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...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 13, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Beautiful footage from Nautilus Live documents a shoal of Yellow Crown Butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavocoronatus, at Ahyi Seamount. Screenshot from Nautilus Live video. The Yellow Crown Butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavocoronatus, is a true rarity. It’s a close...
by CORAL Magazine | May 14, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The unique Harlequin, Black Marble, or Mimic Jawfish, shown in the JAW-DROPPING JAWFISHES issue of CORAL Magazine (on the left page, 22, in this image), is known to participate in a rather unique behavior. One of the more interesting species featured in the May/June...
by Matt Pedersen | May 9, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
A precious handful: captive-bred Paracanthurus hepatus tangs produced by Surge Marine Life. We recently shared the story of Florida-based Surge Marine Life joining the ranks of aquaculture facilities that have successfully produced and sold captive-bred Purple Tangs...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
At one point virtually unobtainable, aquaculture efforts continue to improve access for rare species like this Gramma dejongi, a mature specimen shown here. OK, that title was just too good to pass up. It seems only fitting that the aquaculture branch of De Jong...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Florida-based Surge Marine Life expands its selection of captive-bred tangs with the Purple Tang, Zebrasoma xanthurum. Surge Marine Life catapulted itself into the marine aquarium trade with its audacious contribution of a new hybrid Zebrasoma tang in 2024, the Scopas...
