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Rappin' With ReefBum

Keith Berkelhamer

Rappin' With ReefBum is a weekly talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community.

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  • 218 episodes
  • Updated June 18

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  • Nov 1, 2024 · 1 hr 21 min

    Guest: Paul Allen, Boston Reefers Society

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Paul Allen, who is the President of the Boston Reefers Society.

  • Oct 16, 2024 · 1 hr 28 min

    Guest: Will Bramucci, Epic Aquaculture

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Will Bramucci, who owns Epic Aquaculture.

  • Oct 9, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min

    Guest: Phil Gilbert, Polyp Lab

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Phil Gilbert from Polyp Lab. Phil is the CEO of Polyp Lab.

  • Oct 8, 2024 · 1 hr 38 min

    Guest: Joe Muscat, Tusi Corals

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Joe Muscat from Tusi Corals. Joe’s incredible tank has been a Reef2Reef tank of the month a couple of times. The tank was also featured on the World Wide Corals YouTube channel as well as on Mok-Yi’s Innapropriate Reefer’s channel. The tank was also featured in the September/October 2023 edition of CORAL Magazine.

  • Sep 25, 2024 · 1 hr 36 min

    Guest: Rey Riveron, Pirates Reef Corals

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Rey Riveron from Pirates Reef Corals.

  • Sep 18, 2024 · 1 hr 35 min

    Guest: Steve Weast, a.k.a. OregonReef

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Steve Weast, a.k.a. OregonReef. Steve’s 1000 gallon reef tank was one of the most iconic reef tank of its time. Very inspirational tank. He took a break from keeping reef aquariums but is now back with a stunning 400 gallon tank. His website, oregonreef.com, chronicles his reef keeping journey.

  • Sep 6, 2024 · 1 hr 40 min

    Guest: Jeff Turner, Reef Aquaria Desig

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Jeff Turner from Reef Aquaria Design. Jeff has been involved with coral reef conservation, marine aquariums and ornamental aquaculture for a lifetime. Some accomplishments include being a member of the Florida Marine Aquarium Society since 1962 and President/Owner of Exotic Aquaria, Inc. from 1980 through 1998, which is when he merged his company with Oceans, Reefs, and Aquariums, Inc. or ORA. He designed, built, installed, and provided all aquacultured corals and marine fish for the Indo Pacific Coral Reef Aquarium located in the Sant Ocean Hall for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 2008. He has been the Florida Marine Life Association Vice President since 1995 and has been the current President since 2013. He is also a board member for the Rising Tide Conservation, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary SAC Committee Member for Marine Life and a Non-Native Fish and Wildlife Technical Assistance Group Member for Marine Life. Additionally, he is the Owner/President/CEO of Reef Aquaria Design, Inc., Boyd Enterprises and Jellyfish Art, LLC.

  • Aug 28, 2024 · 1 hr 28 min

    Guest: Dr. Alex J. Hall, Aquatic Veterinarian

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Dr. Alex J. Hall, who is an aquatic veterinarian. Alex practices in New York. He is interested in all facets of aquatic medicine, with a particular focus on tropical fish and coral disease. His personal tanks include a 180-gallon mixed reef, 55-Gallon Bubble-tip Anemone tank, with 3 additional frag tanks attached.

  • Aug 21, 2024 · 1 hr 50 min

    Guests: Julian Sprung, Charles Delbeek, Dr. Sanjay Joshi & Mike Paletta

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Julian Sprung, Charles Delbeek, Dr. Sanjay Joshi & Mike Paletta. All of these gentlemen have made major contributions to the hobby over the years, yet they don’t necessarily agree on everything when it comes to keeping and maintaining a successful reef tank. And that’s cool because there are many ways to reef, right? There is no single blueprint for having a healthy, thriving reef tank. One thing that sparked this get together is a difference in opinion on dosing ammonia to a reef tank, which will be one of many topics of discussion.

  • Aug 14, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min

    Guest: Vincent Chalias, Coral Farming Pioneer

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with coral farming pioneer Vincent Chalias. Vincent is a marine biologist, a diver and a passionate underwater photographer who has helped to document corals by contributing photos and articles to a number of publications in Europe and the US. He set up the first Indonesian Coral mariculture farms at the beginning of the century and spent over 20 years in Indonesia running these operations. These days Vincent is more focused on reef restoration.

  • Aug 1, 2024 · 1 hr 29 min

    Guest: Andrew Sandler, Polo Reef

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Andrew Sandler from Polo Reef. Andrew is the creator of the famous 17,000 gallon reef tank in his home and is the Founder & CEO of Polo Reef.

  • Jul 24, 2024 · 1 hr 54 min

    Guests: Claude Schuhmacher & Mike Paletta, Fauna Marin Bolus Method

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Claude Schuhmacher and Mike Paletta. Claude is the CEO of Fauna Marin while Mike Paletta has written reef keeping articles, books and is blogging now for Polo Reef. Mike is also a frequent speaker at reef keeping conferences. We are going to be talking about the Fauna Marin Bolus Method.

