It was a very sad day to learn an old friend and mentor has passed away. Bob had always took the time to chat about most anything and I do mean anything. I will surely miss chatting with him and his daily posts of places he has been or fish he took photos of.…

SDMA April Virtual Meeting – General Meeting Friday, April 24⋅7:00 – 8:00pm JOIN WEBEX MEETING use this link below: https://meetingsamer4.webex.com/meetingsamer4/j.php?MTID=m0bf5a0ac08cfcc7b432fe18e0aa390c9 This meeting will mainly be for folks to get familiar with use and understand how to log on. We will also have a open chat as to how everyone is doing! We want to hear if…

How many times have you walked into a local fish store, someone’s home or perusing the forums and a beautiful reef tank has stopped you dead in your tracks? Stop on by and find out the 16 tips for Reef Aquascaping your tank. 1. Inspiration – Google/Pinterest This cannot be overestimated enough. Get looking around…

New Collecting Station in Fiji, and the Corals, Invertebrates, and Fish of the Region.
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Article Posted by ……..Marie Ag We heard it first when Ben Frable was SDMA’s guest speaker earlier this year, and now the news is in the mainstream — In 2018, Christmas arrived early for reef enthusiasts and marine fish keepers when it was announced that an unknown fish species had been discovered on northeastern Madagascar.…

Assessment of ocean acidification and warming on the growth, calcification, and biophotonics of a California grass shrimp

We had a great meeting with Charlotte Seid, Ph.D. – Benthic Invertebrates of the Southeastern Pacific in May. Dr. Charlotte Seid is the manager of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Charlotte received her Ph.D. in Biology from MIT in 2014 and her undergraduate degree in Chemical and…