. But I actually thinking of getting a small FW tank with lots of plants!

A good thing having Lasse being unsupervised in the Aquarium? I will pass on answering that question

Jokes aside, the first years I had a hard time relaxing on my vacations. I always wrote long manuals for all "my" tanks.
Nowadays I'm more calm, knowing my colleagues will handle stuff while I'm gone.

 

[Lasse]

And scary knowing @Lasse might change all settings for the aquarium computers and spill calibration fluid into the tanks

How in heck do you know that up in Norway?

A good thing having Lasse being unsupervised in the Aquarium?

Do not talk about the others

I know your feelings - I had to spend 3 whole days sorting up all computer related things after my Hungarian visit

Be calm - we solve the issues comming up - not your way but in some way

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Sallstrom]

How in heck do you know that up in Norway?



Do not talk about the others

I know your feelings - I had to spend 3 whole days sorting up all computer related things after my Hungarian visit

Be calm - we solve the issues comming up - not your way but in some way

Sincerely Lasse

I know you guys will run things great.
I'm expecting the corals to have grown at least 5 cm when I'll get back

 

[Tastee]

True. I sold my home tank after a couple of years working with aquariums. But I actually thinking of getting a small FW tank with lots of plants!

Overgrown I know but here is my ‘small FW tank with lots of plants’. I moved into the reefing hobby 2 years ago but wanted to keep a FW toe in the water. Happily the million things I have learnt in the last 2 years helped the FW tank too.

 

[Sallstrom]

Overgrown I know but here is my ‘small FW tank with lots of plants’. I moved into the reefing hobby 2 years ago but wanted to keep a FW toe in the water. Happily the million things I have learnt in the last 2 years helped the FW tank too.

Beautiful! Yes, something like that might be my next home project
I have a small LFS close to my home selling ADA products and I like that clean design.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Look what I found

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I know. Strange to have "your" tanks at work and no tank at home.
And scary knowing @Lasse might change all settings for the aquarium computers and spill calibration fluid into the tanks ;Nailbiting

A good thing is that you can visit other aquariums on your holiday trips

Could be worse, spill coffee in tank. Like someone we know, likes playing with fire. Coffee fire.

 

[Sallstrom]

Could be worse, spill coffee in tank. Like someone we know, likes playing with fire. Coffee fire.

I did a quick visit at work today. Found Lasse's calibration station(five tubes in a stand) on top of a skimmer. A skimmer in the sump
But I didn't move it. I trust Lasse. They were probably emptied and cleaned

BTW, great solution for the leaking calcium reactor @Lasse ! (Placing the leaking parts into a tank )

I'm sure there are a lot of good things for the corals in coffee

 

[Sallstrom]

If you want to see how some of our tanks looked like in April 2017, you'll see them here



I found this video today on YouTube, made by a nice reef aquarist in Gothenburg. I think he's on R2R too

 

[Sallstrom]

This is what the room divider reef looked like a year and half later. @Lasse 's video



Having no display tanks, only propagation tanks, for two years will be hard

 

[Lasse]

BTW, great solution for the leaking calcium reactor @Lasse ! (Placing the leaking parts into a tank )

It was Björns solution!

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Sallstrom]

Still on vacation. But I found a cool animal at the aquarium in Ålesund that I need to share
Squat lobsters! In Swedish "Trollhummer", which translated to English would be Troll Lobster.

This is one of my favourite cold water species. It's somewhere in between a hermit crab and a Norway lobster(which we call "sea crayfish" in Swedish). Only three larger legs on each sides, like hermit crabs, but claws almost like a Norway lobsters.
They are close relatives to hermit and porcelain crabs. Most species are pretty small. The species on the pictures are the largest in Swedish water and reaches about 10 cm(carapace 5 cm).
We have had these in our coldwater tanks at the Aquarium and will definitely have them in the new Aquarium.

Now I will continue my vacation...