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Instant Ocean and Reef Crystals Salt Sale! Info and Sales for July 30th and 31st
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.

    Greetings Fish Friends!

    We hope everyone has had a nice week so far! So glad to get some rain finally; and it brought us in a nice large shipment of coral too! Our tanks are packed full and we are even expecting more coming in over the weekend so if you aren't able to make it this week, definitely stop by next week as we will not just be packed full, but overflowing!

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    Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing you this weekend!


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    What's New
    What's New

    Digital Aquatics ReefKeepers are now in stock! Our 75 gallon display is now equipped with the ReefKeeper Lite Basic module. ReefKeeper systems can monitor and control temperature, pH, ORP, Salinity. You can also control Wavemaker pumps, skimmers, lighting, dosing pumps, auto top off systems, fans and so many more. There is even an advanced set up fee/service mode which can improve the quality of your feedings by reducing the amount of wasted food and bio-load on your system all with the pimple press of a button! They are easy to install and program and you can even add the feature to alert you by email, cell phone or even PDA if a problem arises.

    A new shipment of coral arrived this week containing a selection of cultured corals such as Neon Green Galaxys, Maze Brains, Sour Apple Birds Nest, Pink Birds Nests, Green Hydnophoras, Red People Eater Palys, Green Button Polyps, Ultra Orange and Green Zoanthids and a few others. These are smaller corals and are in the $30 range so can be added to any reef system. We also received some nice Green Trumpets, a smaller bright Green Bubble, a really awesome Cynarina, Fox Corals, Frogspawn and Torchs, Sky Blue Zoas, Red Zoas, beautiful Red Trachyphyllias and an ultra Wellsophyllia, Watermelon Mushrooms, Yellow Sea Fingers, Green Mumps Leathers, Yellow Toadstools, and a nice assortment of Green, Pink and Orange Zoanthid rocks. We are also expecting another coral delivery on Saturday so we should be well overstocked even after the weekend!

    We got in a nice selection of fish and inverts in this week so we are fully stocked up. Check out our Spineyhead Blennies that are back in stock, so cute! Hoeven's Wrasse, Six Line Wrasse, Leopard Wrasse, Candy Hogs, another Blue Jaw Trigger, Kole Tangs, small Hippo Tangs, Double Bar Rabbitfish (eats bubble algae), Yellow Watchman Gobies, Mandarin Dragonets, Azure Damsels, a Fiji Blue Damsel, Canary Fangblenny and Black Lined Fang Blennys, Red Spot Cardinals, Bangaii Cardinals, Pajama Cardinals, Pearly Jawfish, Blue Spot Jawfish, Midas Blennies, Chalk Bass, Royal Grammas, Flame Angels and so much more are new in the way of fish. Blue Linkia Starfish, Red Fromia Stars, Sand Sifting Stars, Serpent Stars, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Fire Shrimp, Bubble Tip Anemones, Long Tentacle Anemones, Porcelain Crabs, Flame Scallops, Peppermint Shrimp, and LOTS of hermits and snails are also available.

    What's On Sale
    Sales

    Sales are good from Friday, July 30th through Saturday, July 31st.

    A huge assortment of corals are 20% off regular price. Since we just got in a new shipment, all our previously new corals are now 20% off.

    Instant Ocean Salts and Reef Crystals Salts in available sizes are 15% off. A great salt mix for those of you who like to mix up your own water.

    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 filter 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. Most of these filter cartridges can actually be used with the Oceanic BioCubes and even the CUSA AquaPods, though the cartridges may be slightly larger or smaller. Good for both saltwater and freshwater setups!

    A used Red Sea MAX 34 gallon is for sale at $350. This is the silver model and is in good condition. Will need the bulbs replaced and a little cleaning.

    Did You Know?
    DYK

    Did you know, in the ocean the specific gravity ranges from 1.022 to 1.030, and on average the specific gravity of the ocean is 1.026? In typical aquariums the specific gravity ranges from 1.020 to 1.025. There are advantages to keeping a lower specific gravity in one's aquarium, especially a fish only system. Lower specific gravity means more dissolved oxygen, reduced stress, reduced number of parasites and reduced energy requirements for your animals. When keeping an aquarium with low specific gravity one must be sure to take caution and acclimate new animals slowly to avoid shock. Keep in mind, it may be difficult to keep organisms from the red sea in lower specific gravity because they may be more stenohaline (less tolerant of specific gravity changes). It also may be very difficult to keep invertebrates and corals in a lower specific gravity. Typically a fish only system will maintain a lower level of about 1.020 to 1.022 and a reef system should keep a level of about 1.025. Of course this can vary from tank to tank and hobbyist to hobbyist. Do you know what your specific gravity level is?

    Marine Scene Links...

    Phone: 703-689-2815
     
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    The Marine Scene
    293 Sunset Park Drive
    Herndon, VA 20170
    703.689.2815

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