by CORAL Magazine | Oct 16, 2012 | CORAL Excerpt, News & Notes
MACNA 2013, will be staged in Hollywood, Florida (between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale) from August 30 through September 1, 2013 and will be hosted by the Florida Marine Aquarium Society. One of the most-active marine clubs in the world, FMAS is the home society for such...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 6, 2012 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Farewell to a friend of 30 years by Dr. Dieter Brockmann Excerpt from CORAL, April 2010 I freely admit to being a giant clam fan, and one who has never been able to resist an attractive Tridacna. And there it was, 4.25 inches (11 cm) long, in a pet store in Oberhausen...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 4, 2012 | Marine
LA Fishguy Jim Stime, Jr. visits Dan Villanueva at Wet Thumb Frags in Sylmar, California for a look at how he frags stony corals for his home-based coral farming business. Wet Thumb Frags Video...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 3, 2012 | Marine, News & Notes
It is the easily one of Earth’s greatest natural wonders and the largest structure built by animals on the planet, but the Great Barrier Reef is disappearing at an alarming rate as its mantle of live coral is disappearing. A new study by Australian scientists...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 2, 2012 | Marine, News & Notes
Starting with a blank 4 foot by 4 foot piece of prepared wood, Karen Talbot worked three straight days at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America in Dallas to complete this oversize painting of a Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni. The painting was part...