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Aquarium Lighting Review: Current USA Nova Extreme Pro T5

By Luke • Jun 30th, 2010 • Category: Hardware and Supplies

I added one of these to my 75 gallon aquarium setup a little over a year ago, and it was such a great upgrade over my original aquarium lights that I just couldn’t possibly imagine going back to my original setup.



The Psychic Octopus, Paul, Picks Germany

By Luke • Jun 29th, 2010 • Category: In The News

Ah, there’s nothing like looking to a psychic octopus when wanting to see what the future holds. Apparently, this psychic Octopus named Paul has the ability to predict how things are going to turn out, and he uses the simple process of picking one of two mussels that are presented to him. How accurate is [...]



Video: Young Green Mantis Shrimp Eating

By Luke • Jun 16th, 2010 • Category: Fish and Invertebrate, Videos

If you watch this, you’ll understand why you want to keep your hands out of the tank if you have a mantis shrimp, listen for the knocking sounds while it attacks and eats!



Video: Time Lapse of an Aquarium Snail

By Luke • Jun 16th, 2010 • Category: Fish and Invertebrate, Videos

What makes this video so interesting, or maybe not, is the fact that the snail is still moving really slow, even in time lapse.



Gulf Oil Spill: National Aquarium Helping Turtles

By Luke • Jun 15th, 2010 • Category: In The News

The National Aquarium in Baltimore is preparing to help sea turtles affected by the Gulf oil spill: As the Gulf oil spill ensnares marine animals, the staff at the National Aquarium and the state’s wildlife veterinarian are preparing for a life or death situation. For the aquarium, the phone may ring and someone will ask [...]



Spectacular Live Rock Column In Cube Aquarium

By Luke • Jun 14th, 2010 • Category: Impressive Aquariums, Ramblings

Looking through flickr the other day, I ran across this amazing live rock column, it’s a very creative design. I like this mostly because it looks so top heavy and unstable, yet at the same time it is very established looking. It’s almost a sort of Dr. Seuss approach to putting together live rock and [...]