For the photography enthusiasts in the hobby, there was some significant news with Yahoo! announcing upgrades to its photo storage and sharing site Flickr that included 1 terabyte of storage. Flickr may not have been the first but they were one of the…
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World Wide Corals, we salute you and your (in-store) livestock policy
Have you ever seen a more beautiful sight than the one above? If you’ve spent any time working in the retail setting of the aquarium world, as we have for over ten years, then the posting will come as quite…
Bridging the old & new: revisiting halides after some time with LEDs
Over the last few years, I migrated every reef tank I have to LED, even a little freshwater nano is running LED. I think there is a huge future in LEDs and switching to LED changed my view on lighting…
LiveAquaria proves mad skills with Oxymonacanthus halli
We’re sorry to sound like shrieking young fangirls when singing the praises of “LiveAquaria” Diver’s Den, but time and again Kevin Kohen, Steve Krogh, and the rest of the team behind the Drs. Foster & Smith live aquatics division, prove…
2012 Marine Breeder’s Year in Review
As has become a tradition, it’s time again for a look back at the past year’s advances in marine fish breeding with our annual Marine Breeder’s Year In Review. (see 2010, and 2011 Part 1, and 2011 Part 2, for…
Florida declares war on invasive lionfish
In an executive order signed earlier this month, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has effectively declared war on the invasive Lionfish. For the next 12 months, it is a virtual no-holds-barred, open season on this damaging predator. Highlights include:…
Aquarium Fish International subscribers, hope you like Dog Fancy
Subscribers to the soon-to-be-cancelled Aquarium Fish International (AFI) will be seeing the balances of their subscriptions automatically transferred to Dog Fancy. At least that’s what the card you’ll get in the mail says. Thankfully, some quick investigation revealed that there is a…
MLB’s Miami Marlins add aquarium backstop to new stadium design
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxsbb-Cx5vA[/youtube] Pitchers and catchers reported for MLB’s spring training last month and as the regular season start nears, the Miami Marlins are opening a new baseball stadium — complete with aquarium backstop. Opening this year, the new baseball-only stadium is…
Good news from Hawaii over the collection of aquarium fish, or just a delay?
]CORAL Magazine Sr. Editor Ret Talbot reported late last week that the “Proposed Bills on Hawaii Aquarium Fishery [are] Dead for 2012”. This news was widely met with optimism. However, we fear there could be a downside to such news.…
Reef Hobbyist Magazine goes international, infiltrating Asia with Chinese edition
Harry T. Tung and Jim Adelberg have been working hard to build Reef Hobbyist Magazine, their FREE quarterly publication, for 5 years now. As Jim and Harry launched the sixth season of RHM, they enter a new chapter with the…