The Long Island Aquarium: A Pleasant Surprise Near the Tip of the Island

If you are ever visiting NYC and have time for a day trip out on Long Island, I would highly suggest the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center out in Riverhead as an excellent family destination. The center is about…

ReefGen offering Long Island Aquarium corals, Flamboyant cuttlefish and rare captive bred fish

ReefGen was cofounded by Laura Birenbaum and Justin Credabel to produce premium aquacultured coral, invertebrates, fishes and sharks. The operation is in collaboration with Joe Yaiullo, curator of the Long Island Aquarium, probably best known for his highly respected 12-year-old,…

Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center is the new name of Atlantis Marine World

The iconic Atlantis Marine World of Long Island, NY is reinventing itself with the launch of a new hotel as the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center. After ten years of operating as the Atlantis we all know and love…

Hawaii’s Don’t Let it Loose Campaign Provides Amnesty for Unwanted Aquarium Creatures

Recent discoveries of illegal, non-native marine aquarium species spreading on Hawai‘i’s reefs have led to a new campaign to remind people, “Don’t Let it Loose.” The campaign aims to prevent the importation and possession of illegal and harmful marine aquarium…

RVS Finds Yellow Tangs, Noble Anthias, and More at Calayan Island, Philippines 

Keen fish watchers will have seen wild-caught Yellow Tangs on the social media feeds of RVS Fishworld, along with stunning Masked Swallow Angelfish and rare Anthias. But with the Hawaii fishery still closed for collection where did the Yellow tangs…

The Niger Triggerfish is One Fish to Leave Out of your Reef Aquarium 

Niger triggerfish can make attractive additions to large saltwater aquariums, but when it comes to mixed reefs, and anything under 180 gallons, they are best left out.  Also known as Redtooth triggerfish, Odonus niger is the sole member of its…

Golden Reef Solomon Islands FINDS PAIR of Aberrant Bicolor Angelfish 

Golden Reef Solomon Islands L.T.D has collected not one but two aberrant Bicolor angelfish, and what’s more, they’re a pair!  Bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor, are widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to the Samoan and Phoenix Islands, north to…

Miami Seaquarium Facing Eviction after “troubling history of violations”

Miami Seaquarium has been served an eviction notice in the form of a letter titled “Notice of Advisement – Termination of Lease of Review” by Miami-Dade County. Seaquarium’s owners MS Leisure Company, have been told they must vacate the premises…

Sustainably Farmed Clams now available from SaltwaterAquarium.Com

Something about giant clams of the genus Tridacna draws us to them. The combination of the tell-tale clam-shaped shell and exquisite mantle color and patterning encapsulates the underwater realm and conjures up far-away Pacific reefs, and another world. With T.gigas,…

$17.5 million mansion with 15,000-gallon aquarium goes up for sale near Manhattan

A 16,000-square-foot dream home complete with a huge custom aquarium has been put up for sale in Rumson, New Jersey. Owned by real estate developer Sal Cannizzaro, the 15,000-gallon tank was custom-built in the house’s recreation room and stocked with…