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Category Archives: Aquariums
Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Annual GIANT AUCTION – March 24th, 2013
Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Annual GIANT AUCTION – March 24th, 2013 This year, the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society (OVAS) combined their annual auction held on the Sunday with a Saturday slate of guest speakers and a room full of vendors … Continue reading
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Tagged AngelFins, Aquamania, aquarium items, CAD Lights, Cobalt, Dr. Hernán López-Fernández - “Fish collection in South Americaâ€, Dr. Stephan Tanner, Dr. Stephan Tanner - “Pleco nutritionâ€, Dr. Stephan Tanner - “Techniques for breeding egg layersâ€, fish, freshwater aquarium, FW, guest speakers, Jamie Baquero - “Sustainability of the marine hobby tradeâ€, Jason Baliban - “The Art of Aquascapingâ€, John’s Fish Foods, Les Wilson - “Food Nutrition: from the basics to the futureâ€, marine, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Giant Auction 2013, Otttawa Valley Aquarium Society, OVAS, OVAS AQUAMANIA 2013, OVAS GIANT AUCTION 2013, Ponds and Aquaria, saltwater aquarium, Seachem, sw, Zoo Med
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OVAS AQUAMANIA WEEKEND – Ottawa, Ontario – March 23 – 24, 2013
OVAS AQUAMANIA WEEKEND – Ottawa, Ontario – March 23 – 24, 2013 DAY 1 – Well it is now Saturday and I’m at the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society’s Aquamania weekend event. (LOCATION: Best Western Hotel and Conference Centre, 1876 Robertson … Continue reading
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Tagged AngelFins, Aquamania, aquarium items, CAD Lights, Cobalt, Dr. Hernán López-Fernández - “Fish collection in South Americaâ€, Dr. Stephan Tanner, Dr. Stephan Tanner - “Pleco nutritionâ€, Dr. Stephan Tanner - “Techniques for breeding egg layersâ€, fish, freshwater aquarium, FW, guest speakers, Jamie Baquero - “Sustainability of the marine hobby tradeâ€, Jason Baliban - “The Art of Aquascapingâ€, John’s Fish Foods, Les Wilson - “Food Nutrition: from the basics to the futureâ€, marine, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Giant Auction 2013, Otttawa Valley Aquarium Society, OVAS, OVAS AQUAMANIA 2013, OVAS GIANT AUCTION 2013, Ponds and Aquaria, saltwater aquarium, Seachem, sw, Zoo Med
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OVAS AQUAMANIA WEEKEND – Ottawa, Ontario – March 23 – 24th, 2013
Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society (OVAS) – Aquamania weekend – October 23 – 24, 2013 The weather promises to cooperate this year as the executive and volunteers of the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society continue to work to put the final touches … Continue reading
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Tagged AngelFins, Aquamania, aquarium items, CAD Lights, Cobalt, Dr. Hernán López-Fernández - “Fish collection in South Americaâ€, Dr. Stephan Tanner, Dr. Stephan Tanner - “Pleco nutritionâ€, Dr. Stephan Tanner - “Techniques for breeding egg layersâ€, fish, freshwater aquarium, FW, guest speakers, Jamie Baquero - “Sustainability of the marine hobby tradeâ€, Jason Baliban - “The Art of Aquascapingâ€, John’s Fish Foods, Les Wilson - “Food Nutrition: from the basics to the futureâ€, marine, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Giant Auction 2013, Otttawa Valley Aquarium Society, OVAS, OVAS AQUAMANIA 2013, OVAS GIANT AUCTION 2013, Ponds and Aquaria, saltwater aquarium, Seachem, sw, Zoo Med
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OVAS GIANT AUCTION today – March 4th, 2012
Notice – 28/01/2013: The 2013 version of the OVAS Giant Auction will be held on Sunday, March 24th, 2013. It will be part of a two-day ‘Aquamania’. On March 23 – 24th, 2013, the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society presents it`s … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquarium ornaments, aquariums, auctioneers, chairs, computer geeks, cup of coffee, Decorated hot dog, Drift wood, Earth Day celebration program, Encan, item description, jack purcell, King Neptune, megapixeltravel, ottawa ontario, ottawa valley aquarium society, Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Annual Giant Auction, OVAS, OVAS AQUAMANIA 2013 and GIANT AUCTION, photographers, registration table, Ron Hay, S.A.M., Sponsors, supervisor, volunteers
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Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part III)
In the River Journey building, you start your tour in the lower levels where there is a wonderful display of seahorses but first I had to get past the Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) which, I guess, was the display creature … Continue reading
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Tagged amoebocytes, big fish, building, chattanooga tennessee, creatures, dwarf seahorses, E. coli, endotoxin, fresh water, freshwater tanks, frogs, Ghattanooga, habitat area, horseshoe crab, image, Limulus amoebocyte lysate, Limulus polyphemus, lippopolysaccharide, little fish, lots of fun, nice ride, parenteral drugs, pharmaceitical, photography, photos, poisonous frogs, public aquarium, ramps, river journey, seahorses, tennessee aquarium, Tennessee River, test, testing, travel, unique construction, Vacation, validation, water ecosystems
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Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part II)
The first part of this multi-part posting of my visit to the Tennessee Aquarium focused on the orchids and butterflies exhibits and a few of stingrays on exhibit. This Part II highlights the reefs and the jelly fish displays. The … Continue reading
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Tennessee Aquarium – Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part 1)
The Tennessee Aquarium located in Chattanooga, Tennessee is housed in two buildings located beside each other on the riverbank of the Tennessee River. One of the buildings is for predominately saltwater exhibits (the “Ocean Journey”), and the other is for … Continue reading
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Cycling in Florida – Ponce Inlet – Marine Science Center
The Marine Science Center at Ponce Inlet is closed on Mondays so, since we had decided to delay our northward travels due to a severe winter storm crossing the northern US, we were able to return to Ponce Inlet on … Continue reading
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Tagged aquariums, artificial reef, aviary, boardwalks, colourful creatures, coral, crab, fairy basslet, feeding time, Florida, gramma loreto, grammas, lion fish, lobster, marine science center, photography, photos, pictures, Pnce Inlet, ponce inlet, public aquarium, reef invertebrates, research efforts, Sea Cucumber, sea turtle rescue, sea turtle research, sea turtles, seahorses, staff members, stingray, Touch Pool, turtle, turtle species
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Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, Louisiana
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, Louisiana When I had been in New Orleans on a previous occasion with my wife, we had considered visiting the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas (location) but opted instead to take the Canal … Continue reading
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Tagged algiers point, alligators, aquarium of the americas, aquarium of the americas new orleans, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, audubon aquarium of the americas new orleans, bayous, canal place, canal street, ferry ride, french quarter, harrah s casino, Mississippi River, new orleans audubon aquarium, new orleans louisiana, Shops of Canal Street, sights and sounds, tropical forest, water creatures
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