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...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 13, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Frank Baensch is no stranger to pioneering work with the culture of ornamental marine aquarium fishes, playing a pivotal role in laying the groundwork for the captive propagation of marine angelfishes, primarily from the genus Centropyge, first accomplished by...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 2, 2015 | Marine
It came out of the archives as CORAL editors are working on the upcoming magazine issue about Reef Hitchhikers, and it was found among a batch of images of life forms whose identification had previous stumped even some veteran marine aquarists. The first five readers...
by Than Thein | Oct 2, 2015 | CORAL - Than Thein, Marine
Although the common name for them is Orange Ball Anemones, the Pseudocorynactis are not anemones at all. They are a type of corallimorph, or, in other words, mushrooms. Mushroom corallimorphs come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures, but even within a group...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 2, 2015 | Marine
Dr. Bruce Carlson, well known to marine aquarists as the former director of the Waikiki Aquarium and chief science officer at the Georgia Aquarium, recently released a thought-provoking video showing a nautilus survey trip to Palau. With his partner, aquarist Marj...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 1, 2015 | Marine
It is commonly believed that cooperation without immediate rewards is rare among non-human animals, especially when the individuals involved are not kin or playing a parental role. The relatively few examples of reciprocal cooperation in the animal kingdom previously...
