by CORAL Magazine | Feb 24, 2023 | Marine, New Products
Tunze’s new exotic-wood-look Care Magnets are rainforest friendly and represent a new class of hybrid wood/plastic. Roger Vitko of Tunze USA, based in Austin, Texas, provides the fascinating backstory to these seductive new algae-cleaning magnets that have been...
by Vincent Chalias | Feb 23, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
It’s not really in demand as an aquarium fish, but nevertheless the glimmering silver Lookdown, Selene vomer, is a very common game fish displayed in large public aquariums. It’s also not the first time this fish has been captive bred, but the interesting...
by Vincent Chalias | Feb 23, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
A school of mature Paracanthurus hepatus, Pacific Blue Tangs in the wild is always a sight to behold. I’ve seen Blue Tang in the wild on numerous occasions. But they get harder and harder to come by. Based in Bali, Indonesia, I often met a couple of adults or...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 20, 2023 | CORAL - John Tullock, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Parasitic copepods and isopods that sometimes attack marine aquarium fishes By Jay F. HemdalExcerpt from the March/April 2023 CORAL Magazine Some forty 40 years ago, I was watching a group of Purple Firefish (Nemateleotris decora) being held in a wholesale livestock...
by Vincent Chalias | Feb 17, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
Often when I’m asked, “What’s the difference between Indonesian Reefs and Australian Reefs?” I usually answer: The lack of Giant Clams together with the lack of fish and their smaller size. While these bivalves have been properly protected in Australia,...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 10, 2023 | Marine, New Products
Maxspect’s new Gyre 300 Cloud Edition Gyre Flow Pump can be controlled from anywhere in the world and offers an expanded 4-gate control to create even more complex and customizable flow output. via Maxspect Cloud EnabledControl your Gyre pumps anywhere around...