Tour de BlueHarbor – Part 2. Fixing a deepwater malady

This is the second and final installment to the two part BlueHarbor tour visit. In this article, we visit one of Koji’s customers with perhaps the biggest and most impressive collection of deepwater fish ever. Rare fish aficionados, you do…

Pseudanthias micah, candy striper clingfish and other new species pictured

Reef Fishes of the East Indies brought with it 25 new species of previously unknown reef fish, several of which have had their mugshots released by Conservation International. Anthias, clingfish, butterflyfish, gobies and a cornucopia of other new piscine reef…

BlueHarbor releases new pictures and videos of Cirrhilabrus claire along with the other deepwater rarities

BlueHarbor released new pictures and videos of their latest haul and here’s a better look at the insanely rare Cirrhilabrus claire. As we’ve mentioned previously, C. claire has never had its live picture featured anywhere before and this pair marks…

The top four breakthrough exciting reef aquarium fishes of 2011

2011 has been a fantastic year for aquarium reef fish enthusiasts. Not only have we seen a great deal of exceptional fishes in terms of rarity and beauty, we’ve also scouted some potential would-be aquarium staples in the near future.…

LiveAquaria’s flathead perch duo acts like a pair of adorable puppy dogs

A week ago we had the distinct privilege of kicking it at LiveAquaria and among all the treasures we discovered, we got to meet the wonderful pair of flathead perch living in one of the display aquariums in Kevin Kohen’s…

Flathead Perch appears again- this time in Thailand!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAxtv_5YLkg[/youtube] After we recently reported about a very special Flathead Perch, Rainfordia opercularis, arriving in the US and few weeks ago in Japan, now we would like to inform you that this species is appearing in the trade a little…

The extremely rare Flathead Perch will be offered for sale today by LiveAquaria

LiveAquaria has been teasing with promise of offering one of the rarest reef basslets ever documented in the aquarium hobby, the flathead perch, Rainfordia opercularis. Our first encounter with the flathead perch began with a specimen that was acquired by…

Chaetodon assarius, a rare butterflyfish from down-under

Chaetodon assarius is a rare, shallow water planktivorous butterflyfish native to the waters of Western-Australia. The lovely fish is closely related to and looks similar to various other species found around the world, such as C. dolosus and C. sedentarius.…

Baby bandit angelfish videos from Blue Harbor and B-Box Aquarium

Baby bandit angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, from Hawaii seem to be popping up all over the place and two of Japan’s powerhouse rare fish dealers have stepped up with nice videos of their tiny bandits .Both Blue Harbor and B-Box Aquarium are…

Liopropoma africanum basslet lands at SAreefkeeping in South Africa

Liopropoma africanum is arguably one of the worlds rarest reef basslets in the marine aquarium hobby but one lucky shop n South Africa has just come into possession of only the third specimen we’ve heard of. rare fish fanciers will…