by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Dec 15, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Are Any Bristleworms Actually Venomous? That question first arose in modern times, I presume, when the first swimmer in warm tropical waters stepped on a fireworm and discovered just how much fun it was to hop around on one foot, cursing. By the time I got around to...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 12, 2015 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Highlighted Species from Rarities in CORAL’s Special Report: Captive-breeding State of the Art 2016 The ORA Radial Filefish is an exclusive new captive-bred fish, also known as the Radial Leatherjacket, that is different enough to have many reefkeepers stopping...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 9, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
I was rummaging through old photography recently and came across something I had documented, but never shared. During the teardown of a reef tank, I inadvertently nailed myself with a bristleworm…and not a little one. This wasn’t the coral-eating...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 3, 2015 | Marine
Southern Blue Devil, Paraplesiops meleagris (Peters, 1869) Other Common Names: Blue Betta, Blue Devilfish, Bluedevil, Western Blue Devil Maximum Length: 33 cm (13 in) Range: Coastal Southern Australia Foods & Feeding: Meaty foods such as Mysis Shrimp, adult...
by James Lawrence | Dec 1, 2015 | CORAL - James Lawrence, Marine
CORAL Magazine Volume 13, Number 1 If the availability and affordability of “Bread-and-Butter” species of reef fishes—the hardy, bold and vividly eyecatching—are essential to the future of the marine aquarium hobby, we have much to celebrate as the...
by Mike Tuccinardi | Nov 30, 2015 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine
On a recent visit to San Francisco, I had the pleasure of visiting what is undoubtedly among the top public aquariums in the US—Steinhart Aquarium at California Academy of Sciences. Their incredible collection of marine fish, invertebrates and corals would elicit envy...
