John Coppolino is a good friend and a great guy. I think what I like most about John is that his obsession with fish and aquariums makes mine appear perfectly healthy, normal, and sane! As jealous as I am, I report John spent the weekend in Japan checking out the beautiful reef aquariums of various [...]
John Coppolino is a good friend and a great guy. I think what I like most about John is that his obsession with fish and aquariums makes mine appear perfectly healthy, normal, and sane!
As jealous as I am, I report John spent the weekend in Japan checking out the beautiful reef aquariums of various Osaka aquarists. He visited with Koji Wada and Tetsuo Otake. Those of you that attended MACNA should remember these two gentleman for their impressive opening presentation at the cocktail party. For those that did not attend the event, Koji is the owner of Blue Harbor, one of the premier fish stores in the world & Tetsuo is a biologist best known for his translation of Kiyoshi Endoh’s book Angelfishes of the World.
Shown above is a photo Koji snapped showing John and Tetsuo observing a Japanese reef with an impressive stocking list: Centropyge resplendens, Centropyge joculator, Prognathodes marcellae and Apolemichthys arcuatus.
I am sure John will have plenty stories to tell from this trip. In the mean time, you can enjoy his story about the infamous Masked Angel, Genicanthus personatus. Check it out here.
