![]() You are probably privy to a lot of cool new aquarium products long before they hit the market. We've published over 10,000 stories in nearly 10 years so it's hard to pick any favorites, but memorable stories would definitely include the whole LED Patent Gate with PFO and Orbitech, that time I announced IceCap (the company) was going out of business and had to wait two weeks for the official letter, but my favorite stories are usually features of very simple yet beautiful reef tanks, because having a nice aquarium display is the pinnacle of what this hobby is about (or should be). I always get excited about new species of corals & fish, and especially game-changing products. What is the most memorable thing you’ve written? Reef Builders is usually the first to break big stories that impact aquarium hobbyists and the industry at large. I also like to go to the source of knowledge so I read a lot of coral research papers in college, and I still do, and this really helps to define the envelope of what marine science, and aquarists, actually know.Ī simple yet elegant pico-reef tank from one of Jake's tank tours. They really drilled home the importance of knowing who your audience is, and who the writing is for, and this is a concept I lean on for every kind of production. But the most influential part of my college was my two English professors who really rode me and made sure I learned as much as possible. So I did go to school for Marine Science, which encompasses chemistry, oceanography, ecology and biology so this gives me a good foundation and framework upon which to hang aquarium ideas and theories. How does your educational background inform your aquarium husbandry? How does it influence how you communicate with readers and fellow aquarium hobbyists? It’s safe to say most aquarium hobbyists don’t have a degree in Marine Science. My first presentation was at IMAC 2006, I made a free guide to corals that was a PDF for PDAs and iPods back in 2006, I joined Reef Builders in 2008 and the rest just progressed naturally mostly because anyone who's spent time with me in real life knows that I have an infectious enthusiasm for the aquarium hobby and everything about it. I still have some of my first 1.2 megapixel images taken with a Sony Mavica with the floppy drive storage. ![]() Since we can't take our aquariums around with us I was an early adopter of digital photography, since we can share those. But the real tipping point was a random goldfish tank that mother brought home when I was 14, in 1995, at an influential age where I was trying to figure what I wanted to be into. I grew up on the beaches of Normandy and watched Jacques Cousteau documentaries and that sure didn't hurt. I think as a youngster I had the same childlike fascination towards aquatics life as all kids do. When did you become interested in aquariums? How did that passion snowball into journalism, videography, and being a regular on the speaking circuit? Most of our readers know you as the prolific reef aquarium blogger from Reef Builders.
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