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...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 22, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Details are sparse, but mere hours ago, Bali Aquarich founder Wen-Ping Su shared undeniable proof that his pioneering marine ornamental aquaculture company had produced the world’s first captive-bred Purple Tangs, Zebrasoma xanthurum. Mr. Su shared several...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 19, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Excerpt from Coral Visions, CORAL Magazine, May/June 2019 REEF RAFT CANADA’S JAW DROPPER Acropora sp. Owner: Thinh Vu Mythical Corals Grand Prairie, Texas mythicalcorals.com Geographic Origin: Sulawesi, Indonesia Light Level: High; 350–400 PAR recommended Flow Level:...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
It’s a bit early for a Mother’s Day gift, but scientific journals don’t set their publishing timelines based on the scheduling of U.S. Holidays. Ting-Ting Eng, the woman we can credit for raising an up-and-coming ichthyological taxonomic powerhouse,...