  • Jul 10, 2024 · 1 hr 58 min

    Guest: Tony Vargas, Author, Lecturer, Consultant & Reefaholic

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Tony Vargas. Tony is an author, lecturer, consultant and an admitted reefaholic. He started his aquatic adventures at the age of seven with Guppies in a pickle jar. In the early eighties he assembled his first salt water aquarium (fish only). Moving on to more challenging waters, in the mid 1980's he experimented with marine invertebrates and corals. In the late eighties a handful of aquarist including Tony were among the first in the United States to successfully maintain Acropora alive in captivity. Tony began to share his experiences with others through the many articles he wrote in a column titled "Feature Coral" for FAMA magazine. One of the Acropora articles in FAMA was acknowledge in Carden Wallace's text book on Acropora titled Staghorn Corals of the World. Today Tony SCUBA dives around the world taking underwater photos and observing reef creatures in their natural environment. In addition to writing about his experiences and observations, Tony travels to give lectures and consultations on coral and reef fish husbandry, and aquarium system design. He now manages an aquarium shop in Qatar.

  • Jul 3, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min

    Guest: Leng Sy, EcoSystem Aquarium

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Leng Sy from EcoSystem Aquarium. In 1979, Leng, who is of Chinese descent, fled Vietnam with his family, through Cambodia, to a refugee camp in Thailand to pursue freedom and find opportunity. In early May, 1981, Leng and his family arrived in the United States, speaking broken English and with not a penny to their name! Thanks to the kindness and support of the people of Cambridge, Wisconsin, the U.S. government, and his uncle Lim (who was once in the Cambodian navy) and his family, Leng and his family were able to pick themselves up and start new lives in this wonderful new country. In the summer of 1989, Leng graduated from UCLA with a degree in mathematics and a minor in pre-med. Although he had been interested in keeping fish since he was a child, it was in 1987 that Leng was introduced to the hobby by his older brother and then later by his classmate, Claude Nanjo. It was the first time he had ever seen marine tropical fish! Currently, Leng is the President/CEO of EcoSystem Aquarium

  • Jun 26, 2024 · 1 hr 32 min

    Guest: Ty Ta, Black Label Aquatics

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Ty Ta from Black Label Aquatics. Ty has been keeping reef tanks since 2004. He spends his days collecting and propagating the choicest acros and is a huge advocate of aquacultured corals. His education in Ocean and Coastal Resources at Texas A&M University at Galveston prepared him for the task of running a coral propagation business and helped him move forward with the creation of Black Label Aquatics, which was formerly known as FarmerTyFrags.com. He sells corals on Blacklabelaquatics.com, with a large emphasis on acros. Ty is a scientist, daddy daycare dude, and self-proclaimed coral slinger.

  • Jun 19, 2024 · 1 hr 49 min

    Guest: Greg Carroll, Hobbyist & President of SCMAS

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Greg Carroll. Greg is a very accomplished reef keeper who has won tank of the month honors on Reef Central, is president of the Southern California Marine Aquarium Society, and is one of the founders of Reefapalooza.

  • Jun 13, 2024 · 3 hr 1 min

    Guest: Chris Meckley, ACI Aquaculture

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Chris Meckley, who is the owner of ACI Aquaculture in Plant City, Florida. ACI is a coral wholesaler and Chris runs the business with his wife Amanda and their staff.

  • Jun 10, 2024 · 1 hr 44 min

    Guest: Chris Wood, Captiv8 Aquaculture

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Chris Wood from Captiv8 Aquaculture. Chris is a marine biogeochemist and the Chief Science Officer of Captiv8 Aquaculture. He is also the founder and sole owner of Captiv8. The company’s R&D draws from Chris’ experience and two additional scientists, with a total of four PhDs. Chris entered the aquatics industry in 2000 as a marine scientist and product development and support specialist, and since that time has worked with aquarists and organizations throughout the world to improve outcomes with aquarium systems and recirculating aquatic ecosystems. Some of the organizations that have used his formulations include the Smithsonian Institute, Disney, NASA, and the Israeli Government, as well as several aquaculture operations in the U.S, including ACI Aquaculture.

  • Jun 4, 2024 · 1 hr 56 min

    Guest: Dong Zou, AcroGarden

    Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode I chat with Dong Zou from AcroGarden. Dong has a PhD in chemistry and worked for several pharmaceutical companies in various therapeutic areas including anti-inflammatory, cancer, pain management and anti-infectious diseases. He developed his first interest in marine invertebrates when he was working as a post doc at the University of Virginia. He has been in aquarium hobby since he was in college and he got into the saltwater hobby in 2004 after setting up his first marine fish tank for a Nemo and after he discovered the Boston Reefers Society. About 10 years ago, he cofounded his first company on drug discovery. Soon after that, he was able to combine his passion for coral and his experience in the pharmaceutical industry and cofounded a new company, eCove BioMarine. This company focused on aquaculture coral for drug discovery and bone grafting. His current company, AcroGarden Inc, was then founded to hold the intellectual properties and to study coral farming. AcroGarden is now his primary focus. The company produces aqua-cultured coral, mainly SPS, for the hobby.