Aquatic Life Designs

05/08/2024

With around 500 species living in 60 different habitats, the Georgia Aquarium the biggest aquarium in the United States and the fourth largest in the world. Keeping the aquarium’s creatures healthy and happy is John Masson’s primary job responsibility, along with hundreds of other animal care sp...

03/22/2024

Come see me in Orlando!

03/15/2024

I'm excited to be featured as the very first guest of the Polo Reef Podcast, come give it a listen and be sure give us those likes!

In our first podcast, we talk with Steven Keuper the owner of Aquatic Life Designs and former head of the world-famous Georgia Aquarium. Like many of us, Ste...

02/15/2024

came to Atlanta and visited one of our clients! We talk about David's meticulous setup and maintenance routine.

https://youtu.be/aDOyaphENKw?si=Kxx0eYm3-NtisnL5

01/31/2024

Had the great pleasure of having a couple of friends and legends of the aquarium industry stop by the house for a quick visit. I clearly remember reading Bruce's articles when I first got into the hobby. Still amazes me that I've been lucky enough to become friends with people that I used to just follow.

11/05/2023

Big thanks to for putting me on the guest list!

08/17/2023

I have sucked, sprayed and shoveled more p**p in my career than I ever thought possible, but I gotta say that there is something immensely gratifying about wading through literal feet of p**p and emerging from a shiny clean basin a couple hours later.

06/24/2023

06/10/2023

Over 10 years running on this reef aquarium in a modern office setting

06/01/2023

Go vote for your favorite tank in George's Top #5 favorite saltwater aquariums! (We're rather partial to #2, one of our corporate tanks and #3, our very own home office reef tank!

05/29/2023

If you ever wondered went went on behind the scenes of Tanked, what ever happened to the aquariums after the show or what they're doing now, you've got to watch this video. 1st half is catching up with a few of our tanks, 2nd half is the interview, and it's all done in front of our own Tanked inspired aquarium!

05/27/2023

Fun time visiting our projects with Brett Raymer Tanked & CoralFish12g revisiting aquariums from Tanked plus one of our very own inspired by the show!

12/14/2022

Getting into the holiday season with our Christmas aquarium.

10/28/2022

Hard to believe that it's been 9 years already since I was living in the desert of Saudi Arabia to oversee the LSS construction at the Center for Marine and Ocean Research

10/18/2022

Another episode from 5 years ago coming back around

07/12/2022

Cleaned up what has to be the most baffling equipment setup I've ever seen. So many problems I could never fit it all here. One that you can't see is that one pump is plumbed into the inlet of the chiller and another pump into the outlet, there was no way for water to flow! Everything actually works now and its so much quieter! We also cleaned up so much unnecessary clutter and freed up a ton of room.

06/28/2022

Update on the Sea Turtle project we've been involved with, just keep swimming little dudes!

In the next few months we will be telling you a lot more about our conservation programs. People who care, people who want to make a difference, are no longer able to simply recreational dive and move on.
Dominica has been immune from so many of the worlds problems for so long. Helped by our remote location, lack of pollution, deep cooler water and lack of over development. However, as we also start to see the effects of climate change we are changing the way we dive. If you are passionate about the ocean and want to learn more, come and dive with us!
In the meantime. Over the first few months of 2022 we had 6 turtles staying with us in our tanks. Working with Jake Levenson, DOMSETCO and the Fisheries Division, Desiree fed and raised 6 tiny little hatchlings called washbacks. This means they were the weakest and last ones of the nest and did not have the strength to reach the ocean.
Incredibly they all thrived and grew up to an average of about 8 inches long before being released in May with satellite tags.
Will you look at where they went!! Can you imagine 8 inches long and swimming all the way to Columbia.
What an amazing study, what an amazing world!
At Nature Island Dive we make a difference.

03/26/2022

Checking in on the moon jelly tank!

03/09/2022

03/09/2022

We're introducing this baby Regal Angel to our office aquarium, just need to grow him a bit before we let him out into the mix!

02/16/2022

01/29/2022

Another project filming today, ALD on TV again soon!

01/14/2022

Feeding time for the jellies!

12/22/2021

Happy holidays from Aquatic Life Designs!

       

12/14/2021

Our first episode of Tanked aired 8 years ago!
The aquarium is doing great and we still have many of the original fish seen in this clip!

11/26/2021

Plumbed and running! Next project reveal coming soon...

11/19/2021

Thrilled to have completed this project with in Dominica for Sea Turtle conservation and research! We had a great time working and diving in the Soufriere-Scott's Head Marine Reserve (SSMR) and its all that sweeter knowing its for a good cause!

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