by Mike Tuccinardi | Oct 31, 2016 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine, New Products
After a long break from the marine hobby—and a while away from keeping aquariums in general, due to being overseas—I recently had the urge to venture back into the salty side of aquarium keeping. The perfect opportunity came up when I had the chance to try out...
by Mike Tuccinardi | Oct 21, 2016 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine, News & Notes
Last week, an article published by Outside Magazine, purportedly an obituary to the Great Barrier Reef, went viral across multiple social media platforms, causing a bit of a stir in the conservation community. Although the article itself was apparently meant to be...
by Mike Tuccinardi | Sep 13, 2016 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine, News & Notes
This past Sunday, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) wrapped up in San Diego after another successful year. Hosted by the San Diego Marine Aquarium Foundation, this was the 28th year for what has become the world’s premiere marine aquarium...
by Mike Tuccinardi | Jun 25, 2016 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine, News & Notes
Famed Australian coral researcher and taxonomist J.E.N. (“Charlie”) Veron, perhaps best known for his expansive Corals of the World anthology, has been a driving force in our current understanding of stony coral evolution and biogeography for decades....
by Mike Tuccinardi | May 25, 2016 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Marine
Traveling in the Amazon basin doesn’t usually afford much chance to see marine life—aside from a brief stop in Lima, Peru, I hadn’t seen the ocean in months. But towards the end of my travels, I had the opportunity to embrace my love of all things salty...
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...
