by CORAL Magazine | Apr 12, 2024 | Marine
These are some of the first captive-bred Red Sea, aka. Yellow-ear Angelfish, Apolemichthys xanthotis. They’re produced by Poma Labs! Subscribers will learn more in the Reef Visions column of the forthcoming May/June 2024 issue of CORAL, CORAL DISEASES! Not a...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 29, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Another worldwide captive-breeding first has been claimed by Dr. Matthew Wittenrich and Poma Labs. The Florida-based marine angelfish breeding powerhouse, Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich’s Poma Labs, is back grabbing headlines again with a bold new entry into the...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 20, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Chaetodontoplus (Blue Phantom X Maze), one of two new hybrid marine angelfishes announced by Poma Labs. via Poma Labs From Dr. Matt Wittenrich: “Maze angels are incredibly diverse and one of our favorite angels. A few years ago we created the Blue Phantom, a...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 16, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, New Products
Poma Labs founder Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich has an unabashed predilection for angelfishes of the genus Chaetodontoplus, and his latest captive-bred introduction is almost unlike anything you’d find in nature. Almost. The Blue Phantom Angelfish was briefly shown...
by Matt Pedersen | May 9, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Can you call it a marine breeding “species first” when the fish in question hasn’t even been taxonomically described (and could even wind up being a geographic variant of an existing species)? It’s the tale of a Holy Grail species being bred before anyone even...