Cebu reef fish are totally hot right now! It seems like everywhere we look there’s some new species, rare morph or absolutely wild aberration shipping out of the Northern Philippines. We’ve covered some aberrant pygmy angelfish before but what makes…
Pseudochromis socotraensis and P. chrysospilos are two new species of dottybacks from Socotra Archipelago
We’ve seen a good number of new dottyback species described and imported this year so it’s with great pleasure that we learned that two more new species were recently described from the Indian Ocean. Pseudochromis socotraensis and P. chrysospilos are the…
Seio Wave Pump with real wavemaking abilities and remote control demoed at CIPS
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IdBqbx6GKw[/youtube] The Seio Wave Pump joins the Seio Surge Pump in a new generation of efficient and feature rich propeller water pumps that will soon be available from Rio. Whereas the Seio Surge pump is a DC pump…
Aldersladum is a new soft coral genus created for two unique (former) species of Efflatournaria
Aldersladum is a new genus of soft coral which was erected due to some very peculiar sclerites in one former species of Efflatournaria and another new species of soft coral. The two species in the genus Aldersladum are A. godwanum…
Male yellow pygmy angelfish from Cebu exhibits a handsome splash of black
For some reason anytime we see a picture of a ‘blackened’ yellow angelfish it is always the fuzziest, out of focus or mediocre looking specimen but new pics from Jimmy Ma are a complete exception. This large showy male Centropyge…
ReefStock happening March 10th, 2012 at the Denver Downtown Aquarium
It’s hard to believe it’s been nine months since the last ReefStock and it’s already time to start working on the next one. When the first ReefStock was produced back in 2008 we could hardly think past an annual legacy of events…
Shikorosango’s giant reef tank is still way bigger than yours
We first shared pictures of Shikorosango’s 3700 gallon reef tank about a year ago. In that time his massive Turbinaria colonies have become gargantuan in size and now the whole reef aquarium looks like a slice of a real reef. You know…
$1 Mame Nano Skimmer clone is a ghetto-fabulous DIY deal
If you missed out on Black Friday deals yesterday or feel that there wasn’t really much for you, here’s a nice deal on a DIY nano protein skimmer you can build at home. This clone of the svelte and diminutive…
Mini review of Julian’s Thing for target feeding a reclusive fish
Julian’s Thing hit our aquarium product review bench just in time for us to try it out on a frightful triggerfish. About a week ago we obtained a hybrid picasso triggerfish which has been almost completely un-socialized with other fish…
Piebald purple tang is grotesquely awesome
This piebald purple tang is probably the worst picture quality we’re willing to post, but we’re using it anyway since the piebald purple tang subject matter is so extraordinary. As Yikai was quick to point, this is NOT a purple…