James Lawrence and Jake Adams recognized by MASNA as 2023 comes to a close. For decades, the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America, the non-profit organization dedicated to the passion of marine aquarium enthusiasts, has been a beacon for aquarists of all experience levels, ages, and identities. Each year MASNA recognizes individuals who have stepped forward in unique ways to promote successful aquarium keeping, whether that be through club support, research, publishing, or general community building. The MASNA Awards have a rich history of highlighting the people who have had the greates ..read more

If you’re looking for a 2024 Calendar, you’ve found the perfect option this season… Several faithful calendophiles (or are they kylindrophiles as one Internet post suggests) have written in asking if CORAL‘s REEF LIFE calendar is available for 2024. The bad news, Aquatic Media Press has chosen to not produce the REEF LIFE calendar this year. But, might we suggest a wonderful alternative? Readers may be familiar with Coral Morphologic, and perhaps their Coral City Camera. This Miami-based underwater live stream has captured amazing moments from an urban coral reef, and 12 of those moments are f ..read more

JUST PUBLISHED & NOW ON SALE: Click cover to subscribe! MODERN AQUACULTURE VOLUME 20, NUMBER 6 9     Editor’s Page by Marc Levenson 10     Reef Notebook 14     Reef Visions by Matt Pedersen FEATURE ARTICLES 22     Breeding the Marble-Mouthed Frogfish, Lophiocharon lithinostomus by Christian Göbel 36     Breeding the Stripey, Microcanthus Strigatus — A genus first at Ocean Park Hong Kong by Jacky Wong 42     Commercial Bree ..read more

A magnificent colony of grafted Acropora caroliniana, at 12 m (36 feet) deep in central Indonesia. Another day on the reef, another fine discovery. While diving in central Indonesia, I was lucky enough to come upon one of the nicest Acropora carolinana I have ever found. This particular yellow strain is a classic Bali Maricultured Acropora coral that regularly finds its way into reef shops. But this particular specimen was different. “Grafted”: A rare and highly sought-after phenomenon: Color ‘grafted’ corals are highly sought after by aquarists. And they are actually more common than we thoug ..read more

Left to right: Stephen Barron, Chris Kiser, and Erin Pereira of EcoHarvest Hawaii. an exclusive CORAL Magazine excerpt from the September/October 2023 issue, Modern Aquaculture This interview first appeared in the September/October 2023 issue of CORAL Magazine. Matt Pedersen interviews Chris Kiser, Stephen Barron, and Erin Pereira with images by EcoHarvest Hawaii. All images courtesy & copyright EcoHarvest Hawaii unless otherwise noted. If you go west as far as you can on Hawaii’s Big Island you’ll find yourself on Keahole Point, just north of Kailua-Kona. There, starting in 1974, the Stat ..read more

A new interview with Pet Advocacy Network Excutive Vice President Bob Likins discusses the NOAA Proposal to end the U.S. trade in Banggai Cardinalfish. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed a 4(d) rule, NOAA–NMFS–2023–0099, which would ban the import or export of the Banggai Cardinalfish into and out of the United States. CORAL Magazine and Melev’s Reef joined forces to present an exclusive interview with Bob Likins, Executive Vice President of Pet Advocacy Network, recorded in anticipation of the 2023 MarcNA, and released on both the CORAL Magazine and Melev ..read more

A new open-access publication highlights the influence of thyroid hormones on the early life stage and settlement of clownfish larvae. Amphipiron ocellaris, the Ocellaris Clownfish. The article, “The multi-level regulation of clownfish metamorphosis by thyroid hormones”, was published in the journal Cell Reports. A comprehensive author list includes: Natacha Roux, Saori Miura, Mélanie Dussenne, Yuki Tara, Shu-hua Lee, Simon de Bernard, Mathieu Reynaud, Pauline Salis, Agneesh, Barua, Abdelhay Boulahtouf, Patrick Balaguer, Karine Gauthier, David Lecchini, Yann Gibert, Laurence Besseau, and Vince ..read more

Meet Alex Rose, a new member of the CORAL Magazine team and the host of our new YouTube channel. No stranger to the world of aquariums, we’re excited to welcome Alex Rose as one of the newest members of the CORAL team. Among other roles, Alex will be spearheading the new CORAL Magazine YouTube Channel. We’re launching our YouTube channel and encourage you to subscribe to it so you can be part of our fabulous world of saltwater aquariums and reef ecosystems. Alex will be regularly uploading content that includes introductions to our CORAL staff, interviews with some of our amazing writers, and ..read more

Opposition of the proposed 4(d) rule banning the import or export of Banggai Cardinalfish via Quality Marine Take action now – Submit your comments in opposition of the proposed 4(d) rule banning the import or export of Banggai Cardinalfish today! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed 4(d) rule NOAA–NMFS–2023–0099, which would ban the import or export of the Banggai Cardinalfish into and out of the United States regardless of its source. The vast majority of documented Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) imports into the U ..read more

JUST PUBLISHED & NOW ON SALE: Click cover to subscribe! MODERN AQUACULTURE VOLUME 20, NUMBER 5 9     Passing The Torch by Judy Billard 11     Editor’s Page by Matt Pedersen 12     Reef News 18     Reef Visions by Matt Pedersen FEATURE ARTICLES 24     Coral Farms by Dr. Dieter Brockmann 32     Coral Farming — A positive way forward for the reef aquarium hobby by Danilo Ronchi and Dr. Dieter Brockmann 40     Sexual Propagation — At the Red Sea Research Center at Kaust University by Dr. Timo Ropinski 48     Coral ..read more