A beautiful angelfish hybrid has landed at Singapore-based livestock retailer Iwarna Aquafarm. Thought to be a cross between a Blueface Angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, and a Sixbar Angelfish, Pomacanthus sexstriatus, this large angel lovechild features the yellow eye mask, blue pelvic…
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Cryopreservation Comes to Florida Coral Conservation
An ambitious, new scientific project aims to preserve endangered corals using cutting-edge cryopreservation techniques. The latest phase of this groundbreaking work is happening this week at The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center in Apollo Beach, Florida, in collaboration…
ATI and Nyos Join Forces in Company Merger
Marine technology companies ATI Aquaristik GmbH and Nyos Aquatics GmbH have joined forces in an unexpected merger. ATI is best known for its lighting products and ICP tests, while Nyos is best known for its protein skimmers, aquariums, and salt,…
How to Maintain Suspension-Feeding Sea Cucumbers
When most hobbyists imagine sea cucumbers, or holothuroid species as they’ll be referred to later, we envision bottom-dwelling detritivores with little personalities whose slug-like bodies made their way into our tank simply to serve as valuable members of the clean-up-crew. …
Rainbow Confetti Scoly Lands at Top Shelf Aquatics
There is a select group of choice corals that tend to grab the attention of aquarium enthusiasts whenever they walk into a room, and then there are specific pieces that grab the attention of the entire hobby. That is the…
The Eight Hawaiian Fish Species Proposed to Return to the Hobby
Yesterday we shared a request from the Fisherman of Hawaii asking for people in the aquarium industry, (and the hobby,) to submit testimony to reopen the fishery. This generated many shares, emails, and lots of industry chatter, but it also…
25 Ways You Know You’re a Reefer
Here are twenty five tell-tale signs that you’re addicted to Reef keeping.
Submit Your Testimony to Reopen the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery
The Fishermen of Hawaii need aquatic industry support this week in what we hope is the final leg of reopening the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery. Hawaii has been shut for wild fish collection for the aquarium industry since January 2021, meaning…
In Defense of Rudie’s Wrasses
Rudie Kuiter is an Australian ichthyologist who has published extensively on Indo-Pacific reef fishes. Over the past half-century, he has described 56 new species, including a variety of wrasses, angelfishes, butterflyfishes, cardinalfishes, assessors, and, in particular, seahorses and pipefishes, though…
Red Sea NanoMat Marks a New Era in Nano Roller Filter Technology
Red Sea has launched its much anticipated nano-sized roller filter, called the NanoMat. Small in stature but with lots of features that make the ReefMat so great, NanoMat has been specially designed to replace the nano filter bag and holder…