by Jay Hemdal | May 16, 2009 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
Public aquarists often have difficulty photographing their exhibits. Not only do they have the same problems as home aquarists (flash reflection off the glass, issues with white balance, fast moving fish, etc.) they have the added distortion caused by thicker viewing...
by James Lawrence | Apr 13, 2009 | AMAZONAS - James Lawrence, CORAL - James Lawrence, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
A bill now working its way through the United States Congress would effectively end the keeping of non-native species in home aquariums. (Nevermind that your pet finches, hamsters, and Portugese Water Dogs might be banned, too.) We will be publishing much more, but in...
by Jay Hemdal | Feb 22, 2009 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
As a side project to one that I’m working on to quantify swimming room required by fishes, I looked into the predicted maximum size to which fish will grow in captivity. Many of us use FishBase for their maximum size records, and extrapolate captive size...
by John Tullock | Jan 7, 2009 | AMAZONAS - John Tullock, CORAL - John Tullock, Freshwater, Marine
Despite conditions in the economy, several of the dealers I’ve spoken with say they’re doing fine. Back in the good old days of the 90s, my store did all right during tough times, too. People kept coming in for food and supplies, even though they might not buy a new...
by Jay Hemdal | Dec 6, 2008 | AMAZONAS - Jay Hemdal, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
Originally published December 8th, 2008. I just returned from a two day conference with the topic of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS), more specifically, those that are Organisms In Trade (OIT). The region involved was the Great Lakes basin, but much of the information...
by Jay Hemdal | Oct 24, 2008 | AMAZONAS - James Lawrence, CORAL - Jay Hemdal, Freshwater, Marine
There are four very important resources for aquarists interested in public aquariums. The first is the venerable public aquarium journal, Drum and Croaker. The following is a description of D&C from the web site: Drum and Croaker is a non-peer-reviewed journal...
