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Kevin Kohen, the Director of LiveAquaria.com and designer of the Drs. Foster & Smith Aquaculture Coral & Marine Life Facility has recently taken the time to do an exclusive email interview with the AquaNerd Blog. He even sent us a few photos that he has taken of some absolutely gorgeous aquarium livestock, including the legendary Blue Stripe Tamarin Wrasse. Mr. Kohen currently oversees the operations of the aquaculture facility and is actively involved in the husbandry and propagation of all of the aquatic life.

Kevin also maintains a personal website where he shares a little additional information about himself, some photography tips, and gives us a look at his personal aquariums.

AquaNerd: Thanks for taking the time to sit down with us today Mr. Kohen. To start things off, why don’t you tell us what have you been up to lately. Any new projects, presentations, etc? Kevin Kohen: I have been staying busy as usual. This is an exciting time in the marine fish industry, as we are seeing more and more unusual species than every before. Having the responsibilities to not only purchase the livestock, but also run Drs. Foster and Smith’s Aquaculture Coral and Marine Life facility is demanding, and is unlike a 9-5 job. I really enjoy working with our suppliers, as well as handling and conditioning the animals in our facility, as this is surely my passion.

Upcoming projects include the installation of a custom built 180 gallon aquarium that I am really excited about. This aquarium is a standard Perfecto 72 x 24 x 24 with two permanent dividers to section the aquarium into three 24 x 24 x 24 compartments, all of which have built in overflow boxes. This will allow for one filtration system to be utilized on basically three aquariums. Hopefully next week I will have some time to tear down my existing mixed reef aquarium and install the new aquarium. As far as livestock, the initial plan is to maintain one compartment with hardy soft corals and mushrooms as well as , one with primarily large polyp stony corals, and the third compartment with Azooxanthellate corals that can be fed thought the day and night via a dosing pump.

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