by Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
It’s a bit early for a Mother’s Day gift, but scientific journals don’t set their publishing timelines based on the scheduling of U.S. Holidays. Ting-Ting Eng, the woman we can credit for raising an up-and-coming ichthyological taxonomic powerhouse,...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 12, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Hints: It was discovered by a Canadian coral importer, developing from an Acropora initially imported from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Half-inch frags of this coveted coral have reportedly sold for as much as $2,000. Please post guesses and/or comments below. SEE ANSWER HERE...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
“Tonga Branch” Rock—Made in California via Real Reef Manufacturing, Inc. San Diego-based Real Reef Manufacturing, founded in 2010, is one of a handful of companies advancing and refining the art of producing sustainable, man-made reef rock to take the...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 5, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Scientists and explorers of the ocean’s twilight zone reefs have added to the world’s catalog of biodiversity with the new species description of a beautiful Butterflyfish from the genus Prognathodes. Named geminus, the Latin adjective for...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 29, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The next time you’re scraping the glass, trying to clean off that stubborn coralline algae, maybe break out the magnifying glass first. That constellation of pesky spots might be worthy of investigation. Before you literally wipe out all the life eager to...
