by Matt Pedersen | Jul 22, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
A sampling of eight currently scheduled speakers who will present at MACNA 2022 After a two-year hiatus forced by the COVID-19 Pandemic, MACNA, the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America, will return to the in-person format so many aquarists know and love. The...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 22, 2022 | Marine, New Products
The Internet keeps making the world smaller. This week, a device for viewing and photographing corals top-down from SeaTorch, an under-the-radar brand that primarily has a presence in China and Australia, caught our attention on Instagram. Reef aquarist and author...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 22, 2022 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Cover of CORAL Magazine Volume 19, Issue 4: REFUGIUMS GONE WILD (July/August, 2022). On the cover: Flame Angelfish, Centropyge loriculus: Doug Perrine/Blue Planet Archive. Background: Blue Monster Acropora, Acropora sp.: World Wide Corals. HEREWITH,...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 22, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
A one-year-old captive-bred Copperband Butterflyfish residing at the University of Florida’s Indian River Research facility. Captive-bred Copperband Butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus, weren’t a reality until just last year. Ongoing research at University of...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 15, 2022 | Marine
Orange-lined TriggerfishBalistapus undulatus The Orange-lined Trigger is a truly stunning reef fish, but one with a reputation for belligerence. It grows to 30 cm (12 in), and Fishbase warns that is “traumatogenic)—it will attack and bite divers’ (and...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 8, 2022 | Marine
A new arrival at aquarium wholesaler Carolina Aquatics – can you ID this mystery fish? Something truly distinctive arrived at Kernersville, North Carolina-based aquarium wholesaler Carolina Aquatics this week. Aquarists who’ve been in the marine hobby for...
