Julian Sprung
Julian Sprung was born in 1966 in Miami Beach, Florida
and is a graduate of the University of Florida, with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Zoology. Julian has been keeping marine aquariums for
more than 30 years, and is an author, photographer, and aquarium design
consultant in addition to being President of the manufacturing and
publishing company Two Little Fishies, Inc. that he co-founded in 1991.
Julian's books include The Reef Aquarium, volumes One, Two and Three,
which he co-authored with J. Charles Delbeek, Corals: A Quick Reference
Guide, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, and Algae: A Problem
Solver Guide. Julian resides in Miami Beach with his wife and son, four
marine aquariums, one freshwater aquarium, and a Westie.
Julian's accommodation at Number 1 Victoria Road in Camps Bay is provided by New Approach Aquaculture. Thank you, NAAC!
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Anthony Calfo
Anthony Calfo was born in Hawaii and lives in Pennsylvania. He is a lifelong aquarist and an aquarium industry professional that has worked the better part of the last decade as a commercial coral farmer and wholesaler, producing cultured reef invertebrates in a greenhouse environment for the ornamental and zoological trade.
Anthony has authored the reef aquarium books, "Book of Coral Propagation, Volume 1" (ReadingTrees.com) & "Reef Invertebrates", and numerous articles for print and electronic journals at large. He travels frequently to visit organizations and clubs to present information on the aquatic sciences. Anthony co-founded the Pittsburgh Marine Aquarist Society with the inimitable Bob Dolan. Schooled at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, he has degree in English Literature.
Anthony has been a popular and valuable speaker since the inaugural IMACSA in Durban, and we look forward to welcoming him back for IMACSA 2009.
Anthony's accommodation at Number 1 Victoria Road in Camps Bay is provided by New Approach Aquaculture. Thank you, NAAC!
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David Vaughan
David Vaughan is a parasitologist specialising in monogeneans (flukes). He has 12 years of experience working in South African public Aquaria, including uShaka and the Two Oceans Aquarium, his current home.
David has extensive experience in the identification and treatment of the marine parasites affecting the food and ornamental fish industries. He has discovered several new species of parasite and has pioneered quarantine and treatment procedures.
David's presentation will be on Whitespot and Velvet and will include his findings on some of the strains of these diseases found locally in Cape Town waters.
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Niall Vine
Niall Vine is a professional food fish aquaculturist and works on the Espadon Marine kob farm, in East London. During his time studying marine ornamentals at the Dept of Ichthyology & Fisheries Science at Rhodes University he developed a passion for breeding marine ornamental species and presented a lecture at IMACSA Durban on breeding clownfish.
His talk for IMACSA 2009 is titled “Biological filtration for the marine aquarist – lessons from the aquaculture industry" which hopes to provide accessible insight into one of the technical aspects of reef keeping. The talk will draw on examples from industry and aims to provide aquarists with details on designing, constructing and maintaining their own filters.
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Marcel Triessl
Marcel
Triessl was born in Germany,
is by trade a Master Plumber with his own business in Cape Town and a passionate Reefkeeper since
1995. In 1997, he bred the Banggai
Cardinal and in 2003, he built his dream 5.500 litre tank.
In 2006,
Marcel moved to Cape Town
and decided to continue with his hobby. In the
beginning of 2009, he started a small clown fish hatchery from home.The first
Amphiprion ocellaris offspring he raised were albino, the world's first albino
marine fish. Because of the albino strain, he decided to breed various marine
ornamental fish for his living. He has almost finished his new breeding room and
wants to supply the world market with his Albino clowns. For the South African
market he wants to breed all the different clown fish species. At a later
stage, he plans to breed all the different dotty backs and a few ornamental
shrimp species for the local market.
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Dylan Bailey
Aquarium Curator at Bayworld, Port Elizabeth
Studied at NMMU (Formerly UPE), obtaining an MSc in Zoology in 2006. Currently a professional aquarist at Bayworld, with 10 years experience in life support systems and exhibit design and management, as well as the husbandry and management of marine mammals, fish, reptiles and invertebrates.
The presentation at IMACSA 2009 will focus on the benefits of using thermal mathematical models in managing energy usage in aquarium and aquaculture systems, from the average home tank to large scale aquarium systems. A couple of scenarios will be explored to demonstrate how thermal models can be used to determine the best methods for temperature control and energy management.
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If you would like to talk, or if you'd like to nominate someone to give a presentation (even if it's a 10 minute quickie) please email info@imacsa.org with your suggestions
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