Friday Smorgasbord: Printed coral, catching waves and more

It is hard to believe it is December already, but here we are with the first Friday Smorgasbord on December. We’ve been a bit light on the Smorgi posts of late as I’ve been taking care of our new little…

Tanked learns a hard lesson from hasty fish stocking

When you rush in this hobby, things go wrong — really wrong. This is evident in the news that one shark is dead and another wounded in a fiasco for the Animal Planet‘s Tanked team at a Coney Island, New…

Tanked gets new life, Season 4 will start March 22nd

Tanked, the smash hit reality television show we first broke news on has announced season 4 will start March 22nd.

Aquarium TV Shows reprazent at MACNA: Competition is good exposure for the hobby

Love them or leave them two popular aquarium TV shows have given the hobby some incredible exposure and this was evident at MACNA with both the crew from “Tanked!” and “Fish Tank Kings” on hand meeting with fans and having…

Breaking news: NOAA officially announces mermaids are not real!

Sorry to burst your bubble but according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), mermaids do not exist! The interwebs is all in a flutter by the addition of a page on the NOAA “Ocean Facts” section on mermaids…

First preview of Animal Planet’s Tanked aquarium TV series

We were very excited to learn that mainstream TV is interested in the aquarium world enough to produce an aquarium reality TV series called Tanked, and the first preview doesn’t disappoint. If you’re a fan of all the building shows…

“Tanked” – Animal Planet soon rolling out new aquarium reality show

In case you missed the memo, reality shows are pretty darn popular and the aquarium industry is going to get its taste of reality with the upcoming show “Tanked” airing on the Animal Planet this fall. The six-part series focuses…