by Matt Pedersen | Aug 29, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Finding and Purchasing Butterflyfish An online bonus for the September/October 2016 issue of CORAL Magazine by Matt Pedersen Back in the day, butterflyfish were more popular, but with the advent of reef aquaria, they have largely fallen out of favor. It seems US-based...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 26, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
This week’s announcements of three Hawaiian endemic aquarium fish species being aquacultured, culminating with the successful captive-breeding of the “impossible to keep” Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse, shows that the aquarium world is responding to threats...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 26, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Capping off a week of claiming species firsts, starting with the successful breeding of Potter’s Angelfish and then the breeding of the Lemon Butterflyfish, Rising Tide Conservation is bringing it home with the last piece of the Hawaiian endemic trifecta. Avier...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 24, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
In what is shaping up to be a banner summer for marine ornamental aquaculture, Rising Tide Conservation started this week by announcing success with breeding Centropyge potteri. That success, at the hands of aquaculturist and Oceanic Institute intern Avier J....
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 24, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Pursuing new hybrid clownfish, Sustainable Aquatics is back with a new combination it has named the Salva Dali. This hybrid is the result of mating a “Longfin” Amphiprion ocellaris with a Picasso Percula, A. percula. The resultant hybrid, at its base level...