vortech-pump-controllers-1 A trip down memory lane of Ecotech Marine VorTech pump controllers As Ecotech Marine celebrates ten years of business in the reef aquarium scene, I am reminded of how I came to know the once scrappy three young founders Tim, Pat, Justin and first employee Mark. The company cut its teeth on reef tank product engineering with a magnetically stirred kalk stirrer with a built in
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Karen Brittain attempts rearing of the bandit angelfish

bandit anglefish larvae

Karen Brittain is at it again with an attempt to rear another rare angelfish, this time making progress with the bandit angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus. We came across this video of the bandit angelfish larvae posted by Bruce Carlson and are impressed to see the early results. If you may recall in December, we learned about Karen Read More

Tiny Bandit Angelfish video by Fishcube is absolutely irresistible

baby-bandit-angelfish

It’s been too long since we’ve professed our love for the bandit angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, and to make up for it we’ve got this great video of a tiny lil guy. Mr. Fishcube received this tee-nine-tsy baby bandit from Hawaii about a week ago and already the little black and white wonder is pounding all Read More

Baby bandit angelfish videos from Blue Harbor and B-Box Aquarium

Baby bandit angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, from Hawaii seem to be popping up all over the place and two of Japan’s powerhouse rare fish dealers have stepped up with decent videos of their tiny bandits. Both Blue Harbor and B-Box Aquarium are well known for handling their share of rare fish but it’s only recently that Read More

Armitage Angelfish and Juvenile wrought iron butterflyfish co-star in the house of Fins SPLASH event

Armitage angelfish and baby wrought iron butterflyfish may not be as rare as the luscious neon hogfish, but they still shared the rare fish spotlight at last weekend’s SPLASH event at House of Fins, in Greenwich CT. They may not have been as rare as an Africanum basslet, Bell’s flasher wrasse or some others that Read More

Bandit Angelfish, video of a perky juvenile

Juvenile Bandit Angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, are very striking fish for their bold black on white stripes patterning. This well adjusted juvenile aquarium specimen is brimming with personality as he swims confidently around in his 10 gallon QT/conditioning aquarium. This is one of the smalleset A. arcuatus that we have ever seen in person and the Read More

Pseudanthias hawaiiensis and other rare Hawaiian endemics spotted in this deep diving video

Pseudanthias hawaiiensis, Apolemichthys arcuatus and several other rare hawaiian endemic reef fish are featured in this fresh video of deep diving on the west side of Oahu. There is something surreal about looking at a lightly coral-encrusted volcanic reef slope and seeing a whole range of common aquarium fish that we usually associate with living Read More

Juvenile Bandit Angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus net-caught on video

The banded angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, is one of the most highly sought after marine angelfish for the home aquarium and especially so for the juveniles. This video from Robert Lower was just uploaded to the 808fishman channel on youtube, showing the in-situ capture of a juvenile banded angelfish which we presume occured at a great Read More