Pseudanthias leucozonus has been referred to as one of the most beautiful deep water anthias and for a long time, has been regarded as a japanese endemic. It’s only in recent years that we’ve been seeing sporadic appearances of these…
Saltwater Fish
Deep Sea Challengers scores huge with Liopropoma aragai, Bodianus masudai, Plectranthias sp and Aulacocephalus temminckii
Deep Sea Challengers is a formidable force in the rare fish paradigm. They’ve collected the illustrious Neptune grouper, Lanceolatus fairy wrasses, Symphysanodon typus and just last week, we shared with you a brand new video of O. katayamai. That’s just the…
Sustainable Aquatics debuts captive-bred Allardi Clownfish and Molly Miller Blennies
The crew at Sustainable Aquatics has been continuing to push the boundaries of commercial captive breeding with two new introductions made late last week: Allardi clownfish, Amphiprion allardi and the Molly Miller blenny, Scartella cristata. Neither fish is a “species first”, both have…
Jimmy Ma’s incredible Koi Coral Beauty angelfish gets a much needed update
If you recall the post on Jimmy Ma’s incredible Coral Beauty, we mentioned that the aberrant individual retained this unusual coloration for more than four months. Aberrant individuals normally lose their unique patterns and revert back to the cookie cutter…
Wild clownfish video is the ultimate footage of amphiprion and anemones
If you have a single clownfish loving bone in your body, then you have to watch this amazing preview of the forthcoming nature DVD, Anemonefish: Nature’s Aquarium. The preview features many different species of anemonefish in the wild, hosting in the various…
Quality Marine’s new “Collector Series” fish
Aquarium marine life wholesaler Quality Marine continues to make an effort to breakdown the status quo of marine aquarium fish collection and importation. Their latest innovation is the new ultra-low volume “Collectors Series” of wild caught marine fish. QM’s annoucement…
Bali Aquarich leaks sneak peek of Picasso Sebae Clownfish – updated
Here are five seconds of designer clownfish heaven, showing what is undeniably the first “Picasso-type” stripe variation in the True Sebae Clownfish, Amphiprion sebae. We’ve seen images of “Platinum” Saddleback Clownfish (A. polymnus), and we’ve seen the hybrid of A.…
Hong Kong scores with two butterflyfish demigods – Prognathodes basabei and Roa excelsa
Apart from FOWLR dominated set ups and the typical over-stocked fish tanks that have fast become a stereotype there, the reefing scene of Hong Kong is well known for another aspect of the hobby – the ability to procure rare…
The itsy-bitsy gangly Callogobius gobies are a curious bunch
Gobies are undoubtedly one of the largest species of fish comprising thousands of species living in all water types from fresh, brackish and salt. Many of you would find yourself dealing with the colorful saltwater gobies sometime or other in…
Rising Tide at it again – captive bred orbic batfish, Platax orbicularis
The Rising Tide model of experimental breeding continues to prove its value, as the team at University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab are taking down captive-bred species firsts like it’s going out of style. Images released yesterday depict post metamorphosis…