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Sunday 12:00 Noon
"Livestocking Small: Pico, Nano, Mini-Reef's....... Marine Systems under 40 Gallons"
The diversity of life has always fascinated me; but the systematics of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians was blown away by the expansiveness and degree of unknown of the fishes. Few people had "companion animals" overseas, but many friends had bowls and aquariums with goldfish, guppies and other tropicals.
I was born in Rhode Island, the smallest State of the U.S. but grew up in the orient as my father was career military. We had very few jobs "on base" for the "dependents" but I was fortunate to secure employment at a fish store that was associated with a restaurant in downtown Sasebo. Other vainglorious work overseas includes two years working for a Betta culture business, collecting and processing marines in Manila.
Back to the U.S. in the late sixties I stuck to the trade as a retail clerk, a livestock wholesale worker (for Pratt's in San Diego), and eventually formed an aquarium service business with a school friend. This business cycled larger and smaller, and supported me all through college and beyond. It eventually became an employee-owned corporation with aquaristic retail outlets, fabrication (principally large acrylic systems), water feature construction, manufacturing and distribution divisions. Subsequent to the tax law changes, water-shortage "scare", and general decline in the California and U.S. economy in the late eighties these businesses were sold and liquidated. I worked for three years as a consultant and buyer for the mass-merchandiser PetCo in their bid to upgrade their stores, incorporating livestock.
Is there a difference between what you do for money and for a living? Not me. Nowadays I write articles and books for the diving/underwater natural history and ornamental aquatics interests, and manage my rentals and securities. I browse the electronic bulletin boards to "chat" with others daily, and often travel, to go "hashing" (sort of running), writing and photographing with friends around the world.
Have been an avid hobbyist since first memories. Active in the local SDTFS from the sixties; helped in development of all three goldfish/koi clubs in San Diego. At times more active in scientific (AVMA, IAAAM, ASIH) and industry professional/business associations.
Have many wonderful friends in the hobby, trade and science of aquatics, and dearly enjoy my involvement; it is my life's work and passion. A/The central thread to everything I have attempted in writing, presentation or action in the interest has been/is "to enhance peoples love of their own lives through an appreciation of the living world". I see the hobby/business evolving, much like and approaching western Europe, with a real interest in biotopes, the underlying science, understanding the technologies employed... This is an era of consumer awareness; there are less aquarists, but more conscientious ones that are becoming more aware and demanding value. I look forward to the availability of many more species of tank-raised marines, real aquatic plants, and ready, inexpensive access to useful information and graphics.
Justin Credabel
Saturday 4:00 PM
"Goniopora Fantastic!"
Justin Credabel is a coral fanatic. He founded the non-profit Applied Sustainable Aquaculture in New London, CT to conduct research on coral propagation, and educate the public about coral aquaculture and the importance of coral in the wild. At the Coral Research Lab at the Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut Justin further refined the techniques of fusing mulitple coral together to create new varieties, and micro-culture techniques. Justin also founded the Coral Bank, a living stocks collection of coral in captivity, during his time at the Science Magnet school.
Justin is now at Underwater World in Los Angeles where he is developing the new aquaculture division, and establishing new strains of captive grown coral, including many species of Goniopora, and new varieties of fused coral, and designing the new EcoRay LED lighting system.
Justin is also in the band Incognito Sofa Love, signed to Tribe Muzik. He is often joined by is friends, daughters, and robots in the creation of music and videos.
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Joe Yaiullo
Saturday 12:00 Noon
"20,000 Gallons of Reef, But its Not Just About the Corals Anymore!"
Joe Yaiullo's lecture is sponsored by Icecap Inc.
As a kid, Joe Yaiullo spent much of his childhood maintaining home aquariums and exploring the marine life surrounding Long Island, New York. Now he gets paid to basically do what he did as a kid and has been keeping reef tanks for over 20 years.
Joe Yaiullo has a B.S. in Marine Science from LIU Southampton College's marine science program, and worked for 8 years at the NY Aquarium in Brooklyn, New York as Senior Aquarist. In 1992, he began to shape his plan for a world-class aquarium on Long Island's East End and in 2000, after toiling for eight long years, his plans and vision became a reality with the opening of Atlantis Marine World Aquarium in Riverhead, NY.
