Two Little Fishes
4016 El Prado Blvd.
d.b.a. Ricordia Publishing
Coconut Grove, FL 33133 USA
Web Site :
http://www.twolittlefishies.com/
Hawaii, especially the West Coast
of the Big Island, is the nation’s biggest aquarium species
exporter and there is always concern over the impact of
collecting for the ornamental trade.…
Tectum Publishing
Godefriduskaai, 22, box 61, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Hardcover,
$39.95. ISBN
90-76886-09-1
This volume
contains 176 pages that are profusely illustrated with excellent color
photographs.…
It was back in December of 1999
that I reviewed Scott Michael’s Marine Fishes: 500+
Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species for Aquarium
Frontiers. At that time I praised the care and intelligence
that in general go into the publications of James Lawrence’s
Microcosm Ltd.,…
Steve Tyree has done an excellent job of extending the ways in which currently available audio-visual media can enhance the education of the modern aquarist. As a media columnist for aquarist’s publications I have reviewed books, articles and videotapes – but this is the first time I have reviewed a compact disk full of information.…
Prepared by Dr. William Walsh
Division of Aquatic Resources
Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai’i.
In the November 2004 edition of this column I reviewed Scott Michael’s article “Seven Steps Responsible Aquarists Should Know.”…
The only time I read Tropical Fish Hobbyist or Aquarium Fish Magazine is when copies of them are distributed at MACNA conferences. This year, while scanning through them, I stopped to read two articles by well known authors and aquarists; one by Scott Michael, the other by Anthony Calfo.…
Dr. Robert Goldstein, a long-time participant in aquarium circles, holds a doctorate in microbiology. Those of you who read SeaScope, distributed by Aquarium Systems to local fish stores, should recognize his name and work from the article he wrote in Volume 21, Issue 2, 2004, on the surprising and alarming appearance of a breeding population of Lionfish ( Pterois volitans ) in the western Atlantic, as least as far north as North Carolina.…
It was four years between Volumes One and Two in Scott Michael’s excellent series but it’s been only a few months between Volume Two and the release of Volume 3. Obviously the four years since Volume One have been well spent.…
It’s been a bit of a wait, but it’s surely worth it. I reviewed Scott Michael’s first volume of his Reef Fishes Series in April of 1999. In that volume’s 624 pages, illustrated with over 1,000 color photographs, the well known and highly respected expert aquarist, writer and underwater photographer set a new standard for marine fish identification guides of special value for aquarists.…