"de Noordzee", a painting from M.A. Koekkoek, made for education purposes.
1 Herring (Clupea harengus),2 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus),3 Atlantic cod (Gadus morrhua)
4 Europian plaice (Pleuronectae platessa),5 Tub Gurnard (Trigla hirunda),6 Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)
7 Hermit crab (Eupagurus Bernhardus),8 Moon jelly (Aurelia aurita),9 Oyster (Ostrea edulis)
10 Common cockle (Cerastoderma edule),11 Common starfish (Astrias rubens),12 Sea anemone (Metrideium dianthus)
1 Bladderwreck (Fucus vesiculosus),2 Sea lace (Chorda filum),3 Kelp (Lamanaria saccharina)
4 Kelp (Lamanaria digitata),5 Red seaweed (Polysiphonia nigrescens),6 Banded weed (Ceramium rubrum)
7 Irish moss (Chondrus crispus),8 Green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris),9 Red seaweed ( Hypoglossum hippoglossoides)


The ditch | Waterplants | Marshes | living food | Northsea | Worms | Snails | Butterflies | Bugs | Spiders | Dragonfly | Flies | Birds | mosses | Flowers |
Trees 1 | Trees 2 | Herbs | Wild flowers A-D | Wilde flowers E-M | Wilde flowers N-S | Wilde flowers T-X | Climbers | Ferns | Fungus | Lichen |





a northsea-aquarium



My northsea-aquarium contains only fish and animals
that I or playing childern collected on the beach


living on the bottom


The large worms Ragworms and lugworm live buried in the sand. The ragworm is a predator, hunting for small fish.
Plaice and the common shrimpand crab live buried in the sand. Plaice is just like the ragworm a nightly hunter.




The other inhabitants




The goby lives on the sandbottom, grass shrimp and the Pipefish live a hidden live
between the seaweed.

Cleaning the water


Take a look at the protein skimmer to
keep the water clean and have a look at salinity and conductivity , important measurements for the condition of the north sea-aquarium.