Author: Rich

Skeptical Reefkeeping 11- Ethics of Animal Selection

From Reefs Magazine In our hobby, there tends to be mostly a super market approach to purchasing animals – you go to a store and select the animal you want from an array of holding tanks containing animals waiting for a new home. While such a selection seems great, it also creates an environment that […]

Richard Ross Named 2014 MASNA Aquarist of the Year

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Brandon Klaus —  from Aquanerd Behold your 2014 MASNA Aquarist of the Year, Richard Ross. We are so excited to announce that Rich has won this prestigious award. For those of you who don’t know Rich, or at least follow him on social media, he has to be one of the most talented hobbyists […]

Why Point-of-Origin Matters

By Rich Ross and Ret TalbotFrom Reefs Magazine Most marine aquarium hobbyists purchase animals for their tanks without much thought to those animals’ origins. This is understandable since most local fish stores and online retailers don’t make that kind of information easily available to customers. Point-of-origin does matter, however, because not all animals are collected […]

The Top Five Speakers I Can’t Wait to See!: Grand Finale

From Reefs.com Posted on August 28, 2014 by Caitlin Goldenberg Here we go, guys, the final round of my Top Five! This particular speaker sparked my interest not too long ago, based not only on the strides he’s made in the aquarium industry and his fascination with my absolute favorite thing ever- Cephalopods, but for how he came […]