by Matt Pedersen | Jan 31, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
This brilliantly-colored fish has a lot going for it. With a maximum total length of only 8.0 cm (3.15 inches) but more commonly seen at 6.5 cm TL (2.55 inches), it seems like an ideal candidate for the modern mixed reef aquarium, with the flashy visual appeal of a...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 31, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Triplefin blennies: you might have heard the name, but odds are you’ve probably never encountered one in the aquarium store. This is peculiar, as many online references suggest they are “popular in the aquarium trade.” However, if you were poring...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 18, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
You may recognize Richard Ross (aquarist & biologist at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium) as a popular aquarium conference speaker and espouser of critical thinking in the reef aquarium hobby. While he may be better known these days for...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
THE BUTTERFLY CHRONICLES, Part 2 (read Part 1) One aquarist’s evolving views on keeping the “Impossible Corallivores” text and images by Matthew W. Pedersen Excerpt from CORAL Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019 Every guide to marine aquarium fishes puts up a red flag alert for...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Above: Video by Tanne Hoff documenting the successful husbandry of the Red Sea’s Hooded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon larvatus, regarded as a staunch corallivore in the wild. When we believe for decades that something is impossible, we tend to get stuck in our ways....
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 4, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
What better way to start off the New Year and an issue on Micromussa than to talk with Kris Cline, founder of Carolina Aquatics in Kernersville, North Carolina, and Jeffrey Slemp of Cuttle Fish and Corals in Portland, Oregon? Both professional aquarists have...
