Gatortailale April 20, 2007 April 20, 2007 The Marine Scene Newsletter ) Sales for the Weekend of April 20 & 21 # This Weeks News... What's New # What's On Sale # Did You Know? Hello to all! The Marine Scene is the Washington D.C. area's premier, saltwater-only retail store. Combined with Custom Aquarium Concepts, our design, installation, and maintenance division, we are the area's best full-service solution. Conveniently located off of the Dulles Toll Road in Herndon, Virginia, within a short driving distance from anywhere in the metro area. Thanks for reading and we hope to see you this weekend! ________________________ The Marine Scene What's New We have a new Purple Reef Glue and Reef Glue Gel on our shelves. The glue and gel is great for gluing coral frags to discs, plugs or live rock fragments to make it easy to place your new coral frag in your main system. The purple color of the glue will also help disguise the look of glue in your aquarium. For those of you who have the BioCube and AquaPod nano tanks, there are now specifically designed skimmers to fit each size. Sapphire Aquatics has designed skimmers for the BioCube 8, 14 and 29 gallon systems and the AquaPod 12 and 24 gallon systems. Each are designed to operate in their specific tank while still being able to close the stock lid. They are simple to install, just notch out a piece of the baffling. The only adjustment needed is to fine tune the height of the collection cup. After the break-in period, there should be no micro-bubbles released into the main tank due to the two separate bubble traps built into the skimmer. It is also virtually noiseless since the clean water return is below the water level which eliminates splashing inside the overflow and the air intake has a built in silencer! Newer fish arrived this week including a Dracula Goby, Orange Spotted Blenny, Steinitz' Goby and Scotts Fairy Wrasse! The Dracula Goby has a yellow face and white body marked with thin bright red vertical stripes in-between thicker dark red vertical stripes. Looks very similar to the Hi-Fin Red Banded Goby. They are classified as a shrimp goby so they should pair up nicely with a Pistol Shrimp. The Orange Spotted Blenny (aka Red Rockskipper) has a white body with orange and red spots along the length of its body. They feed primarily on algae and detritus, yet will occasionally nip at corals if underfed in an aquarium. They may jump out of an open tank so make sure to have a secure lid. The Steinitz' Goby is white with brown vertical bands along the length of their body. They are also spotted with small blue spots that intensify with their mood. They are a peaceful fish and may even pair up with a Pistol Shrimp. The Scott's Fairy Wrasse is a beautiful fish with green, red, blue and yellow colorations. They are a peaceful fish, very active and reef safe. Make sure you have a secure lid as this fish may jump out of an open tank. We also received more Green Chromis, Lawnmower Blennies, Yellow and Green Clown Gobies, small Hippo Tangs, a beautiful small Sailfin Tang, a Gold Spotted Rabbitfish, Coral Beauty Angels, Green Mandarin Dragonets, Six Line Wrasse, a Harlequin Tusk and many more! Our invert shipment this week included more of those neat Brittle Stars, Serpent Stars, Red Fromia Stars, beautiful larger Green Bubble Tip Anemones, amazing Rose Anemones, a Fire Anemone, Pom Pom/Boxing Crabs, Zebra Striped Turbo Snails, Peppermint Shrimp, White Condylactus Anemones, Flower Anemones, Urchins and lots more. Our new coral shipment included some beautiful Hairy Mushrooms, a large Acropora, a couple nice Galaxys, lots of Torchs and Frogspawns, Sun Corals, Ricordea, Bubbles, Maze Brains, Open Brains, Green Finger Leathers, Branching Green Briarium, Zoanthids, Mushrooms and more! Photos Link... What's On Sale Reef Crystals Sea Salt is 10% off. Reef Crystals is a great salt containing higher calcium, alkalinity and other trace elements for those of you who make your own saltwater at home. All Marc Weiss and Weiss Organics products are 10% off. These products are great for reef and fish-only tanks. Products include live sand boosters, live rock boosters, coralline algae boosters, coral foods and lots more great supplements to choose from to make your tank thrive. A large assortment of corals are on sale at 10% to 50% off. We carry a large assortment of corals from beginner to expert, and many of them are currently on sale! Did You Know? Did you know the term "frag" is used in our hobby to describe a smaller piece or cutting of a coral that is grown into a new colony? Many corals are quite easy to create frags from and is also a great way of preserving the reef. Small Polyp Stony corals (SPS) like the Acropora species are simply broken into smaller pieces, and the branches are glued to a small rock or plug and placed in the tank to grow. Given time, these "daughter colonies" will grow to rival the original coral in size. Soft corals like Leathers can be cut with a razor blade, and the branches attached or glued to rubble rocks in the same way. These softies grow quite fast, and many frags can be made in a relatively short time. The Marine Scene sells many different types of frags, captive raised and in-house fragged. We also sell glues, two-part epoxy's, plugs, discs and rubble rock to create your own frags. Ready to try fragging yourself? Ask one of our sales associates for help or more information! Marine Scene Links... # Main Website # Service and Maintenance # Our Story # Meet Us # Location and Hours # Now Available Email: staff@marinescene.com Phone: 703-689-2815 Website: http://www.marinescene.com
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