Adeljean Ho was introduced to me by Dr. Matt Wittenrich at MACNA in Orlando. When discussing this fish with Dr. Wittenrich, he suggested that Adeljean had another opinion. After sharing a draft of my opinion post with him, the response…
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Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich successfully breeds the rare Lancer Dragonet
MACNA attendees always get something special they may get nowhere else. This time around, Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich (Dr. Witt for short) developed one of the most modern and progressive-minded presentations I’ve seen, and he did it exclusively for MACNA…
Mike Hoang’s ‘Thunder’ or ‘Goldflake’ Maroon Clownfish are showing some really promising patterning
You may recall that about this time last year we were very excited about a misbar Maroon Clownfish being shown off by ORA at MACNA. Later on, video of this overbarred or piebald Maroon Clownfish morph, strain or oddball suggests…
In your face with Macna’s best Scolymia
There were so many awesome Scolymia at MACNA this year, as a frequent participant in small and large aquarium shows all over the country we can say with confidence that this one of the best spreads of Scolies that…
Pure Reef in Alpharetta, Georgia is a well executed aquarium store
Atlanta has seen its share of local fish stores – some have succeeded, and many have failed. One veteran LFS owner in the Atlanta area is Jorge Medina who is credited with the creation of three well-known reef stores prior…
Central Campus makes us want to re-enroll in high school!
It’s amazing to think that the biggest hit of MACNA 2011 may have not occurred at any talks, nor existed at any vendor booth, but instead was the drool worthy Marine Sciences Department at Central Campus of Des Moines Public Schools. If…
Simple, low tech reef tanks can be bliss
My home office is down in the basement of our house. There are weeks where my job has me working late nights down there and at some point, I figured a little aquatic life would make my work environment more…
Some analysis of the ‘albino’ ocellaris clownfish from Proaquatix
As ReefBuilder’s resident “Captive Breeding Guy”, I couldn’t help but weigh in on the new strain of Ocellaris that debuted from Proaquatix at MACNA over the weekend. A few opinions of what these fish could represent have been floated, with…
Ancient predatory fish discovered in Arctic
A new species of carnivorous fish dating back over 375 million years was recently found in the Canadian Arctic. The fossils discovered show a large river-dwelling fish that preyed whatever passed in front of it.
Coral Sea Dreaming Awaken on Blu-Ray Disc
Coral Sea Dreaming is a collection of high quality video filmed in the ocean. The video was done by Emmy Award winner David Hannan, famous for doing high quality underwater work in various formats. This Bly-Ray (also available on DVD) is multi-layered, meaning…
