by Matt Pedersen | Jun 7, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
May 31st, 2019, Coral Vita has cut the ribbon, opening its first land-based coral restoration farm at Freeport, Grand Bahama. While Coral Vita is certainly not the first land-based coral farm, nor is it the first coral reef restoration effort, Coral...
by Matt Pedersen | May 31, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Wen-Ping Su of Bali Aquarich (Bali, Indonesia) saw fit to close out May 2019 by revealing yet another in a seemingly endless stream of groundbreaking marine fish aquaculture firsts. Shared as a bit of a guessing game for his friends and followers, Su’s clues...
by Matt Pedersen | May 31, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
It’s not for lack of trying, but tracking down the story behind these unusual designer clownfish only adds to the mystery. Shared by an entity calling itself “Lunar Aquatics” in a single YouTube video, the aberrant clownfish were labeled...
by Matt Pedersen | May 16, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Dubbed “Koi” by the aquarium trade and hobby, aberrant tangs and angelfish that display mottled, patchy coloration that heavily deviates from the norm command attention. They remain a relative rarity, only occasionally encountered and collected for the...
by Matt Pedersen | May 9, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Can you call it a marine breeding “species first” when the fish in question hasn’t even been taxonomically described (and could even wind up being a geographic variant of an existing species)? It’s the tale of a Holy Grail species being bred before anyone even...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 29, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
The Starry Goby is set to make its debut in the aquarium trade as a captive-bred offering from Biota in Palau. The last seven days have been a deluge of aquaculture firsts, with Biota Aquariums unveiling their own latest introduction to the aquarium hobby. “This...
