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Gorgonians and Sea Fans - An Introductory Look (and Video)
Gorgonians are a diverse family of corals that are found throughout reefs around the world. Despite their widespread distribution, they are not a particularly common coral in the reef aquarium hobby....
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CORAL March/April 2015 Issue Preview
Gracing the cover is a quintessentially curious dwarf angelfish, in this case a naturally occurring hybrid known as the “Tigerpyge” (Centropyge eibli x C. flavissima) a fish photographed and kept by "Lemon"Tea Yi Kai. Background: Mycedium elephantosus, Werner Fiedler...
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Hawaii Fisheries Bills Update — February 25
“It’s not that we’re against regulation,” one aquarium fisher told CORAL on condition of anonymity. “We just want fisheries management decisions to be made by fisheries managers whose job it is to understand and manage the fishery.”...
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EXCLUSIVE: GloFish® Introduces "High Contrast" Electric Green Barb
The latest permutation of GloFish®, the Striped Electric Green Barb is the fully-striped, non-albino, transgenic fluorescent green form of the Tiger Barb (Puntigrus tetrazona). ...
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CORAL Video: Paul Hallmark's Coldwater Reef
Take a look at the densely populated and thriving coldwater reef aquarium of Paul Hallmark....
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Denise Nielsen Tackett, 1947-2015
It is with profound sadness that CORAL Magazine announces the death of Denise Nielsen Tackett, 67, a long-time senior contributor and one of the world's most-respected photographers of undersea marine life....
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CORAL BONUS: The Role of Captive Propagation in Clownfish Preservation (Part 7)
By virtue of simply being aquarists, we have the power to promote and perpetuate the natural biodiversity which exists in the world. Often times, this occurs unintentionally, while other times it is the dedicated aquarist making a conscious effort to bring a conservation ethic directly into their daily aquari...
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Outcome of Hawaii Diver Altercation
Commercial fisherman Jay Lovell pled no contest last week to charges brought against him based on the most public altercation between aquarium fishers and anti-aquarium trade activists in years in Hawaii’s contentious aquarium fishery....
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Beyond Symbiosis: Cleaner Shrimp Clean Up in Culture
Not only do Cleaner Shrimp, Lysmata amboinensis, remove parasites from their hosts; they also help control parasites in the aquarium environment....
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Friday Photospread: Steatocranus tinanti Feeding With Bonus Video
Sumer Tiwari talks about Steatocranus tinanti, a beautiful dwarf cichlid species from West Africa. Fast flowing water and sand substrate are two main things to keep in mind while setting their tank. They love to eat meaty food and are very territorial....
Marine
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Gorgonians and Sea Fans - An Introductory Look (and Video)
Gorgonians are a diverse family of corals that are found throughout reefs around the world. Despite their widespread distribution, they are not a particularly common coral in the reef aquarium hobby.
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CORAL March/April 2015 Issue Preview
Gracing the cover is a quintessentially curious dwarf angelfish, in this case a naturally occurring hybrid known as the “Tigerpyge” (Centropyge eibli x C. flavissima) a fish photographed and kept by “Lemon”Tea Yi Kai. Background: Mycedium elephantosus, Werner Fiedler
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Hawaii Fisheries Bills Update — February 25
“It’s not that we’re against regulation,” one aquarium fisher told CORAL on condition of anonymity. “We just want fisheries management decisions to be made by fisheries managers whose job it is to understand and manage the fishery.”
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CORAL Video: Paul Hallmark's Coldwater Reef
Take a look at the densely populated and thriving coldwater reef aquarium of Paul Hallmark.
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Denise Nielsen Tackett, 1947-2015
It is with profound sadness that CORAL Magazine announces the death of Denise Nielsen Tackett, 67, a long-time senior contributor and one of the world’s most-respected photographers of undersea marine life.
Freshwater
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EXCLUSIVE: GloFish® Introduces "High Contrast" Electric Green Barb
The latest permutation of GloFish®, the Striped Electric Green Barb is the fully-striped, non-albino, transgenic fluorescent green form of the Tiger Barb (Puntigrus tetrazona).
