Back in December of ‘08 we shared with you photos of Pieter van Suijlekom’s then-new non-photosynthetic reef. This 500L (132g) deepwater themed aquarium has since matured with a variety of notoriously difficult azooxanthellate species such as Scleronephthya sp. and Dendronephthya sp..
Just as impressive as the corals themselves is the visible food densities in the water [...]
Back in December of ‘08 we shared with you photos of Pieter van Suijlekom’s then-new non-photosynthetic reef. This 500L (132g) deepwater themed aquarium has since matured with a variety of notoriously difficult azooxanthellate species such as Scleronephthya sp. and Dendronephthya sp..
Just as impressive as the corals themselves is the visible food densities in the water column–those are not air bubbles! If you look closely you can spot tiny copepods through their jerky swimming pattern. This is due to a continuous infusion of live foods via dosing pumps and a dedicated plankton reactor (See Grotech’s Plankton Reactor for more information).
Enjoy the video, compliments of Zeewaterforum. For more Azoox eye candy, be sure to check out Mariusz’ Sun Coral Garden.
