- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Craig Bingman
Reef Aquarium Chemistry 201
This talk assumes only the most basic understanding of water quality parameters and testing. The talk will reveal relationships between water quality parameters, exploring salinity, calcium, magnesium, alkalinity and partial water exchanges in detail. The speaker will explain how to maximize results and minimize the amount of time and expense for water testing. Various philosophies for aquarium management, such as the Berlin method, algal scrubbers and more recent variations will be compared. After the talk, you should be confident in your methods and schedules for water quality testing. You will understand similarities and differences between the major schools of aquarium husbandry, and be confident in blending them to produce optimal results in your home aquariums.
Craig Bingman wrote his first articles on the subject of aquarium chemistry for the journal "Aquarium Frontiers" in 1995. Over the course of the next several years, he wrote dozens of articles that laid the foundation for our modern understanding of coral reef aquariums. In his day job, Craig is a biochemist and structural biologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Tony Vargas
Successful Reef Aquariums from Around the World
This talk examines in detail the design, implementation and creation of some of the most spectacular reef aquariums in the world. Get the low down on what makes these amazing systems successful and unique. Can you say SERIOUS EYECANDY!
Tony Vargas started his aquatic adventures at the age of seven, with Guppies in a pickle jar. Shortly thereafter, he was breeding a large host of freshwater tropicals. In the early eighties he took a giant leap forward and assembled his very first salt water aquarium (fish only). Moving on to more challenging waters, in the mid 1980's, he took another leap forward and experimented with marine invertebrates and corals. Moving forward in the late eighties a handful of aquarists including Tony were among the first in United States to successfully keep and maintain Acropora alive in captivity, long term. Tony began to share this experiences and knowledge with others through the many articles he wrote in a column titled "Feature Coral" for FAMA magazine. One of the Acropora articles in FAMA was acknowledge in Carden Wallace text book on Acropora titled "Staghorn Corals of the World".
Today, Tony SCUBA dives around the world taking underwater photos and observing many of these creatures in their natural environment. With his writings he has effectively communicated his experiences and observations. Tony has traveled the States and Europe giving lectures and consultations on corals, reef fish husbandry, and complete system design.
Recently, Tony has completed work on his forthcoming book titled "The Coral Reef Aquarium". This book focuses on the basics of reef keeping, how to properly assemble a coral reef aquarium (five great examples), and the long term care of these critters in a captive environment. Forward by Sanjay Joshi and Preface by J. Charles Delbeek.
. It was more than 10 years ago! I'm not sure which visit it was but there were two; one in 1992 with Julian, Charles, and many club members and the other was in 1994. That was a long time ago.
