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Reef Builders | The Reef Aquarium Blog


Justin Perlow is a rare fish enthusiast who previously shared with us his yellow anthias and orange-margin butterflyfish. This time J-dog is back with an awesome story of how he came to own possibly one of the coolest, aquarium-suitable sharks in the sea.

The chain catshark, Scyliorhinus retifer, is a fish I wanted for years but [...]

Although it seems like Japan gets all the coolest, rarest fish even if they come from Hawaii, Reef Builders reader JP is a determined collector from the Northeastern U.S. who has dedicated himself to creating the ultimate aquarium for rare deep water Hawaiian endemic reef fish. JP’s tribute tank may be far from complete but [...]

The little strip of Bodianus sanguineus in the video above is among one of the rarest fish in the aquarium trade. Until about 10 years ago there existed only one image of a live specimen taken from a deepwater submersible  at over 600 feet. The sunrise hogfish, Bodianus sanguineus is a resident of very deep [...]

Even with the growing uncertainty about the economy there is certainly no shortage of Rich Man’s fish. In the last couple weeks a couple of sources received a handful Australian Mcculochi clowns stateside which are going for no less than $2000. Aquarium Concepts of Dublin CA just received the third batch of Clarion angelfish for [...]