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 CORAL Magazine | Jan 23, 2025 | Marine, New Products, News & Notes
Today, The Biota Group has announced successful commercial-scale production of captive-bred Pacific Blue Tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus) after a five-year effort, transforming sporadic captive breeding into consistent, large-scale aquaculture production for the aquarium...
by Vincent Chalias | Feb 23, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
A school of mature Paracanthurus hepatus, Pacific Blue Tangs in the wild is always a sight to behold. I’ve seen Blue Tang in the wild on numerous occasions. But they get harder and harder to come by. Based in Bali, Indonesia, I often met a couple of adults or...
by Matthew L. Wittenrich | Sep 15, 2016 | CORAL - Matthew L. Wittenrich, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
With detailed coverage of the world’s first successful breeding of the Pacific Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, being released in our September/October 2016 issue of CORAL Magazine, we thought it fitting to furnish our readers with a retrospective excerpt from...