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The AquaNerd Weekly Recap
Welcome back to another exciting week at the AquaNerd Blog. Father’s Day is a quickly fading memory, and we look forward to another week full of articles, starting with our weekly recap. Spanning the week of June9th through the 15th, we have a couple of stories about the insane looking and incredibly rare Paracentropyge multifasciatus [...]
Happy Father’s Day from AquaNerd
Parents are often the unsung heroes in all of our lives, and today is all about dad. So join us in celebrating Father’s Day by taking your dad out to dinner, buying him some aquarium gear, or just getting out there to do something to make his life a little easier (e.g. mowing the lawn [...]
The AquaNerd Weekly Recap
We’re back with another exciting week of aquarium industry updates, but before we get too far out of the gate, we need to do a quick recap of our top articles from last week, June 2nd through the 8th. Topping our list is a terrible story about vandalism at an aquarium store, followed by a [...]
First Ever Footage of an Oarfish in the Wild Surfaces
Here’s an exciting find. Scientists have recently released what is believed to be the first ever footage of a live oarfish in the wild. Over the past several decades, only a handful of these ultra long fish have washed ashore on beaches across the United States, but they’ve fueled legends of sea monsters for centuries. [...]
Weekend Aquarium Meme Roundup, Gary Larson Edition
We are taking a slightly different approach to our aquarium meme roundup this weekend. In fact, use of the term “meme” really doesn’t apply in this case since we have actually gathered up a bunch of old comic strips. Gary Larson has long been a favorite artist of ours, and his The Far Side comics [...]
Vandals Dump Copper Powder into Reef Aquariums at Aquariums Wholesale
Here’s a terrible story for aquarium lovers. According to a Fox 4 News Kansas City, on Sunday evening or sometime early Monday, vandals are believed to have dumped copper powder into four display reef tanks at Aquariums Wholesale, located in Olathe, Kansas. As any marine aquarist knows, copper is deadly to invertebrates and corals, and [...]
Fish Gallery Officially Opens Austin Location
After almost a year of planning, building, and stocking, Fish Gallery’s Austin store is officially open and fully operational. They opened up their doors to the public on June 4th, and already the good reviews are pouring in. In typical Fish Gallery fashion, the up-scale storefront features freshwater and marine aquariums, the latest aquarium gear, [...]
Reef To Rainforest is Looking for Photo Submissions for Two New Nano Books
Have you ever wanted to make a meaningful contribution to the aquarium industry outside of your normal online and local interactions? Well, this might be your chance. The publishing crews at Reef To Rainforest and Microcosm Ltd. are looking for photo submissions to help graphically illustrate their two latest books, The 101 Best Freshwater Nano [...]
The AquaNerd Weekly Recap
Summer is in full swing and the kids are out of school. While they’re sleeping in from staying up all night, we’ve got our usual array of aquarium articles, with our weekly recap helping to kick off our week. Starting on May 26th and running through June 1st, our most read articles include the constantly [...]
Today Marks the Start of Hurricane Season, Be Prepared for the Worst
Today is June 1st, and the official start of the hurricane season. For most aquarium keepers distributed all throughout the US, this season may not mean a whole lot. But for those hobbyists scattered along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, basically from Texas to New York, it means getting prepared for the worst possible scenario. What [...]
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