by CORAL Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Freshwater, Marine
At the risk of losing business, I am going to rant a bit… Aquarists who flaunt exotic species laws may be hanging the noose for all of us Commentary by Ted Judy Sometimes exotic-animal hobbyists, including aquarists, are our own worst enemies when it come to the...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
CORAL contributing Senior Editor Matt Pedersen has been quietly working on a basement pond project. While it sat filled, but largely devoid of livestock, since 2011, Pedersen finally fully stocked it in 2013, with the goal of spawning fish most aquarists would never...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 15, 2014 | Marine
Scientists have discovered what they are calling “an invasive alien soft coral” that appears to be spreading in the southern Caribbean Sea. The Xenia invader, apparently related to Xenia membranacea Schenk 1896, is an Indo-Pacific species known for its...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 30, 2013 | Marine, New Products
Other forms of this widespread Indo-Pacific seaweed are used in Asian kitchens as salad ingredients and in industry as a source of the thickener carageenan, but Blue Hypnea (Hypnea pannosa) is an iridescent blue ornamental algae and ORA believes it has a future in...