by Afishionado | Mar 24, 2018 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Video
This year, I plan on focusing my interviews, articles, and other reefs work on aquaculture, conservation, sustainable efforts, and education. Why is that important? We as hobbyists need to know what is going on in our world, as well as what efforts are being made to... by Jen Lowy | Mar 10, 2018 | Aquaculture, Industry, Sustainability
What do you think of when you hear the term “LFS”? ( local fish store) I hope for many of you it’s a term that makes you happy. I hope you smile and think about the last saltwater pet you bought and see him swimming happily in your aquarium.… by Afishionado | Feb 16, 2018 | Aquaculture, Corals, Video
It’s funny to me that there are 10+ different names to some well known coral species. And it was surprising to me to learn that that all the various grafted montipora caps that World Wide Corals offer are simply called “WWC grafted monti... by Afishionado | Feb 4, 2018 | Aquaculture, Corals, Video
For this video, we drove up to Plant City, Florida to visit our good friend Chris Meckley of ACI Aquaculture and talk about one of the hottest trending coral species of the moment: Discosoma mushrooms.… by AquaNerd | Jan 4, 2018 | Aquaculture, Fish, Industry
It’s nice to start off the new year with yet another aquacultured marine fish species: juvenile Koran Angel (Pomacanthus semicirculatus). Read the official press release from Quality Marine. Quality Marine is excited to start the New Year by offering yet another new aquacultured species: juvenile Koran Angel (Pomacanthus semicirculatus). We are an ardent supporter of aquaculture and are continually searching for new producers both in the US and around the world. We believe aquaculture to be a key component in continuing to uphold our sustainable industry standard. Back in 2011, the University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab in collaboration with Rising Tide Conservation were the first in the world to successfully produce captive bred specimens of Pomacanthus semicirculatus and now this momentous achievement has been recreated in Indonesia by xeniaforever | Dec 8, 2017 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Corals
Great news for our endangered reefs! “London’s Horniman Museum and Gardens has joined forces with The Florida Aquarium, based in Tampa, Florida, to save coral reefs by spawning (reproducing) corals in a lab – a major technique to aid coral restoration, developed...