by Matt Pedersen | Oct 21, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Opinion by Matt Pedersen The news of the world’s first documented captive-bred tangs, specifically Yellow Tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) reared by the Oceanic Institute (OI) of Hawaii Pacific University in Waimanalo, HI, has the entire aquarium world in a frenzy...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 21, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Major breakthrough in captive breeding of Yellow Tangs at Oceanic Institute of Hawai’i Pacific University Reported by Matt Pedersen On a Tuesday afternoon, Hawaiian Standard Time, October 20th, 2015, the marine aquarium world changed forever. It was then that...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 16, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Here is a very brief, tantalizing and brand-new footage of the captive-bred hybrid of Pomacanthus (annularis X imperator), the resultant offspring from the mating between an Annularis (Blue Ring) Angelfish, and an Emperor Angelfish. The fish shown above, accidentally...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 14, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Frank Baensch’s success in creating the first captive-bred Butterflyfish is the first we are aware of (probably the first in the world), but about a month earlier (September 1st, 2015), Baensch quietly shared that he had also successfully spawned and reared the...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 13, 2015 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Frank Baensch is no stranger to pioneering work with the culture of ornamental marine aquarium fishes, playing a pivotal role in laying the groundwork for the captive propagation of marine angelfishes, primarily from the genus Centropyge, first accomplished by...