Please join us on AquariumHobbyist.com for our fifth annual Chat Week from December 7 to December 13. This year's guests include:

Julian Sprung

Julian Sprung is the author of "The Reef Aquarium Volumes 1 and 2," "Reef Notes Revisited and Revised," and numerous other books, as well as a photographer, aquarium design consultant and lecturer on marine aquariums, coral husbandry, and coral reef biology. Julian also is a co-founder and the Vice President of Two Little Fishies, Inc., an aquarium industry manufacturer and publisher. He writes the column "Reef Notes" in Freshwater and Marine magazine, and has authored numerous articles in other publications such as Seascope, Aquarium Frontiers (which he co-founded with Daniel Ramirez and Terry Siegel), Advanced Aquarist Online, Aquarium Fish Monthly, Marine Fish and Reef USA, and Tropical Fish Hobbyist. Julian wrote and narrated the video entitled "An Introduction to the Hobby of Reef Keeping," the first product of his collaboration with Daniel Ramirez, which resulted in the formation of Two Little Fishies, Inc.

Martin Moe

Martin Moe is the well-known author of books such as "The Marine Aquarium Handbook," first published in 1982,
which was very influential in the development of the marine aquarium hobby, "The Marine Aquarium Reference," and numerous other titles. He has a masters degree in marine biology, and has worked as lifeguard, a teacher, a fishery biologist, a marine fish breeder, and a writer. He began breeding marine fish, pompano, in 1969 and then developed the techniques for breeding clownfish in 1972. He started Aqualife Research in 1973 with clownfish and goby culture and then moved the company to the Florida Keys in 1975. There, the company continued to breed clownfish and other species, but concentrated on developing a method for breeding the large Atlantic angelfish, the French and the gray. This effort was biologically but not economically successful. The company moved to Walker's Cay in the Bahamas in the mid 1980s and concentrated on commercial clownfish culture.

Kevin Kohen

Kevin Kohen of LiveAquaria.com has helped pioneer important research studies in water chemistry management, filtration technologies, fish diseases, and acclimation techniques to safeguard the health of a wide range of aquatic species. He also was influential in the research and development of specialized shipping techniques that are now used by most distributors and exporters in the nation to ensure the health of aquatic life during transit. As a hobbyist/enthusiast, Kevin has bred and reared nearly 100 species of fresh and saltwater fish, and in 1981 was one of the earliest pioneers in maintaining live corals in captivity.

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