by Matt Pedersen | Aug 24, 2018 | Freshwater, Marine
Readers of the September/October 2018 issues of both AMAZONAS and CORAL are being treated to an insider’s retelling of the history of brine shrimp in the aquarium trade; more specifically a reflection on the inroads and innovations made by San Francisco Bay...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 24, 2018 | Marine, New Products
via Bula Buddies Dear Friends of the Coral Reef, Viti Village in Fiji is one of many underwater communities that stretch across the South Pacific. Their clan is referred to as the “Vanua.” The Vanua are very long-lived, some have special abilities that allow the...
by Anne Linton | Aug 22, 2018 | CORAL Tables of Contents, Marine
ENIGMATIC REEF SPECIES VOLUME 15, NUMBER 5 6 Letter From Europe by Daniel Knop 9 Editor’s Page by James M. Lawrence 10 Reef News — staff reports 22 Rarities — CORAL staff report FEATURE ARTICLES 30 For Experts Only — Keeping marine fishes that come with husbandry...
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...