by Matt Pedersen | Aug 25, 2021 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
On August 10th, 2021, Winnipeg, Canada, unveiled a proposal to massively overhaul the city’s pet ownership rules, including restrictions on the ownership of “exotic pets” ranging from birds and small mammals to reptiles and fish. Winnipeg is the...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 25, 2021 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
The author’s daughter, Audrey Pedersen, examines a young captive-bred Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis macularius, one of only 11 species of lizards allowable under proposed new pet regulations for the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Image credit: Matt Pedersen...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 13, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Can you identify our newest mystery coral, photographed by Michael Vargas? It’s time again for another mystery coral. Most reefkeepers will have no problem guessing the genus, but how concise can you get? Can you name it right own to the cultivar level? Some...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 18, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Here’s a look at the coral in its full glory, an image published in the current July/August 2021 issue of CORAL Magazine.. This is Galaxea longisepta, now being maricultured in Indonesia for the aquarium trade. Note that many of the polyps are retracted in this...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 11, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Potter’s Angeflish, Centropyge potteri, is a Hawaiian endemic and one of eight species allowed to be collected under the latest proposal to reopen the West Hawaiian aquarium fishery. In the ongoing legal battle over Hawaii’s marine aquarium fishery, PIJAC,...
by Matt Pedersen | May 28, 2021 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine, New Products
Milwaukee Instruments is launching a new look, “invigorated branding,” a new website, and new products in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges in 2020, but it also presented many opportunities. CORAL’s Matt Pedersen spoke with Carl...
