Product Review: EcoTech Marine VorTech Part 1: Basic Introduction
Authors Note – Between the time of writing this article and the publication date, I discovered that a friend of mine was also working with this product. Jake... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Water Flow Part II: Common Devices
Last month I discussed the differing types of water flow. The idea there was to get people thinking about what type of flow they want in their aquarium. This month... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Water Flow Part 1: Where to Begin
Hello and welcome to the Water Flow series. This series of articles will be my best attempt to take real world scientific information, and put that into helpful... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Digging for Answers
What is today is a reflection of what was yesterday. If you spend enough time in this hobby you are sure to have several of those conversations. The conversations... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Mind The Gap, Part I: A Glowing Example
During the Marine Ornamentals conference of 2004 I presented a lecture… more like a challenge… to the attendees to “bridge the gap” as I say. The basic concept... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Delicatessen Part 4: A Never-ending Battle or the Verge of Something Great
The future of marine ornamental aquaculture is headed towards providing captive raised specimens to supply the hobby. But wait, what if we never get there? Hmmm,... Read more.
Ideas to Items: Construction of a Photo Box
Welcome to the Ideas to Items column. This new column will feature the construction of simple items that may be of interest to the hobbyist. If you like putting... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Delicatessen Part 3: The need for ornamental invertebrate rearing systems
Marine invertebrates serve an important role in the captive reef and in therefore in the marine ornamental industry. During the late 1990’s an appreciation and... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Tide Pools Part 3: Human Visitors and Their Usage
You probably stopped building sand castles a few trips ago– Amie Hancey (8/24/06) This article is a follow up to what became two very popular articles. I first... Read more.
Lateral Lines: Hydrometer Observations Part I
Three months ago I began a new project to test old hydrometers. The purpose of the test was to compare several old, very used, hydrometers with other “more... Read more.