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 Mike Tuccinardi | Aug 3, 2017 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
A CORAL Magazine excerpt from the July/August 2017 issue Part 1 | Part 2 by Michael J. Tuccinard The smoke from a smoldering cooking fire filled the small room and lingered just above the packed-earth floor. I was in the village’s only open “restaurant,” along with a...
by Mike Tuccinardi | Jul 18, 2017 | CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
a CORAL Magazine excerpt from the May/June 2017 issue Part 1 | Part 2 by Michael J. Tuccinardi Despite being the second-largest landmass on Earth, bounded by two oceans and two seas and having tens of thousands of miles of coastline, the African continent does not...
