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Fish Tank iPhone App Released

By • Sep 28th, 2010 • Category: In The News

I received word today that there is now an iPhone app called “Fish Tank” – it contains a lot of info regarding setting up a small saltwater aquarium. From the publisher: This app uses fun instructional videos (over an hour of short easily referenced videos) to teach how to easily set up a saltwater fish [...]



Video: The snails come out of hiding after feeding

By • Sep 27th, 2010 • Category: Fish and Invertebrate, Videos

These guys like to hide until I feed the fish. Then they come out and roam all over the place in the aquarium.



I Just Bought Some More RowaPhos, Didn’t Follow My Own Advice

By • Sep 27th, 2010 • Category: Ramblings

What’s the one thing that I usually say about RowaPhos, that doesn’t really have anything to do with it’s implementation? Buy larger quantities. I usually buy the 250ml container myself, but that is about 2-3 fills on my phosphate reactor. I should probably buy the 500ml container or larger to make sure that I’m getting [...]



The Barren Night Landscape of My Saltwater Aquarium

By • Sep 26th, 2010 • Category: Ramblings

I often wake up really early in the morning, usually not of my own control. I don’t know why I wake up so early, but when I do, I usually can’t fall back asleep again, at least without getting up and trying to distract myself for at least an hour or so. Even today, on [...]



Can a Saltwater Aquarium Snail Flip Itself Over?

By • Sep 23rd, 2010 • Category: Fish and Invertebrate

If you have a saltwater aquarium with snails, you will probably know at this point that certain snails end up upside down from time to time. Can they flip themselves back upright?



Remembering My Electric Blue Knuckle Hermit Crabs

By • Sep 23rd, 2010 • Category: Fish and Invertebrate

During the course of having the 75 gallon tank I’ve now had 2 blue knuckle hermit crabs. The first one lived for just over 2 and half years.