LiveAquaria’s Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus syn., the orange face angelfish

The orange face angelish, Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus, is a highly elusive ‘species’ of Chaetodontoplus. This elusive fish is only available from Taiwanese reefs and the fish is believed to be a hybrid species perhaps between C. septentrionalis and C. melanosoma. There…

Filtration at LiveAquaria is taken very seriously

The filtration system to keep LiveAquaria up and running is amazing. There isn’t anything else that can compare that is selling livestock commercially. To give you an example of how big LiveAquaria is, they have 1200 fish in stock and…

Scolymia australis abounds at LiveAquaria’s coral farm

Scolymia australis are one of the most exciting corals to be available in unbelievable colors from Australia and LiveAquaria’s abundant supply of stunning Aussie Scoly specimens is second to none. There may be over a dozen S. australis offered for…

LiveAquaria’s nifty drain makes us jealous

The maintenance regime of Live Aquaria is just astounding, the place which is usually spotless goes throught quite a bit of water. The entire system gets small water changes every day with packing and shipping orders. The staff cleans the…

LiveAquaria’s saltwater fish boxing process

So have you ever wondered what the process of getting your Live Aquaria package is? Who packs the package? How did they fish arrive in the plastic bags? We recently got to see a hands on view of the entire…

LiveAquaria’s Reef Crystals buckets are a wee bit bigger than the norm

These Reef Crystals ‘buckets’ at LiveAquaria are just a wee bit bigger than your typical 160 gallon store size. These are actually 500 gallon water vats made to look llike giant version of the real thing, ya think they use…

LiveAquaria’s incredible Centropyge interruptus angelfish

If you thought all Centropyge were small and cute, then obviously you haven’t met a full grown, 6+” Centropyge interruptus from the Sea of Japan. There’s nothing ‘pygmy’ about this ginormous blue-spotted beauty, not even the price. The specimen pictured…

We have arrived at LiveAquaria

We have just arrived at LiveAquaria headquarters and we can’t wait to share with you all of the amazing livestock and operations that LA has to offer.  We haven’t even yet taken the official tour and we are are simply amazed…

ATB Deluxe Internal cone skimmers coming stateside soon

Here are some of the first pictures of ATB‘s latest skimmer in their Deluxe line. This is the internal version of their Deluxe line of protein skimmers, while the external has been seen in all sorts of ways this is…

Tom Rapids Pro Series Rp3 With Auto top off System

Tom Rapids has updated their Pro series filter with auto top off system. Based off of the old design this new version has a cleaner, more slick look then the outdated, outgoing model. Features don’t change much but do offer…