Years back Frank Baensch of RCT was the first to successfully breed Centropyge resplendens (2004) and Centropyge fisheri (2001), and then subsequently hybridize the two in 2006. In nature the two fish would never cross paths, but with a little help from Mr. Baensch the Hawaiian Resplendent Angelfish was born. Today RCT is no longer [...]
Frank Baensch has updated the RCT website to clear the air on what to expect from RCT in the future. The bad news–no angelfish. The good news is new species will be attempted and with some luck… available to aquarists in the near future:
Reef Culture Technologies will not be selling marine angelfish in 2010.
We are [...]
This month’s, the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, features a terrific must-read article by Frank Baensch and Clyde Tamaru, entitled Spawning and Development of Larvae and Juveniles of the Rare Blue Mauritius Angelfish, Centropyge debelius (1988), in the Hatchery.
A teaser shot of the Centropyge debelius lifecycle, from larvae to adult. Baensch 2009.
Frank is best [...]
A few years back Frank Baensch of RCT fame, was the first to pair and successfully breed Centropyge resplendens x Centropyge fisheri creating unique hybrids that would never occur naturally. That is because C. resplendens is endemic to the Ascension Island in the middle of the South Atlantic while C. fisheri is a Pacific native [...]
RCT Interruptus – Photo by John Coppolino
Ever since Frank Baensch took a break from Reef Culture Technologies there have been rumors now and then of a possible new batch coming. As much as I wish that were true, it is not. RCT is not ready to start breeding, and as of a few months ago [...]
