Captive Bred Mandarins Return…But Only for a Moment

After Scott Fellman’s well-written rant surrounding the explanation and loss of ORA Mandarin Dragonet production, the collective breeding world pretty much wrote off seeing captive-bred Synchiropus spp. for the foreseeable future. I echoed Fellman’s sentiments recently in my own story…

ORA Debuts Latest Captive-Bred Cardinalfish to Mixed Reviews

If anyone had a clue what it takes to knock down species first after species first, I think we’d be showing ORA a little more appreciation for ticking another “boring” and “dull” captive-bred fish species first off the list this…

Two days of ReefStock means even more world class presentations

Since MACNA is in Denver’s near-future, we’ve been keeping ReefStock 2014 a little lower key than before, but low key doesn’t mean we won’t deliver our usual share of world class reefing activities. We may be only rockin’ 24 booths…

Unique Corals charity aims to fund cancer research with “Corals for the Cure”

We all know that cancer is a disease that contributes to the health decline of many species on this earth; namely humans. We’re very pleased to share that Scott Fellman and the folks at Unique Corals have started a new…

Unbelievable – RAP Does It Again!

Last year was my very first Reef-A-Palooza (RAP) and I was so excited to be part of such a historic event, as they broke their attendance record.   Well, this year I could not have asked for more excitement – they…

Reefapalooza celebrates 10 years this weekend in Orange County

Reefapalooza, held this weekend at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Southern California, is one of the best aquariums shows we’ve attended and looks like they have another great event planned. Reefapalooza is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the show brings in…

Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado hosting ‘Reef Ed’ this weekend

The Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado is hosting a Reef Ed event with two speakers and plenty of vendors to get your reefing fix this weekend. On Saturday, June 22, join the MASC team welcome both Scott Fellman and our…

SCMAS delivers another record-breaking Reef-A-Palooza

Reefapalooza is hosted by the Southern California Marine Aquarium Society and it was held at the Orange County Fair Grounds, Costa Mesa, California on October 20, through the 21.  At 23,000 square feet this facility was large enough to house over…

HGTV adding new aquarium show “Ultimate Aquariums,” taps Infinity Aquarium Design to host

HGTV is getting into the reality aquariums show game with the addition of Ultimate Aquariums making its debut on the channel on Friday, October 12 at 1 PM. The show will highlight the team at Los Angeles’ Infinity Aquarium Design as they go…

House of Fins has another amazing SPLASH event coming up this weekend

The SPLASH celebration is an annual sale, aquarium event and mini conference put on every year by House of Fins, one of the biggest rare reef fish dealers in the country, especially at the brick-n-mortar retail level. House of Fins…