Archive for April, 2010
Tip of the Day – 4/26/10
Want to wow potential frag swap customers? Bring a small aquarium and some heavy actinic lighting and you’ll surely grab the attention of passersby. If you don’t have access to these items, bring detailed pictures of the livestock you are selling. Please Support Our Sponsors:
Busy Weekend for the AquaNerd
Wow, I’ve had such a busy weekend. I ordered a bunch of stuff from Premium Aquatics last week and they finally arrived on Friday. So, I cracked those boxes open and assembled my new Sunlight Supply Sunblaze 48 T5HO light fixture. This is the light that will go over the Frag Tank I’m currently in [...]
Picture of the Week – 4/26 – 5/2
Pictured is a very colorful Pink Birdsnest Seriatopora coral. These small polyped hard corals are very similar to Acroporids, but differ in the way they grow and encrust onto rockwork.
Tip of the Day – 4/25/10
When purchasing items from fellow hobbyists on local aquarium forums, it’s not cool to say you want an item and not show up at an event or other predetermined meeting location or time. Oftentimes, hobbyists don’t carry a ton of cash on them and they may depend on the money from your transaction to fulfill [...]
Second Annual MARSHReef Frag Swap and Picnic
Last October, the Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houston (aka MARSH or MARSHReef) held a very nice frag swap and picnic combination, and now they are at it again. Though many frag swaps have been held in the past, this is only the second in which the club will combine outdoor activities on a [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/24/10
A lot of the aquarium salt and testing products we buy do occasionally come in bad batches. Some salts may be unusually high in a particular element or might not clearly mix. Some test kits may not have the appropriate concentration of reagents and may give a faulty result. So be careful and always double [...]
Giant Pacific Octopus Attacks a Shark
I was watching the news one morning and they played a clip of a giant Pacific octopus attacking a small shark. Recalling a video I saw in the past and wanting to know more about this story, I hit the Internet. I couldn’t find the story I saw on the news recently, but I did [...]
Tip of the Day – 4/23/10
Want a great way to score a decent discount (or at the very least get free shipping) on aquarium drygoods? Gather up a bunch of aquarium buddies and make a group order. Most companies will gladly accept a group order and may give additional discounts the more you spend. This may work for some livestock [...]
AquaNerd Giveaway Update!
Ok, the AquaNerd Aquarium Product Giveaway only has 9 days remaining! Be sure to get your entry in through our several methods (comments, Twitter, Facebook, and registering on our site). The contest ends at the end of this month (April 30th at midnight). The following day, we will randomly select a winner. Don’t pass this [...]
Whales Really Like Their Sweatpants
According to a Fox News story, a dead gray whale, which recently washed ashore, was examined by biologists. One thing in particular they wanted to examine was the whale’s gut content, or what it had been eating prior to death. Normally, these whales eat algae, but the biologists discovered quite a bit of garbage in [...]
Loading ...
