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The AquaNerd Weekly Recap
How did Monday get here so soon? It seems like just yesterday we were looking forward to the weekend and celebrating the reprieve from work. Unfortunately, weekends go by way too fast. Fortunately, Mondays are full of aquarium articles here on the AquaNerd Blog, with this one being our weekly recap of last week’s most [...]
Happy Mother’s Day from AquaNerd
We at the AquaNerd Blog just wanted to wish all the moms out there a Happy Mother’s Day. Today is all about your mom, the mother of your children, and the other matriarchs in your family. Too often, their deeds go unnoticed and unrewarded, so take a little time today and give that special mom in your life [...]
Fish Tank Kings Premieres Tonight
Got an hour of free time this evening? The world premiere of Fish Tank Kings, a brand new Nat Geo Wild television show that follows the aquarium installations of Living Color Aquariums, officially airs its first episode tonight at 10 pm (9 pm Central time). This first episode will exclusively cover the design and installation [...]
The AquaNerd Weekly Recap
Yes, it’s Monday once again, and that means we’ve got a full week of aquarium related articles ahead of us. But before we get too far into the week, we’re reexamining our most popular articles from last week, starting on April 29th and running through May 5th. These articles include an interesting Euphyllid coral that [...]
Top 10 Articles from the AquaNerd Blog
As we mentioned earlier, today marks the three year anniversary for the AquaNerd Blog. The past three years of running the site have been a blast. We’ve seen some great new products, heard some interesting stories, met some unique individuals, and stumbled across some jawdropping fish. To reflect back on those great years, we’ve compiled [...]
The AquaNerd Weekly Recap
Time to make friends with your alarm clock, because it’s Monday and that means you two will be spending a bit more time together. Fortunately, it also means a new weekly recap of our most popular aquarium articles. This week’s collection comes from the articles published during the week of April 22nd through the 28th. [...]
Aquarium Specialty Giving Away a Tunze 6095
I know we keep saying this, but we love free aquarium gear. To feed our addiction for free aquarium swag, our pals at Aquarium Specialty have a sweet little giveaway going on right now. The online aquarium equipment retailer is giving away a free Tunze 6095 Nanostream pump to one lucky hobbyist. All you have [...]
The AquaNerd Weekly Recap
Monday is upon us once again, and to start off your day right, we’ve got a recap of last week’s top five most popular articles. This week’s list covers articles we published during the week of April 15th through the 21st, and covers our top ten list of aquarium nerd-dom, an interesting video of deepwater [...]
The Battle with Red Planaria Flatworms
If you have ever fought a battle against Aiptasia anemones, then you know what a pain it is to get rid of an aggressive aquarium pest. Aiptasia are very hard to get rid of if left unchecked, and like Aiptasia, there are many pests that hitchhike into our aquariums on corals and live rock and [...]
Top Ten Signs You Are an Aquarium Nerd
Let’s face it, we’ve all got a little aquarium nerd inside of us. But who could blame us? Our hobby is just so awesome, right? We get to grow corals, care for exotic fish, and play with new aquarium equipment every once in a while. The downside is most of us are so entrenched in [...]








