Saturday, April 23, 2011

A new pump from Pentair Aquatics



A few weeks ago on Saturday I installed a new pump in one of our animal tanks. It is Quiet One Aquarium Pump 3000 - 780 gph from Pentair Aquatics. It can directly connect to Lifegard Module Filter System. But I didn't do that. I didn't want to do the plumbing job for all the circuitry of the PVC pipes under the tank on weekend. I just used plastic tubes to put it in.



Little Giant pumps were originally installed when Paul purchased them in 1997. Since then we had been using them with no specific reason despite their frequent failures. I like this new one better. It's real quiet. It is waterproof. And it's cheap (~$60)! Little Giant pumps usually cost more than $200. I will switch from Little Giant to Quiet One for all tanks.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Dendronotus swim movie



OK, this is another nudibranch, Dendronotus iris.



Just like Melibe, it swims by lateral body flexions.