by Matt Pedersen | Jun 16, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Can you identify this mystery coral? It’s a new coral from a new participant in CORAL Magazine’s REEF VISIONS column. United Reef International, a new coral farmer, importer, and wholesaler based in Van Nuys, California, shared this photo, and the Editors...
by Matt Pedersen | May 6, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
The Unique Corals Masterpiece Valida, as featured in the May/June 2022 issue of CORAL Magazine. Photographer: Diego Sanchez/Unique Corals See more about this Acropora in the May/June CORAL, pages 22-23 CORAL’s Reef Visions column showcases new and noteworthy...
by Matt Pedersen | May 5, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Jeff Turner, president of Reef Aquaria Design, about to introduce one of the world’s first captive-bred Copperband Butterflyfish to its new home aquarium in a private South Florida residence. It’s nearly a year to the day since we shared the world-changing...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 28, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
80-day-old Antennarius commerson transitioning to a juvenile. Image copyright Frank Baensch Frank Baensch continues to break new ground in the world of marine aquaculture with the Hawaii Larval Fish Project (HLFP). His successful larviculture & captive-rearing of...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 28, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
A smaller male Striated Frogfish, Antennarius striatus, pushes and prods a larger female as she swells with thousands of hydrating eggs prior to spawning. In light of Frank Baensch’s recent larviculture success in being the first to rear eggs of the pelagic...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 22, 2022 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine, News & Notes
It’s time to take a look back at the first-ever Aquatic Expo, hosted by the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America. The convention and show was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 2-3, 2022. The event was unique for MASNA in that it sought to include the...
