by Matt Pedersen | Oct 25, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
THE BUTTERFLY CHRONICLES, Part 1 (read Part 2) Rethinking Corallivores: Progress with the lovely, notorious coral-eating Chaetodontids text and images by Matthew W. Pedersen It’s been over two years since I last bared my soul and professed a personal lifelong...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 25, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Easy to keep, hardy, and relatively peaceful bread-and-butter species are needed by beginning aquarists, and ORA intends to fill that need with captive-bred options. While captive-breeding breakthroughs over the past 12 months seem to be dominated by new species and...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 25, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Marine aquarium conventions are often a prime time to debut innovations, and the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) is often the venue where ornamental marine fish aquaculture companies choose to wow attendees and the industry at large with something...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 2, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Don’t be alarmed by feelings of déjà vu. Just last week we shared the story of the newly-described Tosanoides aphrodite in the Atlantic Ocean, and on the heels of that revelation comes the species description of a fifth member of the deepwater anthias genus...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 1, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Going to an aquarium tradeshow can be quite the experience, particularly for the first-timers who’ve only been in the hobby a few years. We all know that establishing a saltwater aquarium or reef tank takes a certain level of time and patience—you don’t...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 25, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Moment of discovery: Imagine being so transfixed when spotting an amazing new fish species that you fail to notice the massive Sixgill Shark swimming overhead, even as a dive partner repeatedly tries to bring your attention to it! Watch it happen, now! The bold...
