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Tullio Dell Aquila
is head
of new product development and founding partner
of Aquatic Research and Development in Utica,
New York. ARAD is an OEM manufacturer and developer
of aquarium products currently specializing in
advanced solid state lighting systems and other
lighting products. Tullio has spent over a decade
focusing on the importance of proper lighting
and filtration techniques in our aquariums and
developing much of the technology they are now
producing today.
Tullio has been an avid
saltwater/reef aquarium hobbyist for over fifteen
years. With an extensive technical background,
he initially set out to improve his own natural
aquarium systems by researching, testing, and
developing products, along with studying the benefits
of holistic approaches to aquarium keeping for
hobbyist. He left the retail industry many years
ago to continue his work and started his first
company Aquatic Research and Supply which did
independent product testing for various companies
in our industry. After years of testing and helping
to develop products for other companies he partnered
up with Joe Catadoris and Andy Cleary both highly
accredited in the manufacturing industries and
formed Aquatic Research and Development a full
line product manufacturing company.
Among his numerous accomplishments
is the 2001 Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies'
award for both best article on his super bacteria
theory and best column "Today's Reef Aquarium"
in the Brooklyn Aquarium Society publication "Aquatica".
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