by Afishionado | Nov 24, 2016 | Aquaculture, Tanks, Video
For this episode, we drove up to Orlando, Florida to check out World Wide Corals and their coral farm. Hidden to the public eye, they have made a 12ft long, 900g tank to the entrance of their farm and it houses all of their high end corals, cataloged and turning into... by Marcin Smok | Oct 16, 2016 | Aquaculture, Corals, Events, Eye Candy, Fish, MACNA, Photography
What would MACNA be without the rainbow of colors manifested in the form of beautiful ornamental fish, tropical corals, and amazing displays by some of the most prominent companies in the aquarium trade?... by AquaNerd | Oct 8, 2016 | Corals, Reef, Science
The weekend before last, we attended the annual Columbia Marine Aquarium Conference (CMAC). Several coral vendors were at the show and we were able to pickup some really cool corals, including one from Joey Nichols at Joe Knows Reefs. Incrusting Monti corals have always impressed me and I was lucky enough to find this little gem at the show. The ASD Rainbow Phoenix’s lineage goes back about 2 years ago when it was first introduced by Aqua SD in San Diego, CA. One of the qualities I have always appreciated about Joey at Joes Knows Reefs, is that he is good about informing people on how to care for the corals he is selling them. At the show, Joey made sure to let us know that by AquaNerd | Sep 7, 2016 | Fish, MACNA, Reef
Monsoon Fairy Wrasse hits the U.S. Market Monsoon Fairy Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus, arrives in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJAVg9c5k8 Kernersville, NC, August 29, 2016) — Carolina Aquatics has acquired the exclusive rights to distribute the newly discovered and described Monsoon Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus). The fish will be displayed publicly for the first time at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America in San Diego September 9-11, 2016, in the Carolina Aquatics booth #334. Carolina Aquatics will be taking wholesale orders at the conference. “We are excited to be able to bring this beautiful, rare aquarium fish to the hobby,” said Kris Cline, owner of Carolina Aquatics, which has exclusive rights to distribute the fish in the United States. “This is by ReefBum | Sep 2, 2016 | Corals, Reef, Science
SPS Deep Dive – ORA Red Planet The ORA Red Planet is one of my favorite SPS for a number of reasons. Number one, it is red and who doesn’t love a splash of red in their reef to color things up. Number two, it is a tabling acropora so it looks like it is a natural part of a reef and number three is its fast growth rate. The last one I had was about a foot and a half wide and it didn’t take too long to get there! The ORA Red Planet was acquired by ORA in May of 2006 and quickly became a popular coral among SPS enthusiasts once it became available for sale. There was certainly an excitement when ORA released it and
