Captive Aquatic Ecosystems, LLC.

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Captive Aquatic Ecosystems, LLC.

Custom aquarium sales, installation and maintenance in the greater Houston, TX area and beyond. Freshwater, Plantariums and Saltwater aquariums.
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Serving the greater Houston area.

07/10/2024

Saved it. Client tank ran on generator for 48 hours. This tank is 13 years of hard work. Power back on.

05/01/2024

This Thursday at 7:45 central p.m.
That’s me on the far right looking like I just crawled out of a bomb shelter after a nuclear winter.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Pah5-Xf2PbA?si=ecF-gi9jSnLy5dzg

03/26/2024

I love this Montipora sp. in a client tank

03/01/2024

That’s a big urchin.

03/01/2024

Holocanthus ciliaris in a client softy reef.

02/28/2024

If you missed it live.

Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Ben Johnson from...

02/27/2024

Tune in tonight.

02/27/2024

Tonight!

Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Ben Johnson from...

02/20/2024

Anacropora I got from Eye Catching Coral many years ago.

02/14/2024

Pretty zoas at my house, destined for a client’s tank tomorrow.

02/14/2024

Tridacna derasa under actinic lighting

01/24/2024

https://reefstock.show/

REEF BEEF AT REEFSTOCK.

Look, this page isn’t run by some 3rd party. It’s me, Ben. Ya know, the dude with the crazy hats and long hair. March 2-3 Richard and I will be at Reef Stock in Denver. We will be having a meet-up at the hotel. Fish cookies will be passed around and we will have a grand ol time. I swear by Neptune’s trident.

So what happens when Reef Beef and Reefstock combine?

01/11/2024

I love this torch in a client’s tank.

01/07/2024

Love this tricolor Lobophyllia

12/20/2023

Allen’s damsel. Pomacentrus alleni. There’s a handful of damsels out there that are great in reef tanks. Not all damsels suck. There is nothing in the ocean, more metallic blue than one of these guys. This is what this sucker looks like with no lights on in the tank.

12/20/2023

Red Lobophyllia is inTENSE under actinic lighting.

12/16/2023

This green slimer sure is getting after it. Half is exposed in this pic due to a water change. I didn’t let it stay like this for very long as the unfiltered light while emerged can be stressful for it.

12/16/2023

Exposing half the client’s reef during a water change.

Address

594 Sawdust Road
The Woodlands, TX
77380

Telephone

+17133851297

Website

http://www.caecosystems.com/

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Obssessed with recreating natural looking aquatic environments for clients looking for living art.

Hello, my name is Ben Johnson. I started Captive Aquatic Ecosystems in 2002 while I was a zookeeper at the Houston zoo Kipp aquarium. Initially I was hired to turn around and maintain the 4,000 gallon reef zones exhibit, but was put in charge of several other exhibits in short order. I started cleaning aquariums when I got off work and after a couple years, I was actually making more money away from the zoo than I was at it so I did the next thing.

The next thing was quitting the zoo in 2004 and pushing my own custom aquarium installation and maintenance company as far as I could. 15 years later, I’m still out there trying to outdo myself set-up after set-up.

My prospective clients can sometimes be tricky to find as they are not usually aquarists. I’m looking for successful individuals or businesses who have the income to enjoy the finer things in life. I want people to think of what I do as creating a living art installation for them and then maintain it on a regular basis, always guiding it in the proper direction with a keen eye for the little things that can derail a successful aquarium.

Freshwater, saltwater, koi ponds, outdoor water features, water walls and many other recreations of watery worlds is what we do.