Nostalgic reef life will always trump Limited Edition corals

With the number of limited edition corals having grown exponentially with prices to match, it’s important to appreciate your own personal coral history first. We all like the background stories on LE corals. Who can forget the first Solomon Island…

Fishtank Kings — National Geographic releasing new aquarium reality show

Fishtank Kings is a new TV series that will air on National Geographic. Liked Tanked before it, the show will highlight both private and public aquarium builds. Living Color the full service fish tank maintenance and installation company that has…

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April 3– April 10th Bali Aquarich leaks sneak peek of Picasso Sebae Clownfish Quality Marine’s new “Collector Series” fish Jimmy Ma’s incredible Koi Coral Beauty angelfish gets a much needed update Blau LuminaLED coming this summer Lytro light field trip…

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March 27– April 2nd Can you believe someone in the US is hand making wooden airstones? Mr. Kang’s Korean reef aquarium is a field of exquisite corals on an elegant aquascape Remarkable collection of rare fish on Diver’s Den proves…

Prognathodes guyanensis pictured up close in this video by B-Box Aquarium

Prognathodes guyanensis is a rare deepwater butterflyfish from the Caribbean which is very infrequently available; maybe one or two appear in the aquarium trade every year. Also known as the French butterflyfish, Prognathodes guyanensis is much less known than the bank’s…

Desktop Jelly Fish Tank turns out to sting owners

Keeping Jelly Fish as pets can be quite a novel idea. In fact, one company listed a Kick Starter project centered on keeping Jelly fish in home aquariums, dubbed the Desktop Jelly Fish Tank. Like most Kick Starter projects, depending…

Sustainable Aquatics offers tank-conditioned Moorish Idols

Thanks to the anonymous tipster who texted me and said “SA Moorish Idol” the other day – wow.  Here’s another of our “doomed fish”, the “expert-only, only if you’re a glutton for punishment”, being marketed as something somehow better than the…

Banggai RESCUE Project using Kickstarter to aid the endangered fish

Project Banggai RESCUE is a unique new research project starting up to tackle issues plaguing the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in its native habitat. By tapping into the aquarium community for support via Kickstarter, the project pulls together a team of both…

Sustainable Aquatics offers tank raised little sand Dragonets

I will always have a special affection for dragonets.  When I saw a tank-raised dragonet on the Sustainable Aquatics availability list, it caught my attention – I had to ask more.  It was not one of the commonly kept species…

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  February 28– March 5th Carlinhos Moreno’s 400g reef rom Brazil is complete coral eye candy Stellar, simple soft coral and LPS tank is a masterpiece of father and son collaboration Steamed Palythoas send well-informed aquarist to the emergency room,…