• Articles RSS Feed

    How to Host a Speaker for Club Events 

    Published on 11-16-2011 07:13 PM
    Article Preview

    When a Club Hosts a Speaker
    by Steven Pro

    As an aquarium society grows, they inevitably want to bring in out of town experts to educate their membership. The first thing that the club leadership needs to determine is, what would the members like to hear about? Do they want to hear the latest on reef aquarium lighting or would they prefer to discover the most recent breakthroughs in marine fish breeding? Some clubs prefer hands-on workshops on things like coral fragmentation, aquarium photography, aquascaping, fish necropsy, or acrylic and PVC fabrication. While other clubs might prefer more formal, educational lectures or picture heavy travelogues. Once it has been decided what the club is looking for, finding a speaker to fill that niche is much easier.

    The Marine Aquarium Society of North America (www.masna.org) provides a database of speakers, their contact information, and their specific requests to provide lectures and/or workshops to their member clubs. I urge you to take advantage of this resource, but if there are speakers not listed, do not hesitate to ask the board so that they can assist in locating and contacting the speaker. MASNA is also pleased to make suggestions ...
    Read More Read More 2 Comments

    Product Review: EPO Putty 

    by
    melev
    Published on 10-21-2011 12:36 AM
    Article Preview



    Jim's Reef sent me a sample of a two part putty to try out in my reef. Putty is used to secure certain types of corals to the rockwork in a tank, and can be used to bond rocks in place to prevent movement later.

    The product is packaged with two equal-sized parts of dough which once kneaded together produces a chemical reaction that results in a putty that hardens over time. Whenever I work with any kind of putty, I wear (surgical) rubber gloves to avoid toxicity issues. Tearing open the first part of the putty, I found that it was difficult to extract. Similar to peeling out chewing gum out of its wrapper during the hot summer ...
    Read More Read More 4 Comments

    Reefapalooza - October 22 & 23, 2011 

    by
    melev
    Published on 10-19-2011 01:07 PM
    Article Preview



    This weekend in Costa Mesa, California, thousands of people are going to attend the annual event known as Reefapalooza. Will you? At this two day event, vendors are selling their wares or answering questions hobbyists have about their particular products. Here's a link to last year's writeup: http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...10-what-a-show

    Saturday 10AM-6PM
    Sunday 10AM- 4PM

    At $10 per day, this is a huge bargain. (You pay at the door, not online in advance. Parking is $5 cash.)

    This year, there are more speakers ...
    Read More Read More 1 Comment

    Dart pump wailing - replacing seals and bearings 

    by
    melev
    Published on 10-14-2011 04:24 PM
    Article Preview

    My reef uses two Dart pumps. One is used as a return pump, the other as a means to feed all equipment with a manifold of valves. The return pump started making noise about a week before I had to fly to MACNA 2011. Swapping the noisy pump out with my back up Dart pump wasn't an option; that one leaked at the seal so the noisy one was re-installed.



    ...
    Read More Read More 16 Comments

    On Location - Brett Raymer from Animal Planet's - TANKED 

    by
    Jessy
    Published on 09-25-2011 08:37 PM
    Article Preview



    Marc gets Brett from Animal Planet's newest hit show TANKED on camera in Reef Addicts' style at MACNA 2011


    ...
    Read More Read More 3 Comments

    Why are my Jellyfish Shrinking? 

    by
    Nancy
    Published on 09-25-2011 01:37 PM
    Article Preview

    Why are my jellyfish shrinking? Help!

    This is the most popular question I have received in the last year as folks start to venture into keeping jellyfish as pets. As there are many reasons why captive jellies tend to shrink, let’s start with some basics. First, the one thing I feel most don’t realize is that jellies occur in all oceans of the world and in all temperature zones. There are tropical jellies, temperate jellies and arctic jellies. Each species requires specific water ...
    Read More Read More 2 Comments

    Invert of the Week - the Harlequin Shrimp 

    Published on 09-24-2011 06:58 PM
    Article Preview



    The Harlequin Shrimp –Hymenocera picta




    With its oversized paddle claws and mottled coloration, the Harlequin Shrimp is one of the most out-of-this-world looking animals reef enthusiasts can put into their aquariums. As is the case with so many of the coolest looking reef animals, the special dietary requirements of the Harlequin Shrimp keep many people from owning them. The one and only thing an adult Harlequin Shrimp will eat are echinoderms, or for the non-nerd reefkeepers, seastars (starfish).

    Common Name: Harlequin shrimp
    Latin: Hymenocera picta, H. elegans
    Origin: Hawaii, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific ...
    Read More Read More 5 Comments
    Page 6 of 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

  • Recent Blog Entries

    Paul B

    A Shrimp Tale

    Once upon a time (OK last year) I had this shrimp and Gobi He looked lonely so the King of this section of reef (Me) went out and got him a little companion. In time, the little guy grew to where...

    05-15-2013 02:05 PM
    BadPenny

    My Saltwater Transition

    I've been working on this project for around a month. The planning has been going on for more than a year. With that being said, i'm a newb when it comes to this. For many years, I have kept...

    05-15-2013 08:04 PM
    ladyonyx

    Diving Galapagos

    There are endless dive spots to visit in the world, but there’s no doubt in my mind that Galapagos is on the “bucket list” of every diver out there. I know it has always been on mine, and it...

    Yesterday 05:05 PM

  • Recent Blog Comments

    Paul B

    A Shrimp Tale

    Oh No. Now the other gobi stole the shrimp from right under the 2 gobi's noses.
    So now I ordered "another" shrimp.
    I may have to get a separate shrimp for every fish in the tank.

    Paul B 05-15-2013 02:05 PM Go to last post
    Paul B

    A Shrimp Tale

    Last night I was cowering in bed under the covers as I heard this huge fight coming from the tank. There was water splashing, bottles breaking, chains swinging and curses flying. I was afraid to look,

    Paul B 05-15-2013 02:05 PM Go to last post
    melev

    Colt Coral Spawning

    That colt is massive! I have a feeling it would have spawned more strongly with the flow on, but it makes it really tough to photograph and video.

    My favorite part of watching that happen

    melev 05-12-2013 01:33 AM Go to last post
    melev

    My Saltwater Transition

    You've been really busy. Thanks for sharing. ( I edited your entry so the images would show up)

    Have you tried to simulate a power outage to make sure it doesn't drain more than the sump

    melev 05-15-2013 08:04 PM Go to last post
    Articfox32

    My Saltwater Transition

    Your build is looking good. As you mentioned you went with the bean animal drain set up. On the second syphon drain there should be a fitting on top of the cap with a small air tube to allow for air suction.

    Articfox32 05-15-2013 08:04 PM Go to last post
    BadPenny

    My Saltwater Transition

    Thanks. Yea, i tested for all the fail situations i could think of. I also am using a ratchet strap around the middle of the tote to help it keep the shape.

    Yea so far i have forgone

    BadPenny 05-15-2013 08:04 PM Go to last post
    Articfox32

    My Saltwater Transition

    I will post a pic of how I did mine probably tomorrow. I made a cover to sit on my over flow out of acrylic, used a Johnny quest fitting in acrylic, ran tube from the cap to the fitting the a straight

    Articfox32 05-15-2013 08:04 PM Go to last post

  • Upcoming Events