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Cook Island Helfrich firefish shows up again in the Diver’s Den
What can we say? The “true” Helfrich firefish from the Cook Istlands is a fish that we just can’t get over. For the longest time the Helfrich firefish, Nemateleotris helfrichi was the holy grail of dartfish and over the years…
Cherry Corals scores a handful of highly coveted Arcohelia rediviva
We first fell in love with Arcohelia rediviva back in May 2009 when we saw for the first time the amazing color and shape of a specimen which quickly sold from LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den. For a few months not a…
2009 Reef Builders Reader’s Choice Awards roundup!
2009 was a great year for aquarium products and now that we’re starting to feel cozy with 2010 we may as well share with you the results of the 2009 Reef Builders Reader’s Choice Awards. There were some likely winners…
Ellerkeldia rubra, the red-stripe dwarf seaperch from Western Australia
Ellerkeldia rubra is an exciting new dwarf seaperch species that is very rarely collected from Western Australia. The Ellerkeldia genus includes many species that greatly resemble Hypoplectrodes sseaperches but Ellerkeldia has a slightly more elongated body shape. Although a few…
Success with the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris
We are pleased to present another inaugural post today on Reef Builders, this one is by Tim Morrissey, a fish breeding aquarist who is attending the Florida Institute of Technology where he studies reef fish ecology and reproduction. Harlequin filefish,…
The biggest marine and reef aquarium stories of 2009
2009 was a very big year for reef aquarists around the world and it was our pleasure to bring the news to reefers during the last completion of Earth’s solar orbit. We have hand selected some stories which are shoed-in…
Reader’s Choice Awards: Vote on the best Cycloseris of the year
2009 was a very good year for aquarium Cyclos. Imports from Australia and Malaysia really helped to bring some mind blowing colorful Fungiids this year but the Cycloseris were some of the best represented. What strikes us is that the…
Schizoculina fissipara precedes a wave of fresh new corals coming soon from Sao Tome, West Africa
Schizoculina fissipara and S. africana are two West African coral species that are brand new to the aquarium trade. Like so many other new coral and fish species LiveAquaria was first to the scene when they offered the unique…
