scavdog
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Frank Marini was born and raised in Hudson Mass. After high school he joined the Army and moved to Ft. Benning GA to complete his Military education. Four yrs later he returned to Massachusetts to attend and complete college. In 1989 he moved to Houston TX to begin his graduate training in Molecular biology at the University of Texas.
From the start, fish, and fish tanks intrigued have always me. My parents setup my first tank, a 30gal metal-framed glass box containing seahorses when I was 12, I was hooked from that day on. Since then, I've kept a number of different fish and have always focused on predatory and unusual fish. I started my first reef tank in 1986, and my first large fish only in 1989. I fell hard for the banggai cardinal fish in 1995, and after solving the mating issues had multiple successful breedings. I have been credited w/ having the first reported breeding of these fish and successfully raising the fry. In 1997, I scaled up my banggai production and was able to supply over 300 banggai fry to local Houston pet stores. I continued banggai breeding for a few years thereafter, but again have refocused on predatory fish (mainly the scorpionfish family: lionfish, etc).
For the past years I've been a vocal proponent of keeping Fish Only tanks and expounding the merits of keeping large visually stunning fish. Ive had the opportunity to breed a number of ornamental fish and in collaboration with Martin Moe wrote a series of articles on Fish breeding for the home hobbyist in the online publication AdvancedAquarist. I currently moderate one of the largest forums on home ornamental breeding called "The Fish breeding forum" at Reefcentral.com, and frequently contribute to topics in both reef fish and Aggressive fish forums.
Anthony Rosario Calfo was born in Hawaii and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He is a lifelong aquarist and an aquarium industry professional that worked the better part of the last decade as a commercial coral farmer and wholesaler, producing cultured reef invertebrates for the ornamental and zoological trade. In a greenhouse environment, he has witnessed such blessed wonders as spawning Tridacnid clams and Cassiopeia jellyfish growing from medusae to adulthood. He is currently working as a writer producing fiction and non-fiction material for Reading Trees Publications www.readingtrees.com).
View current and future works here .
He is also a mentor and regular content provider on Bob Fenner?s Wet Web Media
where he can be reached via e-mail daily for advise and shared opinions as part of the WWM crew.
Anthony also enjoys visiting aquarium societies,public aquaria and businesses
to participate in workshops and to offer presentations on exciting endeavors
of coral propagation and aquatic science.
In 1994 he co-founded the Pittsburgh Marine Aquarist Society with the inimitable Bob Dolan.
He was schooled at Carnegie-Mellon University
and the University of Pittsburgh.
Other interests include African felids, photography,SCUBA, travel, music and studio arts.
