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 Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Broodstock of the Panamanian Greenbanded Goby, Tigrigobius panamensis, at Bocas Mariculture in Panama. We added the Panamanian Greenbanded Goby to CORAL’s 2023 captive-bred marine fish list, but I realized we hadn’t really talked about this addition to the...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 11, 2024 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
ORA’s captive-bred Oman Clownfish, Amphiprion omanensis For decades, the Oman Clownfish (Amphiprion omanensis) has been part of an exclusive clownfish species group—the unobtainables (aka. “Amphiprion unobtainiatum”, per Quality Marine’s Kevin...
by CORAL Magazine | Sep 6, 2024 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine, SPONSOR - Quality Marine
Meet the Gulf Blenny. Ecsenius pulcher, recently aquacultured by the QM Labs division of Quality Marine in Los Angeles, California. Well, you could argue that we definitely slow-played revealing the latest mystery fish, first teasing it months ago! The answer was...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 6, 2024 | Marine, New Products
The captive-breeding success with the Convict Tangs (Acanthurus triostegus) could pave the way for future innovations with members of this popular genus of aquarium fishes. Image courtesy The Biota Group. Representing only the second surgeonfish/tang of the genus...