The March/April 2016 Issue of CORAL Magazine is printed and now delivering to print magazine subscribers and local aquarium shops. Here is a sampling of articles and opening pages for readers wondering what the issue will bring. On sale date: March 8, 2016 at the best marine aquarium retail stores everywhere.
6 Letter From Europe by Daniel Knop
9 Editor’s Page by James M. Lawrence
10 Reef News
22 Rarities: CORAL staff report
FEATURE ARTICLES
30 Piscine Passels — Social fishes for the marine aquarium by Scott W. Michael
50 Bounce Rhodactis by Than Thein
60 It takes energy to bounce by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D.
62 Survivalist Slime — Cyanobacteria: A marine aquarium reality and how to cope with it by Dr. Dieter Brockmann
72 Breeding the Pacific spiny lumpsucker by Michael J. Tuccinardi
AQUARIUM PORTRAIT
81 A jeweled reef driven by the Italian sun by Danilo Ronchi
DEPARTMENTS
87 Reefkeeping 101: Live Rock, Part 5: Inhabitants of live rock: echinoderms by Daniel Knop, Azure Damselfish by Daniel Knop
95 Species Spotlight: Queen Angelfish by Daniel Knop
100 CORAL sources: Outstanding aquarium shops
102 Coralexicon: Technical terms that appear in this issue
104 Advanced Aquatics: The (ENDANGERED) Banggai Cardinal: A black eye for the aquarium trade by Ret Talbot
112 Advertiser Index
114 Reef Life: by Denise Nielsen Tackett and Larry P. Tackett
Publication (On Sale) Date: March 8, 2016
