by Matt Pedersen | Nov 13, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
It’s not every day you learn that the Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association (FTFFA) wants to sell your magazine, along with fish rations by the ton, but earlier in 2015 we added their co-op shop to the growing list of local retailers and suppliers of AMAZONAS...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 12, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
While it’s fair to say that the majority of aquariums on display at the 2015 Aquatic Experience were freshwater, that should come as no surprise, given the vastly larger size of the freshwater aquarium hobby. Still, marine fish were very well represented. While...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 21, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Opinion by Matt Pedersen The news of the world’s first documented captive-bred tangs, specifically Yellow Tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) reared by the Oceanic Institute (OI) of Hawaii Pacific University in Waimanalo, HI, has the entire aquarium world in a frenzy...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 21, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Major breakthrough in captive breeding of Yellow Tangs at Oceanic Institute of Hawai’i Pacific University Reported by Matt Pedersen On a Tuesday afternoon, Hawaiian Standard Time, October 20th, 2015, the marine aquarium world changed forever. It was then that...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 16, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Here is a very brief, tantalizing and brand-new footage of the captive-bred hybrid of Pomacanthus (annularis X imperator), the resultant offspring from the mating between an Annularis (Blue Ring) Angelfish, and an Emperor Angelfish. The fish shown above, accidentally...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 14, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Frank Baensch’s success in creating the first captive-bred Butterflyfish is the first we are aware of (probably the first in the world), but about a month earlier (September 1st, 2015), Baensch quietly shared that he had also successfully spawned and reared the...
