Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich and I were emailing last week, pre-Thanksgiving, when he dropped a “Booyah” on me. The rest of the day, he had me cursing him in the way only friends can do. Once again, I say “I’m…
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ReefStock happening March 10th, 2012 at the Denver Downtown Aquarium
It’s hard to believe it’s been nine months since the last ReefStock and it’s already time to start working on the next one. When the first ReefStock was produced back in 2008 we could hardly think past an annual legacy of events…
Tons of reef aquarium deals around for Black Friday 2011
Turkeys are being snagged up like mad in the grocery stores so that mean just one thing – crazy deals on all your reefing goodies starting on Friday! Our annual tradition is to bring you some great Black Friday holiday…
Kauai is second island to pass resolution to ban aquarium collection in Hawaii
The battle to outright ban the collection of aquarium fish has rapidly been reaching a fever pitch, with almost daily revelations and news being added to the controversy. Ret Talbot recently spent time in Hawaii, writing for both CORAL Magazine…
Tiger angelfish hybrid redefines the rarest of the rare reef fish
The tiger angelfish is so rare that it is hardly ever seen even in South Africa, so earlier this year we were tickled to be able to share with you a video of tiger angelfish acclimated and doing well in…
Todd Gardner shatters Liopropoma event horizon – captive bred basslets are real
Todd Gardner’s breeding efforts at the Long Island Aquarium have had our collective attention for well over a year now. Late Thursday, Todd officially broke the news of his success raising Liopropoma reef basslets, showing a photograph of a now…
Opinion: I heart LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den
This post would be in total fanboy territory were it not for the fact that the Diver’s Den has become a fixture of American reef aquarium culture. Like Reefer Madness before it, for many years LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den has been…
More witty and fun hobby t-shirts are desperately needed
We all love going to the next reef club meeting, frag swap or fish shopping in a cool looking, saltwater-inspired t-shirt but sometimes there just aren’t many great designs to chose from. Every so often you get a cool shirt…
Astreopora acroporina branches with a real axial corallite tip just like Acropora
The branching Astreopora from Cenderawasih Bay is not alone in its preference of growth form but it’s nothing compared to Astreopora acroporina. If you are a self-professed Acro junkie like ourselves you’ll flip when you see the big honkin’ axial…
Industry pioneer Rolf Hagen passes away
Pet industry pioneer Rolf Hagen passed away in his home in Montreal, Canada on Saturday, October 22. Born in 1932, Hagen started the idea of the company in 1955 when he began exporting bird seeds from the Canadian prairies and…