by Matt Pedersen | Jan 31, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Triplefin blennies: you might have heard the name, but odds are you’ve probably never encountered one in the aquarium store. This is peculiar, as many online references suggest they are “popular in the aquarium trade.” However, if you were poring...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Jan 20, 2019 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine, News & Notes
Some very interesting data, analyses, and conclusions were recently made public regarding bugaboo number 22a of the Trump administration, otherwise known as that horrible of horribles, the Endangered Species Act. In an article published January 18th, 2019, the authors...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 18, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
You may recognize Richard Ross (aquarist & biologist at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium) as a popular aquarium conference speaker and espouser of critical thinking in the reef aquarium hobby. While he may be better known these days for...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
THE BUTTERFLY CHRONICLES, Part 2 (read Part 1) One aquarist’s evolving views on keeping the “Impossible Corallivores” text and images by Matthew W. Pedersen Excerpt from CORAL Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019 Every guide to marine aquarium fishes puts up a red flag alert for...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Above: Video by Tanne Hoff documenting the successful husbandry of the Red Sea’s Hooded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon larvatus, regarded as a staunch corallivore in the wild. When we believe for decades that something is impossible, we tend to get stuck in our ways....
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 10, 2019 | Marine
via Biota Biota is happy to announce we’ve started a brand new facility! We’re just putting the finishing touches on a new facility in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. This facility will be led by our two new employees Kevin Barden and Marion Hauville Barden....
