aquaPlanner Pro App Video Demo
We’ve been gushing over the aquaPlanner app ever since we were given the opportunity to review it. There were things we loved about it when it was first released and some we didn’t, but one thing is for sure is the fact that this application as gotten better and better with each release. With the [...]
Aquarium Economics 101
Just recently, I was having a conversation with a local pet store owner about the price of a new, unreleased piece of aquarium equipment, and the conversation inevitably wandered into the retail price associated with that particular item. The wholesale price was also mentioned, and we talked for a while about the very narrow margins [...]
City of Houston Issues Water Restriction
Summer is always a tough time when you live in the southern part of the US, especially when the heat hits over 100 degrees and looms on for what seem like endless weeks. What makes the situation even harder is the lack of rain, a drastic one-two punch that Texas has been facing this long [...]
Aquarium Design Group Hiring Reef Tech
Aquarium Design Group recently announced that they are looking to hire a reef aquarium specialist, or as they put it, a “Reef Badass”. The tech will be hired to service some of ADG’s premiere reef tanks here in the Houston area, which has been an increasing market for them due to a recent increase in [...]
The aquaPlanner App Helps This Busy Hobbyist Remember Tasks
Back in February, we were given access to a new Apple application designed to serve as a digital planner for aquarium maintenance tasks. Called the aquaPlanner, the original version of the app was a great piece of aquarium software, but it had a couple of drawbacks. These included a limited number of customizable tasks, some [...]
Hurricane Season Starts Up Today
Unfortunately it’s that time of year again for residents of the Gulf Coast and the eastern seaboard to prepare themselves for the worst case scenario. Today is June 1st, and it marks the official start of the hurricane season, and according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), it’s going to be a busy [...]
NOAA Expecting Active Hurricane Season
Listen up Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard reef keepers. Hurricane season is just around the corner, June 1st in fact, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting it’s going to be an active one. Meteorologists, with the help of long-range weather patterns, expect between 12 and 18 named storms to develop in [...]
How I Beat Dinoflagellates
Dinoflagellates are the terror of many hobbyist’s aquariums. They are a marine and freshwater protist that can take many forms, such as free-floating or attached, photosynthetic or parasitic, and even predatory. The dinos typically found in the home aquarium are attached to hard surfaces and are photosynthetic. They thrive in a variety of conditions, even [...]
The aquaPlanner Aquarium Reminder App Review
We were recently given access to a nifty new aquarium related iPhone application for a product review. The aquaPlanner app is a maintenance scheduling software that reminds you when certain tasks are coming up and when others are about to expire or are overdue. The app is easy to use and is currently available to [...]
Aquariums Can Be Bad for Your Health
I came across an article called “Having a Fish Tank Can Make You Healthier” on That Fish Tank Place. Their article obviously described all of the benefits of the aquarium to one’s health, which included lowering blood pressure in seniors, decreasing the amount of sedatives required for dental patients, and calming down children with attention [...]
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