VERMES
Reef Worms: The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful
Volume 17 Number 6
6 Letter from Europe by Daniel Knop
9 Editor’s Page by James M. Lawrence
10 Reef News: CORAL staff reports
24 Reef Visions by Matt Pedersen
FEATURE ARTICLES
32 A Can of Vermes — Marine worms worth knowing— A survey of the good, the bad, and the beautiful — images by Denise Nielsen Tackett and Larry P. Tackett, CORAL staff report with Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D.
48 Reef Flatworms — Coral-eating Acoel worms and how to control them by Daniel Knop and the CORAL staff
58 The Lanthanum Solution — Combating flatworms: A look at ways to fight back— and perhaps the ultimate weapon by Daniel Knop
64 Raja Ampat — Exploring remote reefs in a watery wilderness by Werner Fiedler
AQUARIUM PORTRAIT
74 Surprise! It’s Your Birthday Reef — An out-of-the-ordinary challenge to create a thriving, fully stocked, built-in reef aquarium in 30 days by Jeff Turner with images by Matthew L. Wittenrich
DEPARTMENTS
85 Species Spotlight: Psychedelic Mandarinfish, Synchiropus picturatus by Daniel Knop and CORAL staff
91 Reefkeeping 101: Current Checks & Balances A primer on water flow in the marine aquarium, Part III by Daniel Knop
96 Advanced Aquatics: Incoming! Importing Bombshell Bubble Tip Anemones by Matt Pedersen
106 CORAL Sources: Outstanding aquarium shops
108 CORALexicon: Technical terms that appear in this issue
110 Reef Marketplace: The marine products showcase
112 Advertiser Index
114 Reef Life: by Denise Nielsen Tackett and Larry P. Tackett
