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Counting fish based on “reef dandruff"
In essence, this may allow biologists to study the population of fishes in a body of water without having to sacrifice any animals....
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CORAL Featured Video: Feeding Polyps
Think corals are fussy eaters? Watch them attacking and ingesting dry pelleted food....
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Captive Breeding of Purplemask Angelfish
On day 95 they had black pigment on parts of their fins and tail. A month later at 130 days old they were the beautiful blue and yellow of the adults....
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Collection Trip to Peru: Part 1
Sumer Tiwari's first installment from an 8 day fish collecting expedition in Peru....
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Chaos in Black & White
Many pleco forms are near extinction in their natural habitat; we have the unique opportunity to conserve them in the aquarium, at least on a small scale....
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The Black Issue! AMAZONAS Hard-Copy Preview for May/June 2014
A first look inside the print edition for the May/June 2014 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine....
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CORAL Video: Funky Tour of SPS Reef
Hand-held camera invasion of an interesting 200-gallon small-polyp stony coral reef (but watch for the Ricordea spp. profusion around minute 5)....
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Banggai Cardinal Moves Closer to Endangered Species Listing
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is moving forward with the process that could lead to the listing of the Banggai Cardinalfish under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), an action that could ultimately lead to the end of the trade in the popular marine aquarium species....
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A Swimming Blob...
During this time of the calendar year, some interesting little animals make their most obvious appearance on some NE Pacific soft-sediment habitats....
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AMAZONAS Videos: Bettas in the Wild - What They Tell Us About Minimum Tank Sizes for Bettas
Do bettas truly live in puddles? Is keeping them in tiny tanks appropriate? Watch the wild videos and offer your opinions!...
News & Notes
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Banggai Cardinal Moves Closer to Endangered Species Listing
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is moving forward with the process that could lead to the listing of the Banggai Cardinalfish under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), an action that could ultimately lead to the end of the trade in the popular marine aquarium species.
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Tank-Raised Clarion Angels Trickling In
Pacific Aqua Farms has this “Tank Raised” juvenile Clarion Angelfish waiting for a buyer at $1,999.00.
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Yellow Tang Breeding, "… so close, yet so far…"
Chad Callam’s team at the Oceanic Institute sets a new “time to beat” in the race towards the first captive-bred Tang.
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Rising Tide's Milletseed Butterflyfish Update: Good News / Bad News
Last summer, we shared the first exciting update on a Rising Tide Conservation breeding project focusing on the Milletseed or Lemon Butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris. 7 months later, a long awaited update on the progress of this project has been shared.
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CORAL Wins Magazine of Year Award
CORAL, The Reef & Marine Aquarium Marine, has been named Hobbyist Magazine of the Year in a Niche Media awards ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina on February 26th, 2014
Marine
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Counting fish based on “reef dandruff"
In essence, this may allow biologists to study the population of fishes in a body of water without having to sacrifice any animals.
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CORAL Featured Video: Feeding Polyps
Think corals are fussy eaters? Watch them attacking and ingesting dry pelleted food.
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Captive Breeding of Purplemask Angelfish
On day 95 they had black pigment on parts of their fins and tail. A month later at 130 days old they were the beautiful blue and yellow of the adults.
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CORAL Video: Funky Tour of SPS Reef
Hand-held camera invasion of an interesting 200-gallon small-polyp stony coral reef (but watch for the Ricordea spp. profusion around minute 5).
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Banggai Cardinal Moves Closer to Endangered Species Listing
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is moving forward with the process that could lead to the listing of the Banggai Cardinalfish under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), an action that could ultimately lead to the end of the trade in the popular marine aquarium species.
Freshwater
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Collection Trip to Peru: Part 1
Sumer Tiwari’s first installment from an 8 day fish collecting expedition in Peru.
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The Black Issue! AMAZONAS Hard-Copy Preview for May/June 2014
A first look inside the print edition for the May/June 2014 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine.
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AMAZONAS Videos: Bettas in the Wild - What They Tell Us About Minimum Tank Sizes for Bettas
Do bettas truly live in puddles? Is keeping them in tiny tanks appropriate? Watch the wild videos and offer your opinions!
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Thai Micro Crab: New Breeding Progress
New pictures of micro crabs carrying young, the beginning of a breeding report.
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Angostura Cichlids Spawning
It’s one of my favorite cichlid photos. It captures the absolute beauty of the species and tells the story of their main focus…breeding.
New Products
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ORA's Latest Coral Cultivar - ORAnge Setosa (Montipora)
There’s something for everyone with ORA’s latest cultured-coral introduction, the ORAnge (Montipora) Setosa!
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Lifegard Aquatics Adds LED Aquarium Lighting to Product Offerings
Lifegard Aquatics has introduced a complete line of LED Aquarium Lights designed to complement any size tank, with models for both freshwater and saltwater aquariums.
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New Product Video: Aurelia Jellyfish Aquarium
New Aurelia Jellyfish Aquariums, manufactured in the UK by Reef-Eden International
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FishEye Smallmouth Grunts - New on the Captive-Bred List
The first ever commercially aquacultured Smallmouth Grunts (Haemulon chrysargyreum) are now available from FishEye Aquaculture
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ORA introduces Red Sea Mimic Blenny
In an accomplishment that that has surprised even veteran marine livestock-trade observers, ORA announced the debut of its captive-bred Red Sea Mimic Blenny (Ecsenius gravieri).
Sumer Tiwari says:
Thank you all. The next post will come out this in coming week.Shipra says:
Take me with you this time :)Brian Perkins says:
AWESOME! WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK?YSU says:
Awesome!!! I also want to go there!!!SaaS says:
please make it quick.. can't wait for more. and don't forget to inform me so that I don't miss it.Event Correction - CAOAC Convention 2014 is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada says:
[…] the listing for the 2014 CAOAC Convention states that it will occur in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; this is in error. The correct […]