by CORAL Magazine | Oct 16, 2015 | Marine
Footage shot in mid-2015 documents the magnificence and health of coral reefs in American Samoa prior to the start of bleaching that may or may not be impacting the same areas in a massive global warming event. CORAL Editors’ Choice: Highly recommended video....
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 CORAL Magazine | Oct 16, 2015 | Marine, News & Notes
With some leading coral biologists fearing the globe’s worst recorded coral bleaching event unfolding in the waning days of 2015, the signs are especially ominous in the reefs of U.S. waters. As record ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching across...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 14, 2015 | Marine
via the Rising Tide Conservation Blog, October 14th, 2015 Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University is making some great headway with rearing Yellow Tangs! Check out the videos of the 36dph and 49dph groups at the Rising Tide Facebook Page:...
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...