by Matt Pedersen | Jul 29, 2022 | Marine
A brain coral spawns in Curaçao, giving researchers another chance to leverage the features of genetic recombination to increase the chances that individual offspring may hold the secrets to surviving an uncertain future. Underwater filmmaker Vanessa Cara Kerr/Reef...
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...
