by Matt Pedersen | Jun 24, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
This is an expanded online version of the Reef News article first published in the print and digital editions of the July/August 2014 issue of CORAL Magazine. I would like to call this news shocking, but truthfully it was anticipated and expected among the marine fish...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 17, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Matt Wandell and Richard Ross are two professional aquarists who need no introduction to serious marine aquarium audiences. This dynamic duo of public aquarists has the kind of job most all of us would gladly commit manslaughter to have, working for the Stienhart...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 17, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Opinion by Matt Pedersen We just shared the news of the first successful captive-breeding of Hippocampus bargibanti at the wet hands of Steinhart aquarists Matt Wandell and Richard Ross. Marine breeders, and more specifically seahorse propagators, are no doubt...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 10, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
In the overnight hours of June 9th into June 10th, 2014, Wen-Ping Su of Bali Aquarich casually announced the first successful captive breeding of the Zebra Batfish, Platax batavianus, at their facility in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. In honor of the latest...
by Matt Pedersen | May 21, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
My initial response was “Holy h*ll that’s a lot of sharks” when I saw the above image posted on Sea Dwelling Creatures Facebook Page. But then, then, someone posted this video of “feeding time” (you can bet the cloudiness is the result of...
by Matt Pedersen | May 13, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
I’ve been a member of the Coldwater Marine Aquarium Owners group on Facebook for a few months, and every so often something pops up that really grabs my attention. Recently, it was a short cell phone video of Karen Ekelund’s two Saddleback Gunnels, Pholis...
