So you’ve decided you want to take the plunge and learn to scuba dive! Great, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve put together this list of 5 things to know, before your first open water dive. These simple tips…
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DiscOhh Party by Jeffery Honda is this weeks Fluorescent Friday
Photographer and Backscatter pro team member Jeffrey Honda has created this beautiful fluorescent video called DiscOhh Party that we just couldn’t resist sharing for this week’s edition of Fluorescent Friday. The video DiscOhh Party really lives up to its name as…
What’s Your Aquascaping Rock of Choice?
Today’s marine aquarists have more options than ever before when it comes to the types of rock used to aquascape their tanks—from live rocks, whether aquacultured or wild-harvested, to all manner of dry rocks and even natural-looking man-made rocks. Each…
New Finding Dory trailer reveals much more of the sequel movie
Finding Dory is the loooooong awaited sequel to Disney’s hit movie, Finding Nemo. A new Finding Dory trailer released today gives us a much better look at the follow up movie and reveals many more of the story’s elements and settings. The first…
Does Your Marine Aquarium Pass the Smell Test?
We marine aquarists depend heavily on store-bought test kits and devices for monitoring water quality and parameters (like the FishBit monitor we discussed here recently), but we’re actually born with some of the best tools available for figuring out what’s…
Abyss, Atoll and Peninsula concept aquariums debuted by Innovative Marine
The Abyss, Atoll and Peninsula aquariums are three new concept tanks unveiled by Innovative Marine this weekend in Denver. Innovative Marine used ReefStock 2016 as the world debut for these three interesting concept tanks which are the first all-in-ones from…
Skimz Sumpro Series sumps are worth paying attention to
The new Skimz Sumpro series of sumps are another in the growing trend of quality sumps that’s beauty can rival the tank above. With equipment like this, you can turn the bottom of your aquarium into a point of pride.…
Salty Q&A: How Do You Make Small Salinity Adjustments?
Saltwater Smarts visitor Andrew had the following question about our post titled “5 Tips for Maintaining Stable Salinity in a Saltwater Tank.” Since we get similar questions quite frequently, we thought it might be helpful to elaborate on our response…
Pros and Cons of the Long-Term Marine Aquarium
Many marine fish can survive in captivity for decades, and many corals and other sessile invertebrates can hang in there, well, who knows how long. In any case, maintaining a marine aquarium “for the long term” can mean an awfully…
Neptune WAV pump review: a shakeup of the way things have been
The WAV pump from Neptune Systems is the first big shakeup in powerful, controllable aquarium propeller pumps in way too many years. The last decade has seen a huge surge in the availability of water movers for the aquarium market.…
