by Matt Pedersen | Mar 9, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The news that Biota had bred the Pink Square Anthias may have gone unnoticed when we included the species as a new addition to our annual checklist of captive-bred marine aquarium fishes in 2019. At the time, it was simply noted that it had been accomplished, nothing...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 6, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
via ReefSmart The pico-reef hobby may well be a cult all its own. With vessels ranging from tiny rimless tanks to the simplest of jars, an equally broad range of off-the-shell and DIY equipment options come to play when creating these smallest of reef aquaria. Flying...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 6, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Damselfish are truly a staple of the marine aquarium hobby. They often wind up as a somewhat underappreciated “beginner’s fish,” relegated to being the first piscine additions to a new aquarium. They may carry reputations for aggression, which are...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 6, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
There were so many fish on display at the 2020 Global Pet Expo that we cannot possibly cover them all, but Florida’s aquaculture producers, both freshwater and marine, put on truly stellar displays that would captivate even the most experienced (or jaded) fish...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 2, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Some readers with good memories may get a sense of déjà vu, with good reason. Back in 2017, David W. Greenfield and Richard Winterbottom published an amazing, free, open-access identification key to 107 species of Eviota dwarfgobies. In late 2019, Winterbottom brought...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 13, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Every new species of marine fish that’s bred for the first time ups the species tally by one: one more proof of concept, one more accomplishment in the world of marine ornamental aquaculture, one more step into uncharted territory, even if the path is somewhat...
