
CORAL May / June 2017 - 154 pages, Issue Preview
CORAL Volume 14, Number 3

Herewith, a sampling of articles & opening pages...

“Aquarium design does not start with putting rocks into a tank or drawing a sketch,” writes Daniel Knop in his Letter from Europe.
“Aquarium design begins with thinking about the fishes we will put in the tank and how they live in the wild.”





Form vs. Function and Beauty vs. Biology in modern reefscape design: better use of space and substrates can lead to a more visually
pleasing and healthier marine aquarium. CORAL International Editor Daniel Knop introduces our cover feature series.

First-time CORAL contributor Dr. Paul Whitby is well known on the North American aquarium lecture circuit for his expertise
in reef aquascaping. Now, we bring his insights to an international CORAL readership in his debut article, MINDFUL AQUASCAPING.

Dive into our special report, DESIGN EXAMPLES: Before and after examples from four continents show there is no one best
way to build a modern reefscape. The section opens with a top-down look at a 200-gallon reef tank created by Julian Sprung of
Two Little Fishies, above. Exclusively in the May/June 2017 issue of CORAL Magazine.


CORAL Senior Editor Michael J. Tuccinardi travels to Kenya, visits exporter Kenya Marine Center, and returns with an inside
look at the east African country’s marine aquarium trade. Read the first installment of the series in the new issue of CORAL.

Size matters—at least when designing a majestic 3,250-gallon home reef system. Visit David Saxby’s Reef, in the May/June 2017
Aquarium Portrait.

Reefkeeping 101 takes a current look at coral fragging and propagation for the beginning reef aquarist.

A polar opposite to “beginning coral fragging,” the Arabian Butterflyfish, Chaetodon melapterus, is about as challenging a species
as one could ever attempt to keep, the embodiment of “expert only” fishkeeping, with some hints of breakthrough husbandry successes
in the United States.

In the wake of a devastating bleaching event, with shallow-water Acropora now a rarity, Coral Reef CPR continues reef rebuilding
in the Maldives. Learn more about snorkeling the brand new Aquabar Reef in the latest issue of CORAL.
And many many more from the marine aquaria hobby and enviromental topics...
