SALTWATER 101: SETTING UP YOUR FIRST MARINE TANK

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SALTWATER 101: SETTING UP YOUR FIRST MARINE TANK





Monday, February 25th @ 7:00 PM

Tom Brown Arena
141 Bayview Road, Ottawa

SALTWATER 101: THE BASICS




Are you a freshwater hobbyist and thinking of dipping your toe into the saltwater side of the hobby? If you are, or even if you just have a general interest, this presentation is for you. Our presenter will be basing his talk on setting up a 90 gallon reef tank. He will go over all the various equipment, aquascaping, coral, and fish selection.

PRESENTATION BY ANDREW BYARD
BIO

Andrew Byard is the owner and operator of Ottawa Fish Guy: an aquatic service company that builds and maintains both fresh and saltwater systems including coral reefs, seahorse farms, and even the occasional shark. Andrew also leads a division that is focused on ponds, pondless waterfalls and a variety of other aquatic services.

He became an aquarist at a very young age and first started off breeding livebearers. To date, he has successfully bred Rainbowfish, Gouramies, assorted African Cichlids, Bettas, saltwater Killes, Banggai Cardinals, Seahorses, and has even hatched a few sharks.

For his personal collection, Andrew has built and maintained over 3,000 gallons of saltwater, including a 400 gallon SPS coral reef, and several predator aquariums – including 2 Octopuses. Also, he has built several smaller coral reef tanks, including a non-photosynthetic coral tank or NPS (very Low Light). He has also created a Shark pond and a fish room aquarium system called "The Wall" – 10 large aquariums all connected into one system totalling 700 gallons. The Wall was for when Robin went on shopping trips and would buy 100 fish or so at a time.

His latest project is a 265-gallon reef aquarium with a 150-gallon Refugium which includes state of the art equipment. The goal of this project is to grow and maintain the most exotic corals on the market. Currently, the value of this aquarium system is reaching $40K.

Andrew Byard can be reached at .

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