- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
In the midst of the pre-swap, frag ogling frenzy, it often gets over-looked that the Swap is an opportunity to do much more than trade and buy corals. We make every effort to make your experience an educational one by presenting demos or workshops throughout the day. We also bring in world-class speakers to help you hone your reef keeping skills. This time around we offer two outstanding presentations that should prove of interest to everyone:
Dr. Craig Bingman
Managing Calcium, Magnesium and Alkalinity: *New Insights and Practices
Legendary Reef Chemist Craig Bingman will take you on a comprehensive, whirlwind tour of the important water quality parameters that contribute to a successful reef aquarium. The tour spans billions of years and millions of miles, and winds up in your sump. The talk is interactive and engaging: you may never look at your test kits the same way again.
Speaker Bio:
A seasoned veteran of aquarium chemistry, Craig's involvement in the marine aquarium hobby reaches back to the early 1980s. He has been involved in the reef aquarium movement since the early 1990s. Author of dozens of articles, primarily in the dearly departed Aquarium Frontiers, Craig has written extensively on reef aquarium chemistry, with an emphasis on calcification and related parameters. He is also interested in auto fluorescent pigments in corals, nutrient management, foam fractionators, activated carbon, and the biochemical dynamics of semi-closed systems.
Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic
Miami?s Paradigm*Shifting ?Urban Corals?/
Marine biologist Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic takes
attendees on a magical underwater tour of Miami as he presents his hypothesis on why the corals living within the ?Coral City? might just change the paradigm in our collective understanding of coral biology and adaptability. After six years of exploring the sewery waters of Miami?s Biscayne Bay, Colin will share his thoughts on how these corals represent a glimmer of hope for reefs worldwide and what research should be done next. While the natural reefs offshore have languished, these ?urban corals? have successfully pioneered into new artificial habitats; habitats that have only recently become available to them through the complete environmental re*engineering of South Florida?s native ecosystem. Working independently, Colin has identified more than 25 species of stony corals and discovered two species of zoanthids previously undescribed by science, all growing within the city*limits on manmade structures, trash, and debris.
Speaker Bio:
Colin Foord is a marine biologist and artist educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University (Australia). He is one half of the marine biological art-duo Coral Morphologic, whose mission it is to bridge the gap between art and science with the aquarium as their primary medium.
Dr. Craig Bingman
Managing Calcium, Magnesium and Alkalinity: *New Insights and Practices
Legendary Reef Chemist Craig Bingman will take you on a comprehensive, whirlwind tour of the important water quality parameters that contribute to a successful reef aquarium. The tour spans billions of years and millions of miles, and winds up in your sump. The talk is interactive and engaging: you may never look at your test kits the same way again.
Speaker Bio:
A seasoned veteran of aquarium chemistry, Craig's involvement in the marine aquarium hobby reaches back to the early 1980s. He has been involved in the reef aquarium movement since the early 1990s. Author of dozens of articles, primarily in the dearly departed Aquarium Frontiers, Craig has written extensively on reef aquarium chemistry, with an emphasis on calcification and related parameters. He is also interested in auto fluorescent pigments in corals, nutrient management, foam fractionators, activated carbon, and the biochemical dynamics of semi-closed systems.
Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic
Miami?s Paradigm*Shifting ?Urban Corals?/
Marine biologist Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic takes
attendees on a magical underwater tour of Miami as he presents his hypothesis on why the corals living within the ?Coral City? might just change the paradigm in our collective understanding of coral biology and adaptability. After six years of exploring the sewery waters of Miami?s Biscayne Bay, Colin will share his thoughts on how these corals represent a glimmer of hope for reefs worldwide and what research should be done next. While the natural reefs offshore have languished, these ?urban corals? have successfully pioneered into new artificial habitats; habitats that have only recently become available to them through the complete environmental re*engineering of South Florida?s native ecosystem. Working independently, Colin has identified more than 25 species of stony corals and discovered two species of zoanthids previously undescribed by science, all growing within the city*limits on manmade structures, trash, and debris.
Speaker Bio:
Colin Foord is a marine biologist and artist educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University (Australia). He is one half of the marine biological art-duo Coral Morphologic, whose mission it is to bridge the gap between art and science with the aquarium as their primary medium.
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