by Matt Pedersen | Oct 12, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
A CORAL subscriber asked for some help with the digital edition, noting that they were having trouble reading the small font size. Knowing that I (CORAL editor and publishing partner Matt Pedersen) recently suffered the indignation of having to purchase...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 26, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
At roughly 3.5 months of age and 1.5 inches in size, the world’s first captive-bred Rose Anthias, Odontanthias katayamai are shipping from Surge Marine Life in Florida. Image courtesy Surge Marine Life. Earlier this year, we shared that Florida-based Surge...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 10, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Formerly known as Amphiprion chrysopterus, this French Polynesian clownfish is now known as the Polynesian Anemonefish, Amphiprion maohiensis. Image credit: Damsea/Shutterstock I’m excited to share this one, as it represents a little bit of personal validation....
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 3, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Coming in at 40 feet in length and 13,000 gallons, Steve’s Backyard Ocean is a testament to DIY ingenuity in the reef aquarium hobby. Screenshot from video at the Backyard Ocean YouTube channel. Steve’s Backyard Ocean, located in southern California,...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 23, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
At 40 feet (12.2 m) in length, and 13,000 gallons (49,000 L), Steve’s Backyard Ocean is a reef aquarium that offers nearly limitless potential. We all can dream! Screen capture from Backyard_Ocean video on YouTube. Presuming this is recently-shot footage, this...
