by James Lawrence | Nov 1, 2018 | CORAL - James Lawrence, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
One of the peculiarities of reef aquarium keeping is how much of what we do is being made up as we go along. Other leisure-time pursuits— think gardening, golf, or flyfishing— all have centuries of history and profound troves of learned skills, knowledge, and...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Oct 26, 2018 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
When You Wish Upon a Staur…ozoan What is that stalked animal that has invaded my reef? By Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. Catch a Falling Staur… I have been fortunate in the long and meandering safari that is my life to have spent some time examining and investigating the...
by Felicia McCaulley | Oct 25, 2018 | CORAL - Felicia McCaulley, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
When Florida amateur reefkeeper Mike Biggar bought a green Acropora tenuis frag at a swap event in West Palm Beach about seven years ago, he came home, added it to his 265-gallon reef and hardly gave it a second thought other than hoping it would grow into an...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 25, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
THE BUTTERFLY CHRONICLES, Part 1 (read Part 2) Rethinking Corallivores: Progress with the lovely, notorious coral-eating Chaetodontids text and images by Matthew W. Pedersen It’s been over two years since I last bared my soul and professed a personal lifelong...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 15, 2018 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine, New Products
This article first appeared the RARITIES column of CORAL Magazine, September/October 2018. Bill Addison and his C-Quest Hatchery, mainly based in Puerto Rico, was one of the longest-running and most innovative commercial ornamental marine fish hatcheries in the...
by Felicia McCaulley | Sep 7, 2018 | CORAL - Felicia McCaulley, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
A special full excerpt from the September/October 2018 issue of CORAL Magazine by Felicia McCaulley “Montipora capricornis was the very first SPS coral I worked with. I ordered it from Noel Curry, who promised it was captive-grown. It was so small, and I was so scared...
