Category Archives: aquarium

Yay Triops!

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Matt Wedel

Yep, after many years of casual interest that never quite got me to pull the trigger, I have decided to kick off my self-isolation by raising <i>Triops</i>, the little crustaceans that haven’t changed morphologically since the Triassic Period. The video … Continue reading →

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Yay shramps!

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Matt Wedel

Perhaps inevitably, reading about marimo got me interested in red cherry shrimp, and now we have some. We started with 10 and had a couple of mysterious deaths in the first week. That’s stopped, thank goodness, and our surviving eight … Continue reading →

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Yay marimo!

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Matt Wedel

When I blogged about my aquarium three years ago, I neglected to mention one of our favorite residents–and the only one of the original gang still alive at this point: Grand Moss Tarkin. GMT is a marimo “moss ball”. Marimo … Continue reading →

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10 simple rules for a healthy aquarium

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Matt Wedel

In a comment on my first aquarium post, Mike wrote, I just skimmed the page about cycling an aquarium. This was a healthy reminder of why I don’t attempt to keep fish — the whole process seems terrifyingly complex. I … Continue reading →

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Aquarium update 2: the personalities of the platies

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Matt Wedel

Four days on and all five platies are still alive. I spent about an hour yesterday trying to photograph them. It’s a HUGE pain in the rear. Both the iPhone and the Coolpix have 0.5-1.0 second delays while they autofocus, … Continue reading →

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Starting a new aquarium

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Matt Wedel

I asked for money for Christmas, and used my haul to set up a 15-gallon tank in our living room. It’s good to be back to this – I’d missed it. I had a series of small tanks right after … Continue reading →

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