Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Waterproof Smartphones? What’s next?

Al Ulrich — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:27:32 +0000

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. [...]

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A look back at 2011 and the aquarium hobby

Al Ulrich — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:26:16 +0000

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 [...]

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Aquarium cooling fan: Aquacool

Al Ulrich — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:27:22 +0000

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. [...]

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Finding Fish Tanks Online–A post for beginners

Al Ulrich — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:04:13 +0000

Finding fish tanks online–A post for beginners These days, there are fish tanks (aquariums) to suit any room, any budget. If you have never owned a fish tank before, do a bit of searching online to find out the right option for you. Once you have identified where you want to keep the fish tank, I recommend you get [...]

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Broodstock for Fish Breeding Project

Al Ulrich — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:11:13 +0000

In my fish room, I now have eight tanks all plumbed to a central sump. There are four individual ten gallon tanks on the top row and four individual 20 gallon tanks in the bottom row. I have the following broodstock pairs: Royal Gramma 1 pair of Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto) 1 pair of [...]

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DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: Plumbing

Al Ulrich — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:53:03 +0000

DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: Plumbing Each tank drains through a one-inch vertical standpipe connected to the bulkhead via a 90 degree elbow joint. The tanks drain into a two-inch diameter PVC drain-line. One drain line runs horizontally for each of the two shelves. The 2-inch pipe drains from left-to-right and connects to a [...]

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DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: Design continued

Al Ulrich — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:47:12 +0000

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 [...]

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DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: Design Continued

Al Ulrich — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:03:08 +0000

DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: Design (continued) This blog post is a continuation of the last entry where I showed you how to build the horizontal shelf for a DIY Aquarium Rack for your fish room. Please note that the horizontal shelf as described in the last post is represented now from the side [...]

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DIY Aquarium Rack for Fish Room: The design

Al Ulrich — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:32:16 +0000

Over the next few blog entries I will walk through the steps for a DIY (Do-IT-Yourself) aquarium rack for a fish room. This will allow you to use multiple tanks all linked together to a central filtration and circulation system. It’s a pretty big rack, so you will need some space or even your own [...]

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Breeding The Yellow Headed Jawfish

Al Ulrich — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:33:35 +0000

Here is a movie of the latest addition to my aquarium–a pair of yellow headed jawfish caught off the coast of Florida. I purchased these fish as a mated pair from a reputable eBay merchant. They appear to be somewhat comfortable in their new home, although only time will tell. You can see (what I [...]

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