by Matt Pedersen | Oct 14, 2013 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
By Matt Pedersen & Coral Staff While spawning reports for various members of the iconic reef fish subfamily Anthiinae have been recorded in marine aquariums over the years, to date these beautiful shoaling species have resisted being raised successfully in...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 23, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
Back in 2006, I found myself facing an interesting question – how many eggs were my Onxy Percs (Amphiprion percula “Onyx”) laying? It’s impossible to hedge anything more than a guess just by looking…definitely more than 10…probably...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 15, 2013 | Marine
The 2nd International Elasmobranch Husbandry Symposium is slated to be held November 11-13, 2013 at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Plaza Hotel. Early-bird registration discounts expire August 20th. The first symposium was held some 12 years ago, October 2001, in...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 11, 2013 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
A very unusual seahorse was recently collected by an aquarium diver in Hawaii. The seahorse is currently residing with Kevin Rezendes of Pacific Island Aquatics, an e-tailer of Hawaiian and other Indo-Pacific fish based in Oahu, Hawaii. First shared privately,...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 10, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Ocean Rider, based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, is well known in the sygnathid community for their commercial propagation efforts with seahorses. What might not be as widely known is the research and development work being done with the related sea dragons, specifically...