Two great aquarium stores in Greenwich CT having big annual sales this weekend

House of Fins and Greenwich Aquaria are two of the finest retail aquarium stores in the country which we have written about extensively over the years – only LiveAquaria and Old Town Aquarium do as much shaking down of rare…

Simple, low tech reef tanks can be bliss

My home office is down in the basement of our house. There are weeks where my job has me working late nights down there and at some point, I figured a little aquatic life would make my work environment more…

Air Swimmers take flying fish to a whole new level

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRG4xfJcLF4[/youtube] Air Swimmers are a unique new product that is just so cool and fun looking, we are thinking we should get some for oursevles. These remote controlled balloons come in either a clownfish or shark and literally appear to…

APBreed, the new product line from Reed Mariculture, makers of Reef Nutrition

It’s been a long time coming – today Reed Mariculture finally settled on a name for their new product line for Aquarists, Propagaters and Breeders – hence “APBreed”.  This product line is deep, pulling from Reed’s mariculture products to bring…

EcoAquariums PNG Ltd is the new exclusive exporter for Papua New Guinea livestock

Eight months after the official word that EcoEZ’s PNG SEASMART program had come to legal blows with the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), you might have given up hope on seeing PNG fish anytime soon.  In fact, it has…

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  August 1st– 8th Coralife set to release new Evolve LED based off of recent trademark filing Black Snowflake clownfish coming soon from ORA Papercuts and Stray Voltage in the marine aquarium Nuvo Aquarium Micro 30 and Mini 38 are…

The Mysterious Albino Dottyback, Pseudochromis sankeyi “Albino”

Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich discussed a very interesting fish at the recent MBI Marine Breeder’s Workshop – an Albino form of Pseudochromis sankeyi, produced by Dutch marine fish breeder Robert Brons of Brons Mariculture.  While Wittenrich stated that this variation…

Unusal wild caught Ocellaris clown is spotted from the Philipines

Two wild Amphiprion ocellaris from the Philippines were recently collected with a ‘natural’ mis-barred Picasso pattern. People who have seen man made clownfish such as the Picasso, Snowflake, or the Platinum varieties may easily overlook unusual clownfish with a small…

Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center is the new name of Atlantis Marine World

The iconic Atlantis Marine World of Long Island, NY is reinventing itself with the launch of a new hotel as the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center. After ten years of operating as the Atlantis we all know and love…

Acidic oceans can be causing “deafness” in fish

We know that acidic conditions can cause damage to sensitive corals on our reefs but a recent study on clownfish has shown that increased acidity in water can cause them to lose their hearing. The study used sounds of predators to see if the…