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Monthly Archives: October 2011
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No podcast this week
Apologies to our growing list of loyal podcast listeners, but there will not be a podcast this week. Gary’s West Coast travel schedule was too hectic and involved too many late appointments, making it impractical to record.
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Posted in Equipment, Events, Fish, Opinion, Photography, Podcast, Science, Tanks, Uncategorized
Tagged Equipment, events, fish, Photography, podcast, podcasts, scleronephthya, scott-fellman
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“I am going to open my own fish store!”
When you start to travel the country and visit various aquarium clubs, it is inevitable that you run into someone that wants to start their own small business. Many of these individuals are enamored with the idea of having their own fish shop. They usually voice complaints that there is no “good” LFS in the area and the market really deserves one. Admittedly, I have heard this comment slightly less frequently lately due to the economic downturn and the harsh realities of retail sales for the past few years, but it is an idea that is still around. I completely understand it. I too was just a hobbyist years ago and have been able to make a living doing what I love for quite a while now. With that in mind, I want to offer a little advice for those contemplating making the jump.… More:
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Hydor’s SmartWave Powerhead Controller Reviewed
Creating random currents in you saltwater tank help keep your tank clean and add neat effects like simulating a tide going in and out. Lucky for you, Hydor’s SmartWave powerhead controller makes these random currents for you, and you don’t need to program a thing.
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Posted in Opinion, Podcast
Tagged hydor, koralia, mrsaltwatertank, Powerhead, reef enthusiast, reef junkie, smartwave, tank dabbler
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Aquarium Based Exhibit Going Up at Lever House in NYC
Word is out that House of Fins in Greenwich CT is installing some crazy aquarium in the lobby of the Lever House on Park Ave. Always known for their art exhibits, and being one of the coolest buildings in the city, Lever House is in a great destination surrounded by some of the world’s best restaurants and shopping. If you want to surprise your significant other with a trip into the big city to shop and take a nice meal, and wait what, oh look at that they have an aquarium here too, what are the odds of that? Surely you had no idea and didn’t actually plan it just to sneak in a fish geek trip in New York?… More:
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What is that???
Can you guess what this thing is? You get two hints: 1. It’s appearing on Reefs.com, and 2. It was taken at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, NY. That’s all I’ll say for now. Place your bets. There’s only one rule: If you have inside information, you can’t play. After all, this isn’t Wall Street!… More:
They Call ‘Em Sun Corals
As common names go, few corals carry a more accurate name than the Sun Coral moniker often applied to Tubastrea coccinea and Tubastrea aurea. Their yellow and orange colors are unmatched by any other sessile invertebrate.
When photographing my Tubastrea colony, the challenge was not to deliver the brilliant colors. That’s relatively easy to do. The extra component I wanted to add was to convey the translucency and delicacy of the tissue without giving up any color intensity. Several previous attempts didn’t deliver the image I wanted, so I decided to do a little “shooting in the dark.”
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Tagged azooxanthelate corals, Sun Coral, Tubastrea, Tubastrea aurea, Tubastrea coccinea
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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #52: Like Being In A China Store When You Were A Kid
Even your mother had sound advice for your reef tank.
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Tagged friday am quick tip, mrsaltwatertank, reef enthusiast, reef junkie, tank dabbler
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The Great Fish Move
It’s mid October and it’s the most stressful day of the year for the aquarists at the Long Island Aquarium – as well as for a thousand or so of our favorite fishes. It’s the day we empty the outdoor snorkel tank for the season and move all of the fishes into other exhibits or to our off-site holding facility. What’s so stressful about that? Hmm…where to begin? For starters,… More:
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New Study Shows Fish Biomass is Crucial for Reef Health
A new study conducted by an international team of scientists may shed some new light on maintaining the overall health of our wild reefs. As we scramble to better understand these complex ecosystems some of the answers we find may seem rather simple. All reefers know that fish play a big role both on wild and captive reefs but with this new information, it seems they may hold the key to judging the overall health and ultimately helping to preserve these marine resources.… More:
Posted in Corals, Events, Fish, Industry, Science
Tagged ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Coral, Environment, James Cook University, PNAS, reef, science
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Train Your Goldfish
A lot of people in this hobby have come to the conclusion that there is too little scientific method being used to make decisions related to how to maintain their reef. Guess what, they’re absolutely right. Every day another manufacturer comes out with a new product that makes claims to enhance the quality of your tank with no published science behind it. What happened to peer review and statistics? In the age of marketing, pure science has taken a backseat to fancy labels and bottles. But alas, some people are still doing real work and making developments in areas that have been abandoned for a long time. Take for example this article about fish cognitive abilities. Look at how little it costs to make a serious addition to the world of aquarium science! A goldfish! That’s it. Think outside the box, use a bit of ingenuity and you’re sure to find that there is a wealth of ways to advance the hobby without expending a ton of money.… More:
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Best Reefs from Europe (2) – Krzysztof Tryc Tank
Chopin, Marie Curie or Pope John Paul II are distinguished Polish personalities. But how about our (reef) world…. Are Polish people also notable in reef husbandry? Yes… definitely yes! Over the last years, I have the chance to come across a few Polish tanks. Most of them had a singular characteristic… More:
