by Matt Pedersen | Feb 3, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Those who are part of the online breeding community may likely attribute the first successful captive-breeding of the highly desireable Bellus Angelfish, Genicanthus bellus, to Chad Vossen of Alpha Aquaculture (which recently merged with Vossen’s former...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 1, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
by Matt Pedersen, with images by Scott Michael Excerpt from CORAL, January/February 2018 CORAL POLLED A PANEL of magazine contributors who are highly experienced pico-reef aquarists, asking them to name the reef inhabitants they would most recommend for a vessel of...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 26, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
The Time Is Now, Again Debate on the future of (or rather attempts to end the future of) Hawaii’s marine aquarium fishery are ongoing, as opposing sides debate the newest Hawaii aquarium fishery ban bill, Hawaii state Senate Bill SB2003. Involved observers say...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 17, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
One of the secrets of micro-reefkeeping is regular, 50-100% water changes. Even veteran marine aquarists can find this a new skill to learn. Here’s one approach. Pico Reefkeeping enthusiast Gena has been successfully keeping reef aquaria of larger sizes for...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 5, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
January 5, 2018 The News: Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries & Forests suddenly and unexpectedly bans coral and live rock exports with a Facebook post. Chaos ensues, with the future for the aquarium trade uncertain. Stunned. That probably best sums up the state of...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 5, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
There isn’t much that needs to be said here: the name “Joshporksandwich” (the online alias of Josue Matias), has become synonymous for his fans with his obsession with Zoanthids over the years, and there’s never been a shortage of polyp eye...