News, both sad and exciting

Greetings.  I have some very sad news today.  Curly, our curly-haired Honduran tarantula decided that life was no longer an option.  She died sometime on Sunday/Monday early morning.

Everyone else is doing well here, though.  We're still waiting to get the water tested on the salt tank, but I can guarantee you that it's doing very well.  There are 24.98 lbs of live rock in the tank, and since it was started three weeks ago has shown great signs of life.
There are large splotches of the purple (desirable kind) algae.  The rock is also making many bubbles during the day cycle of the tank.

The sand also has some life forms on it.

The bottom image is a closeup of the live rock.  You can even see the bubbles form before they are released to float to the surface.
Very cool, indeed.

The snake, but faster

Having received a few rather vocal complaints about the last snake video, here's a new one.
It's been sped up by a factor of at least 10.

And yes, there's payoff.