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A recent entry over at Wet Web Media has us thinking that the relationship between Bob Fenner and Anthony Calfo might have turned sour. The point of contention seems to be revolving around a 4th edition of Reef Invertebrates, a book that both Bob and Tony co-authored. Antoine appears to have published this fourth edition without the consent of Mr. Fenner whose Wet Web Media is still owed a large sum of money from the original printings. Adding insult to injury is Mr. Calfo’s tacky move to self promote his other ventures by inserting “cheesy ads” throughout the book. Mr. Fenner is clearly very upset by Mr. Calfo’s dubious deeds and he makes his declaration in the widely distributed statement below.
It has come to my attention that a former friend, pet-fish content producer has elected to steal from me by having printed and selling a work we co-authored… a “fourth printing” of Reef Invertebrates. I did not agree to this pressing nor to the cheesy ads promoting Anthony’s ‘zine et al. added to this edition. I ask that you not purchase this illegal edition and eschew doing business with Mr. Calfo period.
Bob Fenner
It’s difficult to know what to make of a situation like this, but we will keep you updated as we hear more.
Update: The quote is from WWM’s daily FAQ section, with each day’s FAQs getting replaced by newer ones. It has since been pushed down by newer FAQ’s and isn’t on the FAQ page anymore.
Update 2: Jeff found the link to the WWM post in question.
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Where is that quote pulled from? I can’t find it on WWM.
careful to pick sides before you know the whole story! thats all i’m sayin’
heh. I wouldn’t be surprised if Calfo did do this, I’ve heard hes been burning bridges for a while now.
I could not find that on WWM either.
“careful to pick sides before you know the whole story! thats all i’m sayin’”
unfortunately this makes them both look like ass hats. Are these guys going to be the brittany spears and paris hilton of the reef tank world?
Calfo really is doing this… and what makes it that much more disgusting is that Bob Fenner has allowed Calfo to use countless photos of his for free in years past, has done everything to help Calfo’s “career” in the hobby. And this is how Anthony pays him back? How said… not that Mr. Fenner is, by any count, the first person in the industry who Calfo has stolen from/screwed over.
I have absolutely no knowledge of anything, but could people please post links or other information substantiating statements when making statements. I have no side in this, but it does seem a bit questionable to say someone’s screwing people over without providing evidence.
Don’t mean that as a knock on anyone, I just know either of these guys from WWM and informative posts on the internet, so I am a fully willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Ok… here’s the link to Bob’s email/message on WWM:
http://wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/bstinvertbk.htm
Unfortunately the other “documents” (or, rather, testimonials) are not part of any public record to be posted or linked (at least not yet or that I know of anyway). All I know is who Bob is as a person, how well and how generously he treats everyone, especially his friends. For every time he’s voiced a concern for being cheated or wronged, there’s likely at least 100 times he’s quietly just let it go or shrugged off.
Anthony Calfo has been faking his way through this industry for a long time, and it is good to know that he is starting to reap what he hath sown.
i don’t know what this has to do with building a reef? why are these jokers putting up this vague hear/say bull$hit drama? who gives a $hit!
Anthony is a fake, in every way . What is the name of his greenhouse he had? Who bought from him? He sold his soul to IceCap (A trash company, look what they tried to do to Atl Reef Club with MACNA). Wasn’t Anthony kick out of a MACNA (Boston)? Anthony is selling light bulbs that have shifting spectrums and Ice Cap won’t back them up. Cheap light bulbs from china? Now he is steeling books and reprinting sold articles overseas. WOW what’s next?
As tempting as it would be at a time like this to gripe about his horribly pretentious writing style or his habitually off-topic magazine, I’ll just say that I hope this gets settled quickly and reasonably amicably.
Anthony is a tool!
I sat in a seminar in the PA Reef Club Meeting where Antony talk about the fish trade practices in HK. I have been involved indirectly with trade since I was a kid but what he presented in the PA club meeting is very misleading-the comment he made of MOST fish stores do not have any filters and just let the fish die out is very UNTRUE except for purpose of stirring up emotions. I think he uses this kind of tactics in speeches to boost his image as god rather than presenting facts.