by CORAL Magazine | Dec 14, 2012 | Marine
It was just over a year ago that Tea Yi Kai opined about Randall’s Assessor (Assessor randalli) in a Reefbuilders’ post. Kai called it the “seldom seen, virtually unknown” cousin of the Yellow Assessor (A. flavissimus) and the Blue Assessor...
by Matthew L. Wittenrich | Oct 29, 2008 | CORAL - Matthew L. Wittenrich, Marine
What food and game fish aquaculture can teach us about raising ornamentals Aquaculture is nothing new. In fact, its origins can be traced back to 2,500 BC when the ancient Egyptians grew tilapia in earthen and stone ponds. Modern aquaculture has made a wealth of...
by Matthew L. Wittenrich | Sep 14, 2008 | CORAL - Matthew L. Wittenrich, Marine
It has been a little over three months since I stocked my first spawn of Spotted Mandarin (Synchiropus picturatus) eggs into a barren rearing tank. Forty days after hatching they looked like mandarins, but were still far from revealing the adult colors so appealing of...
by Matthew L. Wittenrich | Jul 14, 2008 | CORAL - Matthew L. Wittenrich, Marine
You Can’t Breed the Greens without Trying the Spotteds By Matthew L. Wittenrich After a 14-year hiatus of keeping mandarins, I must admit, they are slowly creeping up on my list of favorite fish. Having met success in rearing large numbers of the Green Mandarin,...
by Matthew L. Wittenrich | Jul 11, 2008 | CORAL - Matthew L. Wittenrich, Marine
Today, for about the 400th time this week, I re-read Wolfgang Mai’s article in Coral Magazine entitled Mission Accomplished: Spawning the Spotted Mandarin. No matter how many species of fish we raise, there is always a sense of wonder and excitement when working with...
