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 Adams and I are now working together to co-author a piece showing some of advanced VorTech capabilities.…
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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 I’m going to present some very basic information.…
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 hobbyists terms. That isn’t to say that the scientific information isn’t hobbyist friendly, only to say that I receive emails and suggestions for topics that often address water flow issues.…
Lateral Lines: Digging for Answers
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 of my lecture was to draw attention to the varying aquarium hobby constituents and their separation.…
Lateral Lines: Delicatessen Part 4: A Never-ending Battle or the Verge of Something Great
Ideas to Items: Construction of a Photo Box
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 desire for invertebrates flourished in the aquarium trade.…
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 wrote about tide pool life (Blundell 2006a) and then specifically about the coastal areas of Western United States (Blundell 2006b).…
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 accurate” devices. Currently the marine aquarium hobby uses refractometers as the gold standard for measuring salinity/specific gravity.…