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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A rare look at the virtually never seen young Kingi Angelfish

If Kingi Angelfish are one of the holy grails of Pomacanthid lovers then the juvenile Apolemichthys kingi takes that notion up a notch. Like other members of the genus Apolemichthys, the Kingi or Tiger angelfish undergoes a dramatic transformation from the juvenile to the adult stage. We’ve gone out of our way to bring you coverage of large Read More

Tiny Kingi angelfish is the lagoon collection of a lifetime

We’ve been closely following the saga of a very special fish that was recently collected by its owner in South Africa. While on holiday Pieter Uys and his family were vacationing around the Kei River, he managed to squeeze in some quality snorkeling time in the lagoon formed past the mouth of the river. Near Read More

The trials and tribulations of Apolemichthys kingi: From capture to grave

When we use phrases and words like holy grail, creme de la creme, emblamatic and symbolic to describe any angelfish species, one of the first to pop up into your mind other than the Peppermint Angelfish would definitely be the iconic and highly sought after Apolemichthys kingi, more famously known as the Tiger Angelfish from Read More

Tiger angelfish hybrid redefines the rarest of the rare reef fish

The tiger angelfish is so rare that it is hardly ever seen even in South Africa, so earlier this year we were tickled to be able to share with you a video of tiger angelfish acclimated and doing well in captivity. Now we’re kicking it up a notch with this amazing specimen of a hybrid Read More

First ever video of a real live & eating Tiger Angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi

It’s no secret that we have a healthy obsession with Apolemichthys kingi, the Tiger Angelfish: we love tiger angelfish in ponds, in reef tanks and now in a quarantine tank eating like a pig. Feast your eyes on this magnificent tiger angelfish which is eating pellets, popping rapid-fire bites at some home made pelleted foods. Read More

Tiger Angelfish

Apolemichthys kingi. Tiger Angelfish. Poisson-ange tigre. Tiger Kaiserfische. Tigre pez ángel. Tiger maanvissen. Tigre peixe-anjo. Taiga enjerufisshu. No matter what you call it, there’s no denying the unbelievable beauty of the Tiger Angelfish Read More

Apolemichthys kingi, the tiger angelfish

Blam! We bet you didn’t expect us to broadside you with a fresh new picture of the impossibly rare tiger angelfish, did ya? Apolemichthys kingi is a South African endemic angelfish and this studly tiger is still in that country where he legally belongs. this photo was taken a few days after being introduced into Read More

Tiger Angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi found living in a South African pond

The tiger angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi is a species so rare that it is very seldomly seen outside of it’s South African home. Although the tiger angelfish might cost many thousands of dollars if it ever was sold in the US, Europe or Asia, when a fish is locally collected it may as well go into Read More