With it being Mother’s Day Weekend I thought it would be interesting to discuss a topic dear to my heart: The relative dearth of women in the hobby. While reefkeeping has been around for approximately 30 years and the advances…
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A special visit to Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Following up on our recent European trip, we paid a visit to Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet in Sweden to give a little talk at a nordic coral symposium. Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet is a Maritime Museum and Aquarium located in Gothenburg, the second largest city in…
Modular artificial reef wins PopSci Invention Awards
A modular artificial reef structure won the environmental category in the Popular Science Invention Awards. The unique design of the Modular Artificial Reef Structure (MARS) solves the problem of large, heavy and expensive artificial reefs currently employed in most instances.…
Down to One Marine Aquarium—and So Far I’m Loving It!
For quite some time, I had at least two marine aquariums up and running—a 75-gallon reef tank and a 125-gallon FOWLR tank. As regular Saltwater Smarts visitors know, that 75-gallon tank had become something of a thorn in my side.…
The super high end tank build of Reef 924, part 1
Reef 924 is what happens when you give the right aquarium company the freedom and resources necessary to build out a truly “dream tank”. Reef 924 is not your average, high-end reef tank, this particular build has more thought, planning…
Toledo Zoo Aquarium Renovation – Update 15: Grand Opening Today!
Virtually since we launched Saltwater Smarts back in April of 2013, we’ve been bringing you regular updates on the progress of the $25.5 million renovation of the Toledo Zoo Aquarium. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that this ambitious project has…
When is it Time to Reboot your Reef?
To keep a reef aquarium is to understand that a closed system growing corals is never static, it is ever changing, growing, regressing, progressing. The first few years can be challenging as the system settles in and corals grow to…
Heavily designed Norrom Aquarium uses bottom-up LED lighting
We get so many tips telling us about this-or-that crowdsourced aquarium project, and most of them do not make the cut of being post-worthy but this one from Norrom squeaks by for having a very heavy emphasis on design. Perhaps…
Toledo Zoo Aquarium Renovation—Update 14: Fish Start to Arrive, Grand Reopening Set for March 27
Salties who have been following our updates on the Toledo Zoo Aquarium renovation these last few years will be excited to hear that the ambitious, $25.5 million project will soon be coming to fruition. Read on for the very latest…
Tank Profile: Marco Pardun’s 104-gallon Room Divider Triton Reef
When I first came across this aquarium, it caught my eyes for a variety of reasons. First and foremost was the variety of color in its inhabitants. Next is the fact that it is a room divider (something I’ve always…
