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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Tank bred Annularis Angelfish have become a routine LiveAquaria offering

Tank-Bred Annularis Angelifsh to become a staple offering – courtesy of LiveAquaria.com We reported on the new availability of captive-bred Annularis  Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) earlier this year, and as of mid December, LiveAquaria Director Kevin Kohen told us that a pretty steady stream of fish are coming through importer Quality Marine (50-80 per month) and Read More

Captive bred annularis angelfish from Bali Aquarich are real and they’re already here

The captive bred annularis angelfish that were teased by Bali Aquarich back in May have already arrived in America and in decent numbers too. Marinelife dealers in L.A. let us know that Pacific Aqua Farms (PAF) got in some real nice and tiny baby captive bred annularis angelfish last week. Following up with PAF owner Read More

Bali Aquarich – Contender for first captive-bred Annularis angelfish

A recent spate of captive breeding successes, particularly with the Koran angelfish Pomacanthus semicirculatus, had us wondering what the next captive bred ”Big Angel” would be.  Based on what we’re seeing from Bali Aquarich (producers of the first captive-bred Pinnatus Batfish), it appears that we can now add Pomacanthus annularis to the list of firsts we can Read More

Some of the captive bred Koran angelfish may also include Annularis

We didn’t see this new development coming back in December, but leave it to Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich to recently second guess the species identification on some of the juvenile captive-spawned angelfish they managed to rear in late 2011, as posted on the Rising Tide Blog.  Why is Dr. Witt second guessing the identification of Read More

Overgrown annularis angelfish borders on grotesque and awesome

The jumbo blue ring angelfish above is by far the largest specimen of Pomacanthus annularis  that we have ever seen, in person or in photos. Without another fish in the frame you may not be able to get a sense for how overgrown this annularis angelfish is, but without exaggeration the broad white tail of Read More