You may not know Vincent Chalias directly but if you’ve been an active coral reef keeper in the last decade, chances are you’ve handled some of his corals and may have some in your tank right now. For fifteen years…
Unique Corals launches website, stocked to the brim with PNG Eco-Labeled fish
Run by well known names in the industry Scott Fellman and Joe Caparatta Unique Corals is a very interesting company, especially considering they have exclusive PNG distribution rights in the United States. A few glances at the website make…
Eleutherobia ‘Fuzzy Carrot’ coral is a new maricultured NPS softy from Quality marine
As you may have guessed the yellow, orange but most often red colonies of Eleutherobia are non-photosynthetic, filter feeding fine particles from the water column. Some species of Eleutherobia Fuzzy Carrot coral occur in shallow water but only in caves or…
Maricultured Bali deep water Acropora colonies land in the US, already in some stores
The incredible Bali deep water Acros that we first heard about in early November and which made top 10 corals of 2011 are now in the US of A. Both Oculus Aquatics and Route 66 Marine received a sizable…
More drool-worthy images of maricultured Bali acropora, coming to the US soon
Following our earlier post on some jaw-dropping colonies of Acropora speciosa we have since received additional pictures of other Bali Acros being maricultured in this part of Indonesia. What strikes us most about this new set of Bali Acros pictures…
Acropora speciosa maricultured colonies from Bali border on breathtaking
Acropora speciosa is a species of Acro that grows into an exotic bottle brush shape. Often overshadowed by Acropora echinata, A. speciosa rarely sports the super exotic colors that we see in the books, but that hardly matters now that…
In Hawaii? Free aquaculture talks every Thursday in June
If you happen to be lucky enough to live in paradise, you might have the time to check out a series of free lectures each Thursday evening in the month of June put on by the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant…
Reed Mariculture introduces a new product line, and wants you to name it!
Reed Mariculture is well-known around here, both for their aquarium hobby line of products (Reef Nutrition), but also for their commercial aquaculture products generally sold under the Reed Mariculture umbrella. Seeing their large-scale aquaculture products being used in smaller-scale applications…
The Pinnatus Batfish producer steps forward with answers!
First time we heard about Indonesian Pinnatus Batfish, they were rumored to be captive-bred. Then, as time went on, vendors started using “tank-raised” to describe these fish, and by 2010’s marine breeding year-in-review, we were all thinking they were likely…
SEASMART coral farm reaping rewards with first corals to hit markets and local reefs by December
The first SEASMART coral farm has launched in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and is looking to to grow corals for both sale into the aquarium market and to help restore local reefs. We’re big fans of the SEASMART program, a joint…
