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Top Crown Snails: Awesome Algae Eaters

Top Crown Snails eat pretty much everything off of the glass of my 75 gallon saltwater aquarium. It’s actually almost unbelievable to me how much stuff these snails eat. I’ve never had any other type of snail, large or small, with such a voracious appetite.

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Shark Jumps From Aquarium to Pool

I ran across an interesting story today about a shark jumping from an aquarium to a pool. Interesting. Why would the pool be so close to an aquarium with a shark in it? That is interesting in its own right.

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Normal People Just Have Aquariums

Are you a geek? Chances are, if you are interested in fish tanks and/or use the internet. There are pretty good odds of one or both of those being the case if you are reading this web site, hehe.

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An Open Bottom Marine Fish Tank

This could be somewhat of a followup to another post about about an open bottom fish tank. This one is a marine tank of the open bottom variety. The center column is quite tall and there are waterfalls at the top. Pretty neat. I still don’t think I’d have the guts to try to operate […]

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The Aquarium Computer Video

I guess this video got 1 million views on YouTube, just goes to show how popular a little bit of creativity can be.

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Build Your Own Aquarium Computer

Yes, that is correct, you can build an aquarium computer. It might not be exactly what you think. You can’t put any fish in it since it’s filled with mineral oil instead of water, but an aquarium is used for the computer case and it looks like the internals of the computer are submerged in […]

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Aquarium Algae Control – How to Prevent Algae Growth

Aquarium algae control is an important task in the maintenance of any aquarium, freshwater or saltwater.

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A Car Converted Into an Aquarium

Not much more to say about this one. It’s a car with fish and water inside of it. The dark effect is pretty creepy, it almost looks like the car is at the bottom of a lake or something, but it’s not.

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One of the more impressive saltwater aquariums I’ve seen

I recently ran across a forum thread in which the person who started the forum was documenting his construction of a 600 gallon saltwater aquarium. My reaction is pretty much: WOW. Click here to check it out. The documentation is quite impressive, starting with building the tank all the way to loading it up with […]

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Earth Day for Aquariums

Here’s an example of how to celebrate Earth Day while being an aquarium owner. On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, […]

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