Just over a week ago, Hawaiian fish collector Matt Ross was diving in Oahu looking to catch a regular fare of Hawaiian reef fish when he stumbled upon one of Hawaii’s most esteemed fish, the masked angelfish, Genicanthus personatus. Within…
Bobtail squids are now the first cephalopods in space
With today’s successful launch and orbit of the Endeavour space shuttle, its precious cargo of earth life include the first cephalopods in space, Space-Squids! Among the usual fare of water bears and extremophile bacteria is a small cohort of bobtail…
Sacura speciosa captured and photographed alive for the first time in Manado, Indonesia
Sacura speciosa is an extremely rare reef fish which had never been photographed alive until now. Neptune Marine collected this Sacura speciosa while working with divers in Manodo, Indonesia who had been trained to capture and properly decompress deepwater reef…
Bali’s new reef fish and coral revealed in stunning detail by Conservation International photos
The eight new reef fish and single new coral species that we wrote about on Friday are already being revealed in great detail by new press photos from Conservation International. Among the newly discovered species are one Euphyllia coral, two…
The Bladefin Basslet, Jeboehlkia gladifer, is one incredible (and expensive) deepwater reef fish
The Bladefin basslet, Jeboehlkia gladifer, that is being offered for sale on consignment by Aquatouch is an incredible reef fish that we have never heard about. At $8000 and about 1.5 inches/3cm long, the bladefin basslet is probably one of…
B-Box Aquarium shares one of the closest videos of Earle’s fairy wrasse yet
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9LHRySIogw[/youtube] What can we say about Cirrhilabrus earli that we haven’t written many times before? This rare fairy wrasse first discovered in Palau is simply a stunning fish and the new video from B-Box Aquarium is one of the clearest…
Fitodose from Planctontech is a new automatic phytoplankton doser
Fitodose is a new phytoplankton doser from Planctontech which automatically doses phytoplankton throughout the day. By adding only a small amount of phytoplankton on a regular basis with something like the Fitodose, it is possible to maintain natural levels of…
We haven’t seen an incredible blue teardrop maxima clam like this in a long time
Blue teardrop maxima clams used to be so common that Reefer Madness alone would serve up a couple each week. In the last few years the supply of blue teardop maxima clams has dried up to a trickle and this…
Pivot power plays nice with our growing number of DC power supplies
You may have noticed an increasing number of aquarium devices going to DC (direct current). These include the DC water pumps from Ecotech Marine and Tunze, and of course all aquarium LED lights run on DC power and except for…
House of Fins brings Personatus angelfish to continental US
Personatus angelfish may be caught in U.S. waters but aside from their brief stint in Hawaii, they usually go East to Japan, Taiwan or Hong Kong. House of Fins has bucked this trend by laying down some big bucks to…