by Ben Johnson | Mar 10, 2019 | Press Room
I’ve seen thousands upon thousands of corals over the 24 or so years I’ve been around them. Out of all that I have had personal contact with and actually had to care for, this ultra master Scolymia is the one that stole my heart. I have seen crazier things...
by Ben Johnson | Mar 6, 2019 | Press Room
I had a short stint as a zookeeper at the Houston Zoo Kipp aquarium from late 2001 to early 2004. The senior aquarist recruited me from a local aquarium store I worked at. Having worked in the aquarium industry since 1994, I had been around and been involved in some...
by Ben Johnson | Mar 6, 2019 | Press Room
This freshwater cylinder was one of two aquariums in an orthodontist office in the Katy, Texas area. They called me out there to asses the situation and bid on the maintenance and boy was it a mess. It always gives me mixed emotions to see such terrible aquarium work...
by Ben Johnson | Mar 5, 2019 | Press Room
Many years ago (2006 I believe) I installed this 250 gallon aquarium in a now defunct juice bar in Houston, Texas. The gentleman who owned the establishment was the husband of one of my clients, a dentist. This dentist was one of my very first clients when I started...
by Ben Johnson | Mar 3, 2019 | Press Room
I know they are out there. I see them every time I go out to trouble shoot an existing system. You see some VERY crazy stuff out there. From inefficient or insufficient, to downright accident-waiting-to-happen. Sometimes they are done by a well-meaning but...
by Ben Johnson | Mar 1, 2019 | Press Room
This is something I devised a couple years ago after trying several different aftermarket bucket handles from hardware stores and Amazon. They were all terrible in their own ways. My job dictates that I often have to lug water around all throughout the day. Sometimes...
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