In need of a great reef background for your computer? Whether that be a PC, Mac, or Linux flavor. This is a high resolution image destined to make you smile of the worlds largest reef. Click on the picture or the read link for the full size image.
If you haven’t heard already Reef Builders had a new place to hang out and chat. No you won’t be needing your keyboard either. Using the Teamspeak engine you can now login and talk to other aquarists of all things related to aquariums. Instructions for doing this are straightforward and easy to do, it requires one download a mic and speakers.
There is another native iPhone game, called Aquarium. Although it’s not actually a game yet but rather more of a screen saver… In short, you can see orange clownfish swim in the aquarium and feed them (this could be a good beginning for a “virtual pet” application). And Jason is still working on Aquarium, so it will certainly be improved in the next version. As is the case with every native iPhone game, you need to jailbreak your iPhone to be able to play Aquarium.
Mark over at his blog, made a nice handy Mac widget called Salinity. It is used to calculate approximate salinity based on your hydrometer reading. It takes into account the current water temperature and the hydrometer’s calibration temperature. Pretty nifty eh? For the record I took my mac I bought back to the Apple store, it was fan-less and my legs couldn’t handle it. Until Steve Jobs admits that they need to put a cooling fan in, Apple is off my it list. However Mr. Tang that Mark keeps in his 45 gallon (hurry get your 65 gallon up and running, your 45 is way to small for him!) is on my list and now I am hideously jealous.
One of the many problems of designing and implementing a saltwater aquarium setup is knowing how much of your main sump pump will lose because of head height. This is a very ongoing problem for marine aquarists. This software is a very valuable tool when building your reef saltwater aquarium.
VIA [reefs.org]
Download the Head Loss Calculator
SimAquarium is an aquarium simulation game - you can buy and sell fish, aquarium sceneries (plants, rocks etc), lighting and other things for your aquarium!
You can feed your fish, play with them and do much more. To earn money you have to breed and sell fish - there is 28 different species with different characteristics, some of the fishes are very rare. With more money you can buy bigger and prettier fishes, more impressive aquarium decorations and better lighting. But the most expensive animal you can buy is not a fish - it’s a dolphin!
The game doesn’t need a lot of attention - you can run this game in the background and do something else in the same time (it is possible to reduce the number of frames per second to save processor and you can minimize the widget). The widget file takes about 1.5 MB. I would be greateful for any comments about the game balance, speed etc. of the new version!!!
Oh, by the way: you can even take the photos of your aquarium! To take a photo, simply press the photo camera button. If you like your aquarium, you can post the photos here
Current is offering a free download of nanoplanner. It is a great widget for your desktop that can do a variety of features including: 17 Tank Maintenance Tasks, Recommendations, Customizable, Enter it and forget about it. So drop on by and tell them Reef Builders sent you!