by Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2025 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Florida-based Surge Marine Life expands its selection of captive-bred tangs with the Purple Tang, Zebrasoma xanthurum. Surge Marine Life catapulted itself into the marine aquarium trade with its audacious contribution of a new hybrid Zebrasoma tang in 2024, the Scopas...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 19, 2024 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
This Zebrasoma hybrid could represent one of a few possible hybrid origins. It seems clearly that the Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) is in the mix, but is the other parent a Scopas Tang (Z. scopas) or a Gem Tang (Z. gemmatum)? Image courtesy Surge Marine Life. via...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 17, 2016 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Please see the updated captive-bred marine fish species list for 2023! A CORAL SPECIAL REPORT: The State of the Marine Breeders’ Art 2017 by Tal Sweet CORAL Magazine’s Annual Listing of captive-bred marine aquarium fish species, current through early October 2016 – an...
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...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 20, 2016 | Marine, News & Notes
Craig Watson summarizes the 6-year journey that led to the world’s first captive-bred Paracanthurus hepatus, the Pacific Blue Tang. A guest contribution from Craig A. Watson, M.Aq., Director of the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, University of Florida Pacific...
