by Matt Pedersen | Nov 23, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
One of many Palauan Acropora species and color morphs being brought into cultivation at Biota Marine Life Nursery. The island nation of Palau has gained recent attention for the strong, forward-thinking stewardship of its ocean resources. In 2015, the nation...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 16, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Quietly announced some weeks ago to their wholesale customers, we finally get a look at another captive-breeding first from Biota, the Yellow Lyretail Damselfish, Neopomacentrus azysron. Image courtesy The Biota Group. Biota’s Palau facility has released a first...
by Matt Pedersen | Mar 9, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
The news that Biota had bred the Pink Square Anthias may have gone unnoticed when we included the species as a new addition to our annual checklist of captive-bred marine aquarium fishes in 2019. At the time, it was simply noted that it had been accomplished, nothing...
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 CORAL Magazine | Dec 30, 2019 | Marine, New Products
via Biota Aquariums So we were going to wait to announce this amazing addition to our list, but the colors are just too Christmas-y. This new Red Coris Wrasse (Coris gaimard) was cultured at our facility in Hawaii and will be available in January among some other new...