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Konings' Tanganyika Cichlids receives 3rd Edition Update
More than 1200 photos illustrate all known Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. The wealth of information on the natural environment of Lake Tanganyika will render it increasingly possible to maintain each species in the most natural way, allowing it to behave as if it were in the lake
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Friday Photospread: Steatocranus tinanti Feeding With Bonus Video
Sumer Tiwari talks about Steatocranus tinanti, a beautiful dwarf cichlid species from West Africa. Fast flowing water and sand substrate are two main things to keep in mind while setting their tank. They love to eat meaty food and are very territorial.
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India's Sundarbans: One Incredible Estuary (Part I)
A look at the unique aquatic habitat of India’s Sundarbans National Park, home to the world’s largest mangrove forest and hundreds of species of terrestrial and aquatic life
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The Reticulated Flying Fox: an underappreciated algae eater from Thailand
The algae-eating Reticulated Flying Fox, Crossocheilus reticulatus, deserves a bit more of the spotlight considering the beautiful adult specimens shown at a Thai fish farm.
New Products
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CORAL March/April 2015 Issue Preview
Gracing the cover is a quintessentially curious dwarf angelfish, in this case a naturally occurring hybrid known as the “Tigerpyge” (Centropyge eibli x C. flavissima) a fish photographed and kept by “Lemon”Tea Yi Kai. Background: Mycedium elephantosus, Werner Fiedler
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EXCLUSIVE: GloFish® Introduces "High Contrast" Electric Green Barb
The latest permutation of GloFish®, the Striped Electric Green Barb is the fully-striped, non-albino, transgenic fluorescent green form of the Tiger Barb (Puntigrus tetrazona).
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Konings' Tanganyika Cichlids receives 3rd Edition Update
More than 1200 photos illustrate all known Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat. The wealth of information on the natural environment of Lake Tanganyika will render it increasingly possible to maintain each species in the most natural way, allowing it to behave as if it were in the lake
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BASHSEA Introduces MAD RACK Frag Display Racks
Industrial grade and laser cut precision! The only frag Rack utilizing 3/8″ thick American cast acrylic! Slotted design making the rack versatile utilizing every square inch of the rack regardless of what plugs are used!
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Seachem introduces a new Digital Spoon Scale
Seachem introduces a digital spoon scale to help ensure precise dosing of any chemical or supplement.
News & Notes
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Denise Nielsen Tackett, 1947-2015
It is with profound sadness that CORAL Magazine announces the death of Denise Nielsen Tackett, 67, a long-time senior contributor and one of the world’s most-respected photographers of undersea marine life.
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Outcome of Hawaii Diver Altercation
Commercial fisherman Jay Lovell pled no contest last week to charges brought against him based on the most public altercation between aquarium fishers and anti-aquarium trade activists in years in Hawaii’s contentious aquarium fishery.
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Beyond Symbiosis: Cleaner Shrimp Clean Up in Culture
Not only do Cleaner Shrimp, Lysmata amboinensis, remove parasites from their hosts; they also help control parasites in the aquarium environment.
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‘Ruby Seadragon,’ new species found by Scripps
Mysterious red fish emerges from museum collections
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Classroom Aquarium Keeping Empowers Young Students
My students learned the first lesson of aquarium keeping: that aquarists are in total control over the life inside their tanks. It was immediately apparent that an adult wouldn’t step into help them and the future of the living things in the aquarium depended on them. With time, the care they took to keep the fish alive and happy started to transfer to how they treated others and, later, themselves.
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Hi Matt. Thank you kindly for your reply; I will definitely integrate your insights in my study. Actually, at first, I was in the process of breeding a pair of A. occelaris that I bought from a local aquarium fishermen, but the breeding exceeded my timeframe, so I decided to perform a translocation experiment instead. It's a good thing that I didn't outsource tank-bred specimens from unknown breeders since the expected output could be worse than my intentions of conservation, as you mentioned above. I agree that the demand for hybridized forms of clownfishes are increasing, and you're right, the idea of an "Aquarium Ark" would be a perfect source for conservation purposes if managed and documented properly. The question I have, and I think you raised very well in the article, is how can we create this paradigm shift for aquarists and breeders to focus more on wild-type specimens rather than hybridized forms?Mark says:
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