For some reason, it seems like the aberrant triggerfish that come to our attention are almost always undulated triggerfish, but today it’s the pink-tail trigger’s turn to break the rules. Coming to us from Son’s Aquarium Fish Trading in the…
Some Recent Hero Corals Have Weird Inner Glow
Turbinaria is one of the groups of corals that has always been a mainstay of reef aquariums. Whether they are tiny little frags or big showy colonies, there’s always room for a Turbinaria in a reef aquarium and now we’ve…
ORA’s Gold Lightning Maroon Could Be Very Different From The Originals
Just a few months after announcing the availability of lightning maroon clownfish, ORA made an even bigger announcement that they are now producing gold lightning maroon clownfish. This might seem like a small varietal change but regular and gold stripe maroon…
Glamorca Gyre Pump Is The Newest MaxSpect Licensee
The Glamorca Pump is the newest aquarium company to license MaxSpect’s very popular Gyre pump technology. In size and shape the Glamorca Pump is virtually identical to the real mccoy, but in some ways it doesn’t directly compete with the…
Epic Denver Area LFS Tour With LOTS of Eye Candy!
As many fish stores as we visit on an annual basis, I think it’s clear to our readers that we LOVE visiting the LFS. Every year I have an annual tradition of visiting every LFS in the Denver and Central…
Lined Gem Tang Is Truly One Of A Kind!
We’ve written so many cool stories about tangs and surgeonfish over the years – there must be a hundred articles on rare species, koi tangs, aberrations and hybrids. It’s definitely getting to the point where there’s not much we haven’t…
JellyTank is the Cheapest Jellyfish Aquarium to date
The JellyTank is a swanky new jellyfish aquarium that just popped up on KickStarter. When we saw that yet another jellyfish all in one aquarium being crowdfunded, we immediately thought to ourselves, “how many jellyfish tanks does the world need?”…
Enneapterygius niue, a Colorful New Species of Triplefin from the Pacific Ocean
Enneapterygius niue is a colorful species of triplefin that was just described by Ronal Fricke and Mark Erdmann. Known from just three specimens collected in Niue and Samoa, this new triplefin species is quite the looker. With a candy-cane colored…
SciTronix is a New Austrian Company Working on A Controller and LED Lights
Scitronix is a new electronics company from Austria which just launched with ambitious goals in its sight. Billing itself as a ‘scientific electronics’ company, Scitronix has some interesting LED and controller products in mind. The Discus LED is not round…
Sueviota pyrios, Another New Goby Species From The Red Sea
Sueviota pyrios is yet another new species of dwarf goby to be described, and the latest from the Red Sea. The bright red-orange fish is curiously described from just a single specimen collected in the Gulf of Aqaba at the…