The Experimental Marine Vivarium

The touch tank in the Experimental Aquarium: where long stretches of time are lost as curiosity and playing with the harmless marine organisms distracts one from other priorities. It is a source of endless fun.

One of the largest sea anemones I have ever seen resides fearlessly in the touch tank in the experimental aquarium. It has some very pretty pink tips  

An unattached sea anemone resembles a true flower. This photo is too dark, but the anemone is like a sticky bulb out of which long tentacles reach.

The sun finally came out today! The air was warm, the breeze was pleasantly cool, and the waves were back to normal size (not big, but definitely not flat). Woo-hoo, perhaps summer has come once again to San Diego.

Some Acropora yongei corals dwell happily in their warm sea water tank under bright white light. I'll be taking care of these animals (yes, indeed, they are animals, not mere plants or rocks) now that Caroline is going back to Creighton University in beautiful Omaha, Nebraska.

The snails in the coral tanks actually help clean the algae quite well. Unfortunately, they also poop in disproportionate amounts. Even when there is only one little snail in a tank, there seem to be feces all over the bottom that must be siphoned out of the tank as often as possible.