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SeaScope Newsletter Archive Available Online

Starting in 1983, Aquarium Systems announced its quarterly free publication–SeaScope. As its distribution spread across the US, SeaScope established itself as a pioneer in marine aquaria related literature. Now Aquarium Systems is no more, as Spectrum Brands picked up the Instant Ocean line along with Marineland, Tetra, Perfecto and more… only to then file for [...]

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Starting in 1983, Aquarium Systems announced its quarterly free publication–SeaScope. As its distribution spread across the US, SeaScope established itself as a pioneer in marine aquaria related literature. Now Aquarium Systems is no more, as Spectrum Brands picked up the Instant Ocean line along with Marineland, Tetra, Perfecto and more… only to then file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. As they restructure their over leveraged company, perhaps we’ll see more of this once great information source; on the Instant Ocean site they state, “After a brief hiatus, SeaScope is back and better than ever.”

Enjoy the archive’s old articles written by industry professionals like Julian Spring, Scott Michael, Mike Paletta, and more. Some highlights within the archive include George Smil’s piece on European Dry-Wet Filtration Methods, Julian Sprung’s numerous articles on his infamous 15g nano reef, and early pieces on coral propagation and fish breeding. See the SeaScope Archive here.

seascope-1992  seascope-1998

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  • Wow, that picture of the grammas with the leather corals sets me back. I wasn't even a teenager when I saw it, and I had a marine tank set up within two years.

    I don't think I could ever be as excited again as I was by those early issues of Seascope. Something to do with being a kid.

    It had it all - algal scrubbers, reverse carlsons, blue light for reefs... perhaps not live rock/berlin methods, thinking back, that didn't come til the 90s as I recall.
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