by Advanced Aquarist | Jul 29, 2013 | Advanced Aquarist, Corals, Invertebrates
Japanese artist Aki Inomata envisioned giving hermit crabs unique shells based on citycapes around the world. With the aid of a 3D printer, he printed some beauties! by Reef To Rainforest | Jul 26, 2013 | Corals, Fish, Science
CORAL Magazine Volume 10, Number 5 From a virtual unknown in a remote archipelago in Indonesia, the Banggai Cardinalfish became an overnight sensation among marine aquarists and, now 20 years later, its striking beauty, bold attitude and fascinating breeding habits keep it in the perennial listing of top10 most-sold saltwater aquarium fishes. CORAL Magazine September/October 2013 Issue. Click to enlarge. The next issue of CORAL will bring a special report on the state of Pterapogon kauderni in its home waters, as seen by the Banggai Rescue Project Science Expedition composed of marine biologists from the United States and Indonesia. The fish is officially listed as “Endangered” by the IUCN, but what is really happening to wild stocks? Can small-scale breeding efforts by marine aquarists help lighten the impacts of wild collection? Look to the next issue of CORAL for an exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming The Banggai Cardinalfish book. Almost two years in the making, the book was writtten and photographed by a team of CORAL contributors, including Ret Talbot, Matt Pedersen, Matthew L. Wittenrich, Ph.D., Roy Yanong, V.M.D., and Thomas Waltzek, D.V.M., Ph.D. with Martin A. Moe, and a Foreword by Dr. Gerald R. Allen, the ichthyologist who rediscovered the Banggai Cardinalfish in 1994. Images by leading underwater photographers, including KORALLE Editor Daniel Knop, Scott Michael, Denise Nielsen Tackett, Roger Steene, and others. Other issue highlights coming: • Beautiful Brittlestars: Daniel Knop looks at the underappreciated and often astonishingly beautiful brittlestars that can make their way in reef aquaria. • Coral Supplements: Murray Camp interviews Dr. Han-Werner Balling on the evolving art of stimulating coral growth and color. • Clownfish Breeding: Dr. Rudiger Bless reports on successfully breeding the Cinnamon Anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus. • Underwater Lembeh Strait: Werner Fiedler takes the reader on a tour of the aquatic wonders of one of the world’s most revered dive destinations. • Hydroids from Hell: Dr. Ron Shimek discusses a group that plagues many fishkeepers and breeders but that zoologists find irresistible. Deadline for materials to be included in this issue: August 15th. The issue has an on-sale date of September 10th. The print edition of CORAL in English is distributed in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, France, India, the Netherlands, Malta, and elsewhere. The Digital Edition is read in more than 100 countries worldwide. To find a local or regional dealer who offers CORAL Magazine, visit our current Source Directory. CORAL is published bimonthly by Reef to Rainforest Media, LLC in Shelburne, Vermont, in partnership with Natur und Tier –Verlag GmbH and Matthias Schmidt Publishing, Muenster, Germany, Founding Editor: Daniel Knop English Edition Editor & Publisher: James M. Lawrence Cover Images Brooding male Banggai Cardinalfish: Mark Strickland / Seapics.com Background Clavularia Clove Polyps: Scott W. Michael The Banggai Cardinalfish will be published by Reef to Rainforest Media, LLC and exclusively distributed by Two Little Fishies. On sale date: August 27, 2013. by AquaNerd | Jul 25, 2013 | Corals, Events, Industry, Tanks
Las Vegas is most known for its bright lights, spinning slot machines, and crazy parties. But there’s one annual event that pet retailers around the country flock to, and it has nothing to do with poker or flashy shows. SuperZoo happens every year in the City of Sin, and as always, there are some special treats in store for the aquarium keeping community. While we did not attend the show in person, that hasn’t stopped us from getting the scoop on a new product from JBJ USA, their new RL-20 Frag Tank. The new RL-20 has pretty typical dimensions for a frag tank, at least in terms of height. It has a footprint of 20” x 24” with a height of 9”. It’s total capacity is just under 20 gallons (calculated on the actual dimensions), and it’s totally rimless all around. Like other RL series aquariums made by JBJ, the RL-20 has a built-in three stage filtration system and water circulation. The filtration is housed in the rear chambers of the all-in-one aquarium and is covered with a black cover so users won’t have to look down at the unsightly filtration system. The frag rack will be included with the tank, which is made from black eggcrate and held off the bottom with supports. The small volume and cube-like footprint make the RL-20 a great frag tank for hobbyists short on space, or those just looking for something to drag over to local aquarium club meetings. If a frag tank isn’t in the plans, the tank also doubles for a spectacular look down aquarium for Tridacnid clams, or whatever else tickles your fancy. Currently, the system is still a prototype, so the final specs and pricing are yet to be solidified. A release date of Holiday 2013 has been penciled into the books, so we’ll be on the lookout for the aquarium later this year. by Josh Saul | Jul 16, 2013 | Corals, Eye Candy, Photography
Check out this incredible Euphyllia that showed up at Cherry Corals the other day. There have been a lot of interesting color varieties of these guys showing up the past few years but this is a really wild... by Dan Rigle | Jul 16, 2013 | Corals, Opinion
Corals of the same species that do not have aggressive tendencies can grow together and get along quite nicely at times as seen in this image. It is a trial and error process generally speaking but one can place most Acropora specimens fairly close to each other... by AquaNerd | Jul 10, 2013 | Aquaculture, Corals, Events, Fish
The aquarium hobby has never before seen more active participation in the captive breeding of marine ornamental species, and that awareness is being helped along by at least two great conferences/workshops. The MBI Workshop has enjoyed several years of success, and the Bay Area Reefers Breeding and Propagation Workshop, which is our focus today, is really coming into its own with their second annual meeting coming up in October. Much like last year’s BAP, 2013 holds some great show content for fish breeding hobbyists. Joe Yaiullo and Todd Gardner will make up the guest speaker list. There will be some coral vendors at the workshop, who will be selling a bunch of aquacultured livestock. A generous raffle will round out the day’s activities. The single-day mini conference will take place on October 19th at the Chabot Community College, the same venue for last year’s event.
