by Ret Talbot | Nov 9, 2015 | Conservation, Fish, Industry, Science, Sustainability
This is segment three in a multi-part series on the marine aquarium trade and marine aquarium trade data. I’m Ret Talbot reporting from the Philippines as a special report to Reefs.com. In this segment, we’ll look at the data collection project that yielded the most... by Lemon T.Y.K | Nov 6, 2015 | Aquaculture, Fish, Industry, Sustainability
In the last couple of years, Bali Aquarich has cemented itself as the front runner in the captive breeding scene. The Indonesian based aquaculture company founded by Wen-Ping Su has won the world over not only with their stunning designer clownfish, but also their... by Austin Lefevre | Sep 13, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Invertebrates, Science, Sustainability
Last week we took a look at some wonderful maricultured mini-colonies of various Euphyllia species. Today we get a sneak peak into the most popular maricultured genus, Acropora. To produce the most colorful specimens of maricultured Acropora divers take fragments of... by Austin Lefevre | Sep 10, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Eye Candy, Industry, Science, Sustainability
One of my favorite pastimes [besides diving] is perusing through the never-ending pictures of reefs in nature. It’s hard to believe where some of our favorite corals grow, often in vastly different environments than what we create in our glass... by Austin Lefevre | Sep 9, 2015 | Conservation, Eye Candy, Fish, Industry, MACNA, Science, Sustainability, Too Cute
Renown fish breeder Karen Brittain, who made waves last year revealing a slew of captive bred Genicanthus personatus at MACNA 2014, recently had a larval run with Apolemichthys arcuatus, the Bandit... by Austin Lefevre | Sep 8, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Equipment, Events, Eye Candy, Fish, Industry, Invertebrates, MACNA, Photography, Sustainability, Tanks, Technology
The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) is the largest marine aquarium conference in the world. The gathering brings livestock vendors, equipment manufacturers and everything in between together for a three day extravaganza of reef geek utopia from...