Vincent Chalias is one of the most important people in the reef aquarium hobby today and he’s gearing up to give one of the most timely and informative keynote presentations that MACNA has ever had. More than anyone we know, Vincent Chalias has had his finger on the pulse of the goings on both of the tropical reefs where our corals come from, and the captive aquariums where our corals end up. Over the last 25 years this man has worked in the aquarium industry in Europe, Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia.
Transforming Wild Corals to Aquarium Corals by Vincent Chalias [Video]
Mr. Chalias didn’t invent coral farming, but he was instrumental in making it what it is today, both in Indonesia and abroad. As both an avid diver and true coral connoisseur, Vincent has single-handedly introduced exciting coral strains including so manyAcropora和Montipora在水族馆的爱好中从未见过,那是内陆的水族徒坚持认为他们的愚蠢的名字。
一年多来我们没有been able to get any corals from Indonesia for very complicated, nuanced and political reasons that are very hard to convey in a single article or short conversation. The forces governing the closure of Fiji coral exports, that ‘banned’ them from Indonesia, and that threaten the collection of Hawaiian ornamental fish are much bigger than our little aquarium world; there are many stakeholders truly vying to eek out a living, and other power players using the aquarium hobby like a chess piece.
Over the past year the number one question we’ve gotten is ‘印度尼西亚何时重新开放‘ and while there have been moments of hope, currently the Indo coral market is still prevented from exporting, which is regrettable since there’s so many coral farms doing their best to provide quality, cultured soft and stony corals. Unfortunately, the challenges of the saltwater aquarium hobby go well beyond ‘if we do things right, they’ll leave us alone’.
We are honored to have Vincent Chalias as our bonafide野生珊瑚记者, as a雷夫斯托克扬声器in the past, and aReefStock Australia下个月在悉尼的发言人。Vincent Chalias在今年在MacNA举行的主题演讲中将讨论影响世界各地珊瑚文化和收获的无数因素,重点是印度尼西亚,过去,现在和未来。
If you’re going to MACNA make sure to get yourself to the banquet and pay attention to what Mr. Chalias has to say about the global market because it’s likely to be very informative guide for the reef aquarium hobby and business in the coming months.