by CORAL Magazine | Feb 24, 2023 | Marine
Andrew Sandler of Polo Reef has dedicated a new video to the late Jake Adams and his legacy as coral culture researcher and educator. Rachid Stoury, COO of Polo Reef, based on Long Island, New York, says that the Sandler reef organization has acquired a portion of...
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,...
