Prolific angelfish breeders Poma Labs announced the news of not one but two exciting breeding successes this week. The first is the Yellow-Ear Angelfish, Apolemichthys xanthotis, the 19th Angelfish species bred by the leading aquaculturists and they believe, the first…
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Tiger Angelfish Bred by Poma Labs for the First Time
It feels like we are living in a Golden Age of Angelfish breeding as this week, Dr. Matt Wittenrich, Co-Founder & CEO of Poma Labs Inc, announced that his company has bred and raised the Tiger angel, Apolemichthys kingi, for…
Hybrid Tiger Angelfish Makes Surprise Touchdown at Finest Aquatics
A hybrid tiger angelfish has just splashed down in the United Kingdom and we couldn’t be more excited to share the story of this exceedingly rare specimen with our readers. This small mutt of Apolemichthys kingi is only the fourth example of…
Tiger Angelfish Hybrid Collected in Madagascar
If the tiger angelfish is the Holy Grail of marine angelfish species then we’re going to have to come up with something else to describe the new hybrid tiger angelfish. This new specimen of the tiger angelfish is only the second…
Stunning Adult Tiger Angelfish Sighted On The Outskirts of Chicago
The Tiger Angelfish is one of the most striking and exotic species of marine angelfish. Last week while speaking at Reefwise on the outskirts of Chicago we had a new opportunity to visit a long term captive Apolemichthys kingi and this…
Tiger Angelfish makes American aquarium debut at Pacific Aqua Farms
The Tiger Angelfish is no stranger to the pages of Reef Builders, and now thanks to a recent import by Pacific Aqua Farms, the Tiger Angelfish is no longer a stranger to America. Despite its rarity and limited distribution in…
Tiger angelfish discovered in Madagascar!
The fish life of Madagascar is very poorly known when it comes to the aquarium hobby. Certain illustrious species like the Madagascar flasher wrasse beckon to us from behind the third world curtain, but a new discovery in this part…
Juvenile tiger angelfish lands at DeJong Marinelife, will be displayed at InterZoo
DeJong Marinelife has just teased the world with a sneaker picture of a tiny little tiger angelfish, the gem of a rare angelfish that only comes from South Africa. We’ve learned that this particular tyke of an Apolemichthys kingi was collected…
Face-to-face with the hyper rare tiger angelfish in nature and the aquarium
Any of the rare fish fanciers out there who’ve kept up with some of my writings know that I have a sort of infatuation with South Africa’s endemic tiger angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi. So, when I got the invitation to come to…
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…
