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Waterproof Smartphones? What’s next?
Waterproof Smartphones? What’s next? If you’re like me, you probably spend a good chunk of your free time with your hands underwater. I usually have my phone or a camera nearby, and I’m deathly afraid of the inevitable time when I drop my precious iphone into the tank–and weep for hours at the loss. [...]
A look back at 2011 and the aquarium hobby
A look back at 2011 and the aquarium hobby 2011 was an interesting year for the saltwater aquarium hobby, and for me personally. How about you? Even though LED lights have been around for a very long time, 2011 felt like the tipping point for them, as they gained popularity. Comparisons between LED and MH [...]
Aquarium cooling fan: Aquacool
Aquarium cooling fan: Aquacool This summer, I installed an aquarium cooling fan for my display tank. When the metal halide lamp warms up, my tank and the area around it really warms up. The cooling fan in the metal halide light is noisy and insufficient, so I decided to try the Aquacool fan from ZooMed Laboratories. [...]
DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: Design continued
DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: Design Continued This is a partial view of what the DIY Aquarium rack looks when complete. To protect the wood from water damage, I used a deck stain/paint. I’m happy with the wood protection, but do wonder a bit about whether or not it is leaching chemicals. I have not [...]
Adventure Aquarium–Camden, NJ
Took a trip this year to see Adventure Aquarium, in Camden, NJ–it was a lot of fun. A great collection of coral and fish–even hyposalinity fish (freshwater for you non-salty purists). The walk through Shark tank is awesome. Got a great and crazy picture of a sawfish there. Reef displays were beautiful. Plenty of interactive [...]
Clownfish Juveniles
I have to admit–I’m a superstitious guy. I was afraid to post anything about the clownfish larvae that hatched on March 23rd, but I can’t wait any longer. The larvae hatched relatively early in the evening, and I already mentioned that the larval snagger was a success. So, you must be wondering, how did everything [...]
DIY Larval Snagger
DIY Larval Snagger:The clownfish stopped spawning in the clay flower pot (which was easy to move to the hatch-out tank on the night of the hatch) and started spawning again on the glass side wall of the aquarium. Since the change in spawning substrate, I have struggled with harvesting collecting larvae on the night of the [...]
Aquarium Resolution 2011
Aquarium Resolution 2011 Happy New Year and thanks for reading Saltwater Aquarium Blog . Looking forward to an awesome 2011. I hope you were able to take some time to be with friends and family, saltwater fish, coral and other inverts this holiday season. I really and truly am thankful for those of you [...]
Clownfish Larval Development
Clownfish Larval Development Update It’s been a while since I updated the progress of the clownfish larvae. As a quick recap, the clownfish larvae from the eggs laid in the display tank hatched a day early. As such, the majority of them (amphiprion ocellaris larvae), were eaten by a greedy pair of banggai cardinalfish, apparently tapping back [...]
Clownfish larvae three days post hatch
Clownfish larvae three days post hatch Here is a quick video of the clownfish larvae three days after they hatched from their egg cases in the display tank. They actually hatched the day before I was ready for them. By accident I happened to notice a few larvae suspended in the water column after lights out. The banggai cardinalfish [...]
