Volume 9, Number 1
CONTENTS
4 LETTER FROM EUROPE by Daniel Knop
7 EDITOR’S PAGE by James M. Lawrence
8 LETTERS
10 REEF NEWS
22 RARITIES: Harlequin Hind, Cephalopholis polleni, by Scott W. Michael
30 VIEWPOINT by Martin A. Moe, Jr.
FEATURE ARTICLES
42 PROFESSIONAL CULTURE OF STONY CORALS by Daniel Knop
50 ORA: CULTURING CORALS BY THE THOUSANDS
Marine ornamental aquaculture in Florida by Matt Pedersen
56 INLAND CORAL FARMING
A tour of the facilities of Jürgen Wendel by Daniel Knop
63 THE FUTURE OF AQUACULTURE
Creating a greener, sustainable hobby by Morgan Mok
66 CONQUERING THE BREEDING BOTTLENECK
Success with 8 pelagic-spawning species by Matthew L. Wittenrich
68 RHINOPIAS REDUX by Scott W. Michael
76 SOLID POLYMERS FOR NUTRIENT CONTROL
A guide to biopellets and “solid carbon” by Murray W. Camp
90 TRAVEL: BLUE!
Coral Reefs at Moogadali by Professor Ellen Thaler
AQUARIUM PORTRAIT
99 AN AQUARIUM FOR HELMUT by Martin Sebald
DEPARTMENTS
107 SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: Green Sea Mat by Daniel Knop
121 REEFKEEPING 101: Not so cheap equipment by Daniel Knop
118 CORALEXICON: Technical terms that appear in this issue
122 SOURCES & SUSTAINABILITY: Hawai’i debates ban on aquarium collection by Ret Talbot
126 ADVERTISER INDEX
128 REEF LIFE: by Larry P. Tackett
Christopher D'Arminio says:
Is this fish safe with small tetras and pencilfish? What is the minimum tank size you recommend?Eddie S. says:
Unfortunately, one of the other under-discussed after effects of the hormone treatments used to bring out coloration in juvenile fish, regardless of species, is the 'neutering' or 'muling' effect this can have! With most fish species that are sexually dimorphic, it is the males that are most colorful. To bring those colors out early in juveniles, male hormones are used. Needless to say, this can interfere with the normal development of females within the treated group. My opinion is that there are two things going on here, both working against the hobyist that wants to propogate the fish. One is that females, when identified, are held back by the breeder/wholesaler to maintain his stock and the demand for the fish by limiting its breeding possibilities once he sends livestock to market. The other is that young females that are exposed to hormones to increase their appeal and market readiness at an earlier age and smaller size, may be forever ruined as potential breeders by the treatments, and may never show female coloration or have the ability to breed.Jason says:
Thank you for your work.Eveline says:
The salt worked great. I had a few that I bought in a local fishstore that had Scutariella japonica. At first I did not recognized it, until the white wiggly thingies started to develop between the eyes. Thank you so much for this article. Not only informative, but also a great solution for treatment.Priscilla Boardman says:
Thank you for a beautiful way to bring knowledge and beauty and hope.Mike A. Meadows says:
I learned of the Banded Butterfly (C.striatus) aiptasia control from the aquarists at the Cleveland Metro parks Zoo. They were using them in their greehnouse aquarium. Aquarist Nick Zarlinga was who showed me the damage they can do to aiptasia.