by Matt Pedersen | Apr 12, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Hints: It was discovered by a Canadian coral importer, developing from an Acropora initially imported from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Half-inch frags of this coveted coral have reportedly sold for as much as $2,000. Please post guesses and/or comments below. SEE ANSWER HERE...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
“Tonga Branch” Rock—Made in California via Real Reef Manufacturing, Inc. San Diego-based Real Reef Manufacturing, founded in 2010, is one of a handful of companies advancing and refining the art of producing sustainable, man-made reef rock to take the...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 5, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Scientists and explorers of the ocean’s twilight zone reefs have added to the world’s catalog of biodiversity with the new species description of a beautiful Butterflyfish from the genus Prognathodes. Named geminus, the Latin adjective for...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 29, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The next time you’re scraping the glass, trying to clean off that stubborn coralline algae, maybe break out the magnifying glass first. That constellation of pesky spots might be worthy of investigation. Before you literally wipe out all the life eager to...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 21, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Bounce Mushrooms captivate the minds of reefkeepers and coral farmers alike, and the trend has had a bit of staying power. I can’t say that many corals have inspired a road trip halfway across the country in hopes of maybe finding one. Such is the story of my...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 21, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
a partial excerpt from CORAL Magazine, March/April 2019 Corallimorphs, particularly the mushroom polyps of the genus Discosoma, seem to go in and out of vogue depending on which way the current blows, and aquarists tend to either love them or hate them based on how...
