Plectranthias xanthomaculatus and P. elongatus described from deepwater trawls of Taiwan

Plectranthias xanthomaculatus and P. elongatus are two new species of deepwater reef fish which have just been described by Wu, Randall and Chen in the journal Zoological Studies. The two new species of Plectranthias were described based on single specimens…

Plectranthias nanus is so nano

Don’t let the large macro photograph fool you, this Plectranthias nanus is barely topping out at 7/8th of an inch (22mm), total length. The adorable Plectranthias nanus is yet another little nano reef fish gem that Greenwich Aquaria has imported…

Pseudoplesiops rosae, the Rose Island basslet

The Rose Island Baslet, Pseudoplesiops rosae, is an attractive small dottyback which has very rarely been imported for the marine aquarium. One of the usual suspects when it comes to acquiring rare and new fish, Jason Edward of Greenwich Aquaria…

B-Ionic Seawater mixing pump is not just clean, it’s immaculate

This Tunze Nano Stream’s only job has been as a mixing pump for ESV’s B-Ionic 4 part Seawater system. So far this 6025 has mixed six batches of 5 gallons of water and one batch of 25 gallons and it…

Macropharyngodon vivienae: madagascar leopard wrasse starts showing up in Kenyan exports

Macropharyngodon vivienae is an exciting fish that is thought to be an endemic to Madagascar reefs and parts of the East African coastline from Natal to Durban. This is a fish so rare that we’ve only seen one live specimen…

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…

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…

Magnificent Fan Shrimp Gobies are the newest Flabelligobius to hit the scene

Magnificent Shrimp Gobies from the Flabelligobius genus have long been lusted after as nothing more than a “book fish”, an amazing species you often see in books but never in person. As with so many rare book fish these days,…

While you’re in Orange County visit one of SoCal’s finest LFS, Amazing Aquariums and Reefs

Whether you go to Amazing Aquariums and Reefs to buy or just to look, if you are traveling any distance to attend this weekend’s Reefapalooza event at the OC fairgrounds you ought to visit one of Southern California’s nicest aquarium…