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  • xeniaforever

    As senior editor here at reefs, I get to work with scientists from all over the world, and have made some wonderful friends in the industry! I also write for the site, and am the office manager at FRESH New London and the mother of two brilliant, talented young women.

Recent Content

50 Fish Stores in 5 Days

50 Fish Stores in 5 Days

Check out this short film by George Mavrakis, owner and founder of CoralFish12g, a YouTube channel dedicated to creative, educational, and fun reef aquarium videos. The film, titled "50 Fish Stores in 5 days", follows the adventure of three men crammed into one truck...

Reef Kids: Ocean Jack-o-Lanterns

Reef Kids: Ocean Jack-o-Lanterns

Halloween is just around the corner, so now is a perfect time to (finally) carve your jack-o-lanterns! Decorations and costumes for this candy-filled holiday run the gamut from adorable to freaky, and the carving ideas I came across are the same. The first three, a...

Aquatical-Latin: Latin for Aquarists

Aquatical-Latin: Latin for Aquarists

I just discovered a wonderful tool for anyone interested in the etymology and current meaning of the Latin names of aquatic species: it's called Aquatical Latin. The website, http://aquaticallatin.info, is a thorough resource for aquarists, naturalists, anglers,...

LiveAquaria Professional Reef Salt Mix

LiveAquaria Professional Reef Salt Mix

LiveAquaria is known far and wide as a top-notch online retailer of fish and coral, supplying healthy, beautiful animals to hobbyists around the world. Part of their success can be attributed to the exclusive salt mix that they formulated to use at the LiveAquaria...

Chasing Coral: coming to a medium-sized screen near you!

Chasing Coral: coming to a medium-sized screen near you!

As many of you know, Chasing Coral came out on Netflix back in July. The movie taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, and renowned marine biologists as they invent the first time-lapse camera to...

New Leak Detection Kit from Neptune Systems

New Leak Detection Kit from Neptune Systems

Neptune Systems has just released another new Apex-compatible product- the Leak Detection Kit (LDK). Made to work with their new Fluid Monitoring Module (FMM) and compatible with every model of Apex, the LDK is replacing Neptune's Advanced Leak Detection module (ALD)....

MASNA 2017-18 Student Scholarship Winners Announced

MASNA 2017-18 Student Scholarship Winners Announced

Congratulations to Mathias Wagner and Benjamin Titus, the winners of this year's MASNA Student Scholarships! The two students will receive their awards, including a $4,000 scholarship each, this weekend at the 29th annual Marine Aquarium Conference of North America...

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas

MACNA 2018 Las Vegas

The announcement has just been released - MACNA 2018 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada! As if speakers and vendors from all over the world, thousands of reef enthusiasts, and a full suite of events, meals, and demonstrations aren't enough, the longest-running...