Crosses between Centropyge flavissima and Centropyge eibli so spectacular and are simply one of the most beautifully created natural hybrids that a nickname has been coined just for them – Tigerpyge. The tigerpyges are usually collected in the Indian Ocean where the blue eyed IO lemonpeels hybridize with the eibl’s angelfish. The specimen above at first Read More

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Having the un-reversable aberrant Coral Beauty Angelfish and the trio of super hot White-Bar Anthias in his collection, Jimmy Ma is certainly no stranger to rare fish. If you think his aberrant C. bispinosa is something to shout about, what till you check out his amazing collection of dottybacks. Most dottybacks are notorious for being Read More

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If you recall the post on Jimmy Ma’s incredible Coral Beauty, we mentioned that the aberrant individual retained this unusual coloration for more than four months. Aberrant individuals normally lose their unique patterns and revert back to the cookie cutter templates within weeks. The reasoning behind this phenomenon is not quite clear, but that’s just Read More

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We’ve all heard of “mis-barred” fishes whereby the stripes are either missing, misaligned or totally warped. Such aberrations are usually mistakes in the expression of these traits, but luckily for these fishes, mis-barring is usually a plus point for fish lovers as it lends a unique and one of a kind touch. Case in point Read More

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 We’ve posted plenty of aberrant butterflies, angels and tangs but have you ever  wondered why we’ve not been posting any aberrant fairy wrasses? For some strange  reason, major aberrations seem to be pretty rare and nearly unheard of in  the Cirrhilabrus genus. The aberrant C. luteovittatus posted above and left is one of the  few that we’ve Read More

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We’ve posted so many aberrantly colored fishes here on ReefBuilders that it has become part of the norm to expect something weird and off-colored to pop up every now and then. Yet it never gets old and each fish lucky enough to be touched by the artistic designer that is mother nature seldom fail to Read More

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For quite some time now the Hawaiian Yellow Tangs and Scopas Tangs have been hogging the limelight in the aberrant department for Zebrasoma surgeonfishes. Piebald yellow tangs, tricolor Scopas tangs and even pure white yellow tangs with fancy super-hero names given! Specifically, Casper and Powder. Finally we’re seeing something new, and this time, an aberrant Purple Read More

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The firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica, is a staple beauty in the aquarium industry – aberrant firefish however, are not. Having seen hundreds of firefishes all resembling cookie cutter clones of each other over the years, this is the first time that we’ve seen and obtained an aberrant specimen of firefish. Normally, the only pink coloration that Read More

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When it comes to corals, Zoanthids have the capacity to do some very unusual things, including strange colors and now we have some documentation of aberrant tentacles. The forked tentacles of the Zoanthids pictured here were discovered by Nano-Reef member nochickenstrips who noticed that this once-normal zoanthid colony had begun to develop forked tentacles on Read More

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When it comes to aberrant fishes, it’s always a hit and miss with each individual person when it comes to beauty. What may appear to be extraordinarily beautiful, may appear hideous to another. The above coral beauty (Centropyge bispinosa) that came in to Singapore from the indo-pacific is a stunner in terms of its unique Read More

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