by CORAL Magazine | Dec 20, 2015 | Marine, New Products
via 2 Clowns Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (12-20-2016) – It has been a while since our Barberi Clownfish female and Fire Clown male have spawned for us, and after almost 11 month it’s time to put a name on these new hybrids. From a female wild...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Dec 15, 2015 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Are Any Bristleworms Actually Venomous? That question first arose in modern times, I presume, when the first swimmer in warm tropical waters stepped on a fireworm and discovered just how much fun it was to hop around on one foot, cursing. By the time I got around to...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 12, 2015 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Highlighted Species from Rarities in CORAL’s Special Report: Captive-breeding State of the Art 2016 The ORA Radial Filefish is an exclusive new captive-bred fish, also known as the Radial Leatherjacket, that is different enough to have many reefkeepers stopping...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 9, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
I was rummaging through old photography recently and came across something I had documented, but never shared. During the teardown of a reef tank, I inadvertently nailed myself with a bristleworm…and not a little one. This wasn’t the coral-eating...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 3, 2015 | Marine
Southern Blue Devil, Paraplesiops meleagris (Peters, 1869) Other Common Names: Blue Betta, Blue Devilfish, Bluedevil, Western Blue Devil Maximum Length: 33 cm (13 in) Range: Coastal Southern Australia Foods & Feeding: Meaty foods such as Mysis Shrimp, adult...
by James Lawrence | Dec 1, 2015 | CORAL - James Lawrence, Marine
CORAL Magazine Volume 13, Number 1 If the availability and affordability of “Bread-and-Butter” species of reef fishes—the hardy, bold and vividly eyecatching—are essential to the future of the marine aquarium hobby, we have much to celebrate as the...