All you need is a bit of electronics know-how, some time, and you, too, can DIY this simple circuit.

‘kyroguy’ over at MonsterMiniBow.com was in need of a simple kill switch for his return pump that would essentially turn off his return pump if the tank began to fill faster than the overflow could handle.

Last week we mentioned that the Legoland Octopus Exhibit was delayed due to the the cephalopods being “divas” (as one commenteer mentioned) and not liking their new housing.

Her thesis project is entitled Our Changing Seas: A Coral Reef Story and depicts a Pacific coral reef in stunning 3D detail. Each piece was hand crafted by Courtney, fired, and then bolted to a panel which was then attached to a metal frame support system.

According to the SeaLife Aquarium staff, they will need a couple days to make adjustments to the tank parameters in order to make it more to their liking.

Well folks, we’ve had a lot of people commenting (53 as of this moment) in order to enter to win our book give-away that we started at the end of March. As a reminder, you have until midnight (PST), April 15, to enter the contest and to enter all you have to do is to head over to the announcement post and add a comment at the end of the article after logging into Disqus with your Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo!,

Chaetodon xanthurus

While it hasn’t actually been applied (yet) to fish, it has been applied to Zebras.

In case you didn’t know, zebra stripes are unique to each horse.

On the heels of yesterday’s shark handling video Nina Salerosa, comes another video by Joe Romiero and 333 Productions.

This 7:54 minute video short was released in 2009 and highlights shark conservation and what we can and need to be doing about it in order to change the poor shark practices that are currently going on in the world today.

Do you know a deserving Marine Biology (or related) High School Teacher or College Instructor? The Marine Aquarium Society of North America (MASNA) would like to hear from you.

We are pleased to announce that we have updated our downloadable issues to December 2010 with January and March 2011 editions being available in the coming weeks. One noticeable update to these editions is that instead of just a PDF version, we are also including a Kindle and Nook version as well.

Three reef aquarium videos to kick off Spring

Craving some underwater eye candy? Trying to find inspiration? Or perhaps you’re just looking to procrastinate a bit. Advanced Aquarist has your cure.