Monthly Archives: September 2014

By Jeff Kurtz Certain marine fish are so uncommon in the aquarium hobby yet so beautiful to behold that they fetch an absolutely mind-blowing price (sometimes in the many thousands of dollars for a single specimen) when they do make a rare appearance in the Read more here…

By James W. Fatherree Click through to see the images. While water flow is great, there are few pumps, and they aren’t eyesores. Really, you can only see one when looking at the aquarium and it’s not particularly noticeable, which I like very much. I’m Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Robert Kolenik is an avantgarde Dutch interior designer who founded Eco Chic Design, whose name “deliberately reflects the designer’s passion for nature.” Case in point: The Ocean Keuken, which is best described as a gigantic floor-level Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Richard Ross should need no introduction to readers of Advanced Aquarist, attendees at MACNA, cephalopod fanatics, and marine aquarists. But if you really don’t know who Richard Ross is, here is his California Academy of Sciences’ Read more here…

By Paul Poeschl Carbon reactor plumbed before a large biotower From the ferocious great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) to the graceful white-spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari), Elasmobranchii are a diverse group of boneless fishes that are circumglobal, inhabiting a diverse array of habitats, temperature ranges, Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. After nearly two years of evaluation, NOAA has decided to list 20 new corals as Threatened under the ESA. Originally, NOAA proposed to list 66 species, but scientific review deemed only 20 species necessitated Threatened protection. Read more here…