Do yourself a favor and check out this beautiful new website from one of our favorite ichthyologist/taxonomist/fish guys, Yi-Kai Tea (Lemon TYK). Filled with his photography and some wonderful insights, it is a true pleasure to scroll through. There is also a “store” page, which [...]
Fluorescence is an amazing natural phenomenon and one of the main reasons so many of us reef aquarists got hooked into keeping reef aquariums at home. When illuminated with black light, corals transform into these otherworldly creatures, glowing in the dark in a kaleidoscope of colors. There is no [...]
In the last edition of Fluorescence Photography: MACNA Edition, I tried to shine some light on the topic of coral fluorescence- what it is, how does it manifest itself in corals and what’s the difference between this phenomenon and other forms of naturally occurring luminescence. In this [...]
It’s sad to say goodbye to big show picture taking for the year, but I am going to look back at it as one of the best, if not the best, year for the aquarium industry. New people are increasingly interested in owning a reef tank, the knowledge base grew at a logarithmic pace, and the hobby [...]
Welcome to the second segment of Eye Candy: MACNA edition. I have even more pictures of beautiful corals and other invertebrates (and one particular fish) to share with you. There is really no shortage of photographic subjects of the tiny, colorful kind when attending any reef-oriented trade show, [...]
As I was sorting through photographs to be featured in the second part of this series, which at this point is shaping up to be four-part strong, I was also contemplating how to accompany them with a side dish of meaningful writing. The end result is a complete 4-course meal of fluorescent greens [...]
My recent coverage of another show, Reefapalooza in NY, included a 2 part series I called Fluorescence Extravaganza (check it HERE and HERE). I can humbly say that I’ve received a lot of positive feedback on that segment and decided to follow up with a special MACNA edition of the same series. In [...]
I certainly do love this picture-heavy part of my MACNA coverage the most and I can’t wait to share with you some of the highlights of this year’s show. Despite the threat hurricane Dorian brought to the outset of MACNA (the hurricane, fortunately, ended up sparing Florida from the worst of its [...]