by Matt Pedersen | Sep 14, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
A magnificent transition was occurring right on the show floor at MACNA 2018; unless it was pointed out, you could have easily overlooked it. Two groups of captive-bred Yellow Tangs, produced by the team at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University (OI), were...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 14, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
MACNA, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America, entered its 30th year in 2018 and was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event has grown almost every year, with 2018 marking the transition to MACNA being produced exclusively by the non-profit MASNA (Marine...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 20, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Each year the tide of marine ornamental aquaculture firsts ebbs and flows, but 2018 has been a particularly quiet year to date. That changed in mid-August as Wen-Ping Su of Bali Aquarich shared a handful of interesting images through his social media accounts. The...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 9, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Most marine fish enthusiasts have seen the stunning and adorable Bargibant’s Pygmy Seahorse. It’s vividly colored, an iconic photography subject, and the stuff of legends (that is to say, a fish that you can’t actually own). But did you know that...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 7, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
“For as long as I’ve done this, finds like this still get me excited!” said David Liemohn, owner of Northstar Aquatics, an aquarium livestock importer and wholesaler based in Savage, Minnesota. It’s hard to say for certain, but there’s a...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 27, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Attendees of the 2018 MBI Marine Breeder’s Workshop in July first heard the news that first-feeding Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loricula) will consume the nauplii of Apocyclops panamensis (often humorously dubbed Apocalypse pods). The revelation came via Tamara...
