AquaNerd Reaches 1000 Articles, Celebrates with Giveaway
It’s official, the AquaNerd Blog has reached 1000 articles! We have worked tirelessly for just a little over a year to get to where we are, but it’s our readers that make it all worth while. To show our appreciation and to help commemorate our milestone, we’ve got some prizes to give away. Grand Prize: [...]
Welcome Our Newest Contributor
I would like to introduce the newest member of the AquaNerd Crew, Steven Bitter. Steve spent 6 years working the retail side of the hobby at Aquatouch in Phoenix, Arizona. He was the quarantine and livestock manager,, and is very familiar with the aquarium the industry. Additionally, Steve has begun to write a column for [...]
Happy 4th of July from AquaNerd, Update on the Frag Tank
Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July. Watch out for fireworks blowing your arm off. I will spend the holiday playing with the aquariums. I’ve decided to tear down the frag tank and start over on it. We are painting the bottom and the back of the black, just to [...]
The New AquaNerd Logo
Check it out, we’ve got a logo! Thanks to Dustin from my local reef aquarium club for creating this great logo. I saw it and immediately fell in love. We hope to use this logo (and various incarnations of it) as a watermark on photographs, on the top of our website, and for various other [...]
Our New Forums are Now Live
The new AquaNerd Forum is now live. I’m sure there will be some additional tweaking, but it has been tested and it does work. To become a member and have access to the blog, simply register on the AquaNerd site by clicking the Register link on the bottom right-hand side of the AquaNerd homepage. How [...]
Doing Some AquaNerd Forum Testing Today
I just wanted to inform everyone that we are experimenting with a new forum here on the AquaNerd Blog. We’ve had a forum for a little while now, but we never really customized it to our liking and just let it go to the wayside. However, we have found a nifty program that keeps the [...]
Relocating to the Marshall Islands
Photo from Kwajalein Range Services, LLC Unfortunately I’m not the one relocating to this Pacific paradise. A friend from my local reef club got that opportunity, and he’s taking it of course. Chuck, a mechanical engineer, applied for a job on a whim, not thinking anything would come of it. Fast forward a few months [...]
Tip of the Day – 6/4/10
Do you like your coralline algae? Well, stay away from sea urchins. They will eat various types of algae, including the attractive purple, pink, and green coralline algae. To keep your urchin satisfied, you might want to offer it various types of macroalgae or sheets of alge for food.
Welcome Our Newest Sponsor, Petsathome.com
We’re proud to announce our newest AquaNerd Blog sponsor Petsathome.com. Petsathome.com is a UK-based pet supplies company that offers items for all sorts of animals, including freshwater and saltwater fish. The aquarium related supplies they offer include , fish tanks, fish treatments, and so much more. If you live across the pond and want quality [...]
Happy Mother’s Day from AquaNerd
Today is all about moms, and I would like to thank all of the wives, mothers, grandmothers, etc for all of their dedication to the family. So put down the fragging tools and postpone your tank maintenance if you can. Spend the day with your mom or the mother of your children and let them [...]
