by Matt Pedersen | Oct 1, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Going to an aquarium tradeshow can be quite the experience, particularly for the first-timers who’ve only been in the hobby a few years. We all know that establishing a saltwater aquarium or reef tank takes a certain level of time and patience—you don’t...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 14, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
A magnificent transition was occurring right on the show floor at MACNA 2018; unless it was pointed out, you could have easily overlooked it. Two groups of captive-bred Yellow Tangs, produced by the team at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University (OI), were...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 17, 2016 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Please see the updated captive-bred marine fish species list for 2023! A CORAL SPECIAL REPORT: The State of the Marine Breeders’ Art 2017 by Tal Sweet CORAL Magazine’s Annual Listing of captive-bred marine aquarium fish species, current through early October 2016 – an...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 15, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
It was admittedly surreal to look at the holding tank in my fishroom this March and realize it housed five of the first captive-bred Yellow Tangs the world has ever known. I quipped online among my friends that I never thought that I’d see this happen in one of my...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 24, 2016 | Marine
Yellow Tangs – The Breeding Breakthrough | Fincasters Episode 122 Captive-raised Yellow Tangs have finally happened. Researchers at the Oceanic Institute in Hawaii, led by Dr. Chad Callan, successfully broke through a bottleneck in raising Yellow Tang fry. The...