This MACNA – Marine Aquarium Conference of North America – 2019 had some of the BEST display tanks that I have seen in my years of covering many different shows for this industry. I was amazed at the lengths that the vendors went through to put up such an amazing displays (Like the [...]
I promised you I will make part II of the fluorescence photography sessions from 2019 Reefapalooza New York and despite the fact it took me some time to format them into the blog post, I managed to gather a good size gallery to share with you. With MACNA vibes setting in, I gathered some [...]
MACNA is here and since my mind will be occupied with the show’s coverage for the next couple of weeks, I felt obligated to close the Reefapalooza chapter with the last of the coral episodes, so here it is: Corals, part III Featured in this part: Gingerbread Tropical Fish [...]
Little advanced warning. Even after the heavy edit, (took out 10 mins of me drooling over this fish) I couldn’t keep my reef geeking under control. With that said, the Gramma dejongi has been on my list to see for very long time. This fish has been part of trade embargo and even today, [...]
Photographing corals never gets old. They are like human irises in that each individual one is unique, unlike any other from the same species or, in many instances, even from the same colony. Take zoanthids for example- observe any colony of these beloved soft corals and you won’t find two [...]
I regard reef shows as an excellent practice ground for macro reef photography and when it comes to the abundance of photographic subjects, it can’t get better than Reefapalooza. The first day of the show, I took only straight up macro pictures, using a Nikon DSLR camera paired with a 105mm [...]
For this edition of Reefs.com on the road, we headed east of the New York Harbor to attend Long Island Reef Association’s second annual frag swap, an event that brings people from all around the Northeast for a day of coral shopping, frag bartering, learning, and meeting other reef [...]
One day, I was browsing facebook when I went to one of my groups and saw a post by Reinaldo of Pirates Reef Corals that showed off some amazing acroporas. Funny part was that I have the EXACT same corals, and while they looked great in my tank, he was pulling some unbelievable colors on the same sp [...]