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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.

We are doing some major spring cleaning here at the
store. There are a bunch of new and used items up
for incredible prices...we are practically giving this stuff
away! Included items are: PFO PC Ballasts (new);
AquaMedic Media Reactors (used); Hamilton Metal
Halide Extension Cord (looks new but unsure); VHO
End caps and wiring harness (new); Powerheads
(new and used); CPR Aquafuge sump/fuge no light
(new); Lumen Max Reflectors (fairly used); Eclipse 12
stand (new); Seachem Substrates (new); Prizm
Protein Skimmers (new); Tap Water Filter and
cartridge (new); some RO/DI units, sumps and other
equipment is being brought in from our storage unit
so that should be available for sale soon. We also
have an Oceanic Stand and Canopy in cherry for a 150
gallon tank priced at $900. The canopy is retrofit with
6x96 watt PC lighting including the reflectors, bulbs
and ballasts. There is also an Oceanic 110 gallon
Reef Ready tank priced at $125. An acrylic 600 gallon
tank with dimensions of 9’x3’x3’ and has dual
overflows in the back corners is up for $2000. The
tanks and the furniture are still in our storage unit so if
you are interested please let us know. We are adding
new stuff every day so check back or come on in!
The Marine Scene now has a Facebook page!
Become a fan and get updated first with new stock
and other important information!
Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing
you this weekend!
________________________ The Marine Scene
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What's New |
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The new EcoXotic Stunner LED Strips are in stock.
These 12.5” strips are available in 8000K (white),
453nm (blue), 8000K/453 combo and 403nm
(ultraviolet). They are even linkable and you can link
up to six Stunner Strips off one 24V power supply.
Each strip emits a beautiful, shimmering light and is
easily retrofit into your existing setup using the
included hardware mounting kit. The Panorama
Module LED Strips are also available and these are
awesome! Each module has 12 LED lights, 8x 8000K
white and 4x 453nm blue. Each module comes with
its own mounting bracket and power supply. To see
these in person, stop in and we will give you a
demonstration. Also soon to arrive are the Panorama
LED Fixtures!
IceCap’s LunarLite LED Retrofits are in stock. These
LunarLites have the same look of a standard T5 tube,
yet they are powered by a low voltage transformer, not
fluorescent ballast. They produce little heat yet still
have an aluminum heat sink on the back side of the
tube to help dissipate what little heat they may
generate. If you think your corals look good under
actinics, you haven’t seen anything yet! Most LPS
corals, Mushrooms, Zoanthids, Ricordea and even
some SPS really pop under LED’s. Each tube
contains hardware for mounting into an existing
canopy, commercial hood or even an existing light
fixture. They are very light weight and come in 2ft, 3ft
and 4ft tubes and prices are reasonable.
A new shipment of coral arrived this week including
some really nice Red Meats, lots of Green Star Polyps,
a larger Green Galaxy, Combo Zoanthid and
Mushroom Rocks, Colt Leathers, Finger Leathers,
Toadstool Leathers, Green Torchs, Hammers, and
Frogspawns, Blue Mushrooms, Orange Sun Corals,
Ultra Zoanthids, Green Clove Polyps, Yellow Polyps,
Christmas Favia Brains, Red Trachyphyllias, and
many more.
We finally got in some Chaetomorpha bunches as
well as some Red Macro on rock and Feather
Caulerpa on rocks. A beautiful False Percula Clown
Pair is available and hosting in a gorgeous Rose
Anemone. Lots of Green Bubble Tip Anemones are
also in stock.

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What's On Sale |
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Sales are good from Friday, March 12th through
Wednesday, March 17th.
ALL Green Fish, Coral and Inverts are 20% off!
In spirit of St. Patrick’s Day we are taking 20% off
any fish, coral or invertebrate that is “wearing” green!
AragAlive Fiji Pink and Indo-Pacific Black 20lb
bags originally priced at $39.99 are now $33.99
each. Carib Sea substrates and live sands are a
perfect sand bed for any reef or fish only system.
AragAlive! is sand packaged with live bacteria so no
rinsing is needed yet remember to make sure to rinse
any of the dry sands well before putting it in your
aquarium.
Selected Marc Weiss and Weiss Organic products
are 50% off! Weiss products are made from
either natural or USDA certified organic materials.
The products are designed to condition water and
creating an Environmental Equilibrium for the
aquarium hobbyist. Products on sale include: Reef
Vital DNA, Immuno Vital, Black Powder, Combo Vital,
Coral Vital, Amino Vital, Immuno-Vital Marine, Live
Sand Booster, Funky Old Reef Mud, Algae Magic,
Coral Boost, Sand Boost and more!
Selected Kent Supplements are 50% off! Kent
Marine has a variety of different supplements for
marine aquariums to help keep water parameters
within the correct ranges which in turn increase the
health of the aquariums livestock. Stock up on
supplements! Kent supplements that are on sale
include: Liquid Calcium; Tech-I (Iodide); Iodine;
Strontium & Molybdenum; ProBuffer dKH; Coral-Vite;
Ammonia Detox; Garlic Xtreme 1 oz bottles;
SuperBuffer dKH.
Eclipse cartridges are 50% off. These
replacement filter cartridges are for the Eclipse
Systems 3, 5 Corner, 6 and 12 as well as the System
2 and 3. They even work well in the Red Sea MAX
systems as well as the BioCube systems!

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Did You Know? |
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Did you know that corals, anemones, crabs, shrimp,
fish, live rock and even bristleworms naturally
fluoresce? Of course not all will fluoresce but a
majority certainly will. Corals will fluoresce as long as
the coral is alive and they are receiving the necessary
high energy light (blue or actinic light). Natural
fluorescence is not easily seen because of all the
extraneous light in the aquarium but once those
daylights turn off, be prepared to see some eye-
popping colors. Corals will also fluoresce differently
under different lighting so don't always expect for your
coral to look the same as when you bought it. Adding
more actinic lighting or even blue “moon/lunar” LED
lights to your light period will help bring out more of
the inhabitants natural fluorescence. Check out the
newer LED lights we have available! Do you know
which corals of yours fluoresce?
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