Archive for the ‘Aquarium Clubs’ Category
Win a Free Aquarium Controller in Reef2Reef’s Article Contest
We love free stuff, so we like to promote aquarium contests any chance we can. The latest free gear comes in the form of not one, but three Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper Lite controllers from our friends at Reef2Reef. To enter the contest, all you have to do is write an article on their forum. The [...]
Speaking at the Next MARSHreef Meeting
Writing aquarium-related articles and talking to aquarium clubs is something I love to do, so I’m obviously excited to announce that I’ll be giving a short talk at the next club meeting for the Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houston, otherwise known as MARSHreef. The meeting will be hosted at Fish Gallery, a local [...]
Elite Reef Fest 2011 in Colorado Next Month
Elite Reef, an aquarium store located in Colorado, has officially announced the date for their Elite Reef Fest event. The event will take place on July 23rd during normal store hours at the Elite Reef storefront (store address located on the company’s home page) and will feature a charity raffle to the benefit the Cameroon [...]
Nominate the MASNA Aquarist of the Year
The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America, aka MASNA, is asking for you to send in your nominations for the coveted Aquarist of the Year. All paid MASNA members can nominate up to three individuals who they think made a significant contribution to the hobby over the past two years. The nominations will be sorted [...]
BAYMAC This Weekend in Cali
The fourth annual Bay Area Marine Aquarium Conference, otherwise known as BAYMAC, takes place this Saturday, May 14th at Chabot College in Hayward, California. The single day event, which is free to the public, opens its doors at 11am and will be full of great coral vendors, aquarium equipment wholesaler and manufacturers, a few guest [...]
Local Reef Events and News
There’s been a lot going on here in the reef keeping community in the sprawling city of Houston recently, so we figured we would touch on a few of them. Relocating Fish Stores Two fish stores are changing their addresses this month. The first, who actually just got done moving, is T&T Fish and Reptile. [...]
Welcome Our Newest Sponsor Reef Junkies
I’m very happy to announce a new sponsor on the AquaNerd Blog. Reef Junkies is a fairly new aquarium community that doesn’t only consist of an online forum like most typical aquarium sites. It also features a very cool fish compatibility tool, an online aquarium journal, multiple aquarium related calculators, a saltwater glossary, a suggested [...]
First MARSHreef Fragswap of 2011 Recap
This past weekend, the Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houston held their first frag swap of 2011. Hot on the heels of NextWave, the MARHSreef swap was obviously not as big as an event, but it provided another outlet for aquarium hobbyists to toss more money at their hobby. The AquaNerd crew was in [...]
Northeastern Reef Aquarium Conference in Two Weeks
The NERAC conference presented by the Long Island Reef Association (LIRA) is a mere 15 days away. Scheduled for March 19, this is NERAC’s sixth year in operation, and much like other conferences, it will be full of speakers, vendors, and raffles. Unlike most single-day aquarium conferences however, this one will have cocktails! After the [...]
Photos From NextWave – Corals Part 2
We’ve finally had time to sort through all of the pictures from our weekend trip to NextWave and get them uploaded. We saw thousands of beautiful corals at the event, including some extremely rare and pricey ones like the Jason Fox Leptoseris shown above. Of course we couldn’t leave empty handed, so we hit up [...]
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