by CORAL Magazine | Nov 1, 2018 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
CORAL Magazine’s 6th issue for 2018 is an Acropora-lover’s delight. With vibrant images, husbandry advice, and tips from experienced coral farmers, the issue will expand your thinking whether you’re just toying with the idea of keeping Acropora for...
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...