by Matt Pedersen | Jan 13, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Every new species of marine fish that’s bred for the first time ups the species tally by one: one more proof of concept, one more accomplishment in the world of marine ornamental aquaculture, one more step into uncharted territory, even if the path is somewhat...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 27, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco (Musée océanographique de Monaco) has been busy breeding marine aquarium fishes behind the scenes. A fascinating and well-done short new French-language clip offers a quick glimpse into one of their projects. Whether you can...
by Matt Pedersen | Nov 4, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
By Matt Pedersen Image Credits – Matt Pedersen with Mike Doty, unless otherwise noted I realized several years ago that the United States’ marine aquarium hobby seemed to have moved on from its local roots. Case in point: some of you may be familiar with tales...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 24, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
CORAL Sr. Editor and Associate Publisher Matt Pedersen takes the stage at MACNA 2019 in Orlando, Florida, to tackle a challenging topic requested by MACNA’s organizers: “Selling to Retailers.” More specifically, Pedersen investigates the question,...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 16, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Poma Labs founder Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich has an unabashed predilection for angelfishes of the genus Chaetodontoplus, and his latest captive-bred introduction is almost unlike anything you’d find in nature. Almost. The Blue Phantom Angelfish was briefly shown...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
In late September, divers at Florida-based Dynasty Marine Associates, Inc., collected a unique species of Cardinalfish, the Whitestar Cardinal, Apogon lachneri. A small white spot along the back of this fish is the namesake and identifying characteristic that helps...