In 2003, Joe was awarded The Distinguished Alumni Award from Southampton College and is currently president of the Long Island Reef Association, LIRA. (www.longislandreef.org) Joe, an admitted “Coralaholic”, currently feeds his ever increasing addiction with a 20,000 gallon live coral reef display, which is acclaimed as the pinnacle of reef keeping to date. As in true coralaholic fashion, a much larger display is in the planning stages.
Joe has been featured in many reef keeping magazines and books, and has presented lectures throughout the USA including several MACNA’s and in Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, England, Monaco, France and The Netherlands. The best recent addition to his reef tank though is a water proof iPod case so Joe can rock out while diving in his tank. Atlantis Marine World has doubled in size since it opened, with many future exhibits in the works. So even though it’s on a larger scale, Curator and Cofounder Joe Yaiullo still considers it all his “DIY” project.
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Adam Blundell Sunday 4:00 PM "Coral Fluorescence in the Home Aquarium" (Aquatic & Terrestrial Research Team) Go for it! That may sound like the slogan of a shoe manufacturer but it also befitting of Adam Blundell. Adam is known for his constant encouragement of hobbyists to try new ideas and new projects. He is never hesitant to learn something new and always willing to share. Adam travels around the country sharing stories and adventures with other sea-loving aquarists.
Adam Blundell M.S. works in Marine Ecology, and in Pathology for the University of Utah. He is also Director of The Aquatic & Terrestrial Research Team, a group which utilizes research projects to bring together hobbyists and scientists. His vision is to see this type of collaboration lead to further advancements in aquarium husbandry. While not in the lab he is a presidency member for one of the Nation's largest hobbyist clubs, the Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society www.utahreefs.com. Adam has earned a BS in Marine Biology and an MS in the Natural Resource and Health fields. Adam can be found at adamblundell@hotmail.com.
Robert Di Marco Sunday 2:00 PM "Clownfish Breeding in the Home" A Canadian living in the “Great White North” on the island of Montreal, Canada, has been a saltwater aquarist for over 35 years and raised his first Clownfish in the late 80’s. He was certified as the first anemone fish breeder in Canada in 1990 by the Société d'Aquariophilie de Montréal, for his first large quantity rearing of the Amphiprion ocellaris. He has since raised nine different varieties of Anemone fish and one species of peppermint shrimp. Robert has authored numerous articles for aquarium club newsletters, the Breeders’ Registry, Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine and a recent article in Aquarium Systems’ Sea Scope. He has acted as a consultant to Rolf C. Hagen Inc.’s H.A.R.S. facility (Hagen Aquatic Research Station) and has assisted their web site in responding to Internet questions sent by hobbyists. Robert has been involved in television and video interviews, as well as numerous speaking engagements and workshops on the saltwater hobby to aquarium societies in Canada i.e. Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, and Brampton and in the USA in Burlington Vermont, Churchville Pennsylvania, Brooklyn New York, Houston Texas and San Padre Island, Texas. He has also been active in conferences as a speaker at the Aquarium Convention in Quebec City, the Canadian Association of Aquarium Clubs Convention in London Ontario, the Canadian East Coast Annual Conference entitled Fish Talk Symposium 2009 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Robert has been a speaker twice at the Annual Conference of the Aquarium Societies of New England (NEC) and twice at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA XV & MACNA XVIII). James Fatherree Saturday 2:00 PM "Saving Electricity for Reef Systems"James Fatherree is a science instructor at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. He has been keeping marine aquariums for almost 20 years, and has spent many days diving in Florida, the Bahamas, Hawaii, Japan, and Indonesia, too. In the past, he also managed an aquarium store, owned and operated an aquarium installation and maintenance business, and worked for an aquarium livestock collector/wholesaler in Florida. James has also published well over 200 articles in various aquarium magazines in the U.S. and Europe, and has written and illustrated several books on the topics of reef organisms and marine aquariums, the latest of which is Giant Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium. For more about the author, visit his homepage at www.fatherree.com/james.
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