Branching Leptoseris gardineri is a very unusual species of this now-popular genus which we have drooled over in books and photographs for over a decade. In pictures it seems so delicate and brittle that we long relegated this species to being impossible to ship in a single piece, giving up on it as a “book coral” Read More

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Yellow blue-spot jawfish are real and although we’ve seen one before, we didn’t realize they were a thing until SDC got some in. Exactly two small juveniles of the blue-spot jawfish arrived at Sea Dwelling Creatures originating from Mexico with an exceptionally xanthic color pattern. One of these yellow blue-spot jawfish is pictured above by SDC rep Read More

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While many aquarists and some stores are busy holding onto technologies of the past, even the big time coral wholesalers on LA’s infamous one hundred and fourth street are adopting LED lighting in a big way. While in SoCal for the big Reefapalooza conference we had the chance to swing by Pacific Aqua Farms and Sea Read More

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A great new video from Sea Dwelling Creatures shows a killer comparison between a double black-fin Centropyge heraldi and the pygmy angelfish species formerly known as Centropyge woodheadi. Once believed to be a separate species, Centropyge woodheadi with its black tipped dorsal fin is now considered to be a variant of Centropyge heraldi but in recent years Read More

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The five stripe hogfish, Bodianus paraleucosticticus, is an amazing and rare hogfish which very rarely graces American soil. Recently, Cairns Marine out of Australia has been making more regular excursions to the Coral Sea to get exotic reef fish such as the five-striped hogfish and the yet to be described “Cirrhilabrus squirei“. Luckily for us, Sea Dwelling Creatures as Read More

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Sea Dwelling Creatures has had a hot streak of unusual fish lately, this week landing not one but two prized reef fishes: an amelanistic flame angelfish and one of those funky piebald white and yellow tangs. The amelanistic flame angelfish is something else, with nary a hint of black color anywhere on its body, only Read More

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Two of our favorite companies have teamed up — and not in a cage match Battle Royale either. Wholesaler Sea Dwelling Creatures is now distributing Reef Nutrition products making it much easier to not only get some great fish and corals shipped to your favorite local fish store but some great products to feed your Read More

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Heteropsammia is a coral which has never been seen alive in the aquarium trade. It’s not everyday that a truly unique coral is imported for the first time but thanks to the efforts of Sea Dwelling Creatures, the US hobby will soon be graced by the presence of Heteropsammia cochlea, the “walking dendro” coral. There Read More

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The summer slowdown may be in full effect in terms of new products but our little pitty has got a feel on some amazing livestock coming stateside and much of it has already cleared customs. First up is a grouping of amazing Mycedium chalice corals from a tenant of 104th St. Sea Dwelling Creatures has Read More

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We cannot imagine a cooler way for Sea Dwelling Creatures to christen their swanky new website than to get not one but two aberrant passer angelfish, Holacanthus passer. Now SDC is calling these two specimens hybrids but other than the unusual color, these fish show no real differences of pattern or body shape to warrant Read More

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