The Garden Reef: A Detrimental Trend

The Garden Reef: A Detrimental Trend

by Mike Maddox, originally published March 19th, 2009 A current trend in the hobby as of late seems to be the’conglomerate’ or ‘garden’ reef aquarium, with many coral species being crammed (for lack of a better word) into a reef aquarium with...
March/April Issue Goes to Printer

March/April Issue Goes to Printer

The March/April 2009 issue of CORAL goes to the printer tomorrow, March 17th, with a mailing date of March 31st. The cover subject of the much-anticipated March/April issue of CORAL is a definitive look at Large-Polyp Stony Corals with an incredible array of images...
HLLE Survey Results

HLLE Survey Results

  In preparation for a research project on Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE) in fishes, I undertook a quick survey of 100 intermediate to advanced aquarists regarding their opinions about this syndrome.  Here is the raw data:1) What do you think are the...
CORAL Interview: James Lawrence

CORAL Interview: James Lawrence

Originally posted: February 2009 By Ret Talbot Back in January, when I learned that James Lawrence would be the new editor and publisher of CORAL Magazine, I took the opportunity to interview him (“JL” below) for my SaltwaterSense blog (“SS”...