Black Foxface, Siganus niger: you haven’t seen a rabbitfish like this

The black foxface, Siganus niger from Fiji is a fish we’ve heard about, read about, but never seen or documented in aquaria until last week. The black Foxface comes only from Tonga, but just over a restricted range centered around the northernmost islands…

Oxymonacanthus halli: LiveAquaria’s offers the Red Sea harlequin filefish

LiveAquaria produced and delivered, a fully conditioned specimen of the Red Sea “Harlequin” Filefish, Oxymonacanthus halli.  I cook dinner for my wife and son, go run some errands, and come home to a Facebook posting from Dr. Matt Wittenrich, waving…

LiveAquaria shows off what could be the studliest male Paracheilinus piscilineatus yet

The highly elusive demi god of the flasher wrasses, Paracheilinus piscilineatus has eluded divers and rare fish collectors alike for the longest time imaginable – that is until 2011. Since the start of last year, the industry has been getting fleeting glimpses…

Reef Gently’s AccliStick is an analog way to digitally adjust your acclimation drip rate

  The AccliStick from Reef Gently is a a great idea to get a baseline drip rate for acclimating different sorts of fish. The very first day we worked at a fish store, one of the veteran fishguys showed us how…

The itsy-bitsy gangly Callogobius gobies are a curious bunch

Gobies are undoubtedly one of the largest species of fish comprising thousands of species living in all water types from fresh, brackish and salt. Many of you would find yourself dealing with the colorful saltwater gobies sometime or other in…

The Blue Velvet Angelfish now *officially* described as Centropyge deborae

Centropyge deborae is the official name of the weird dark blue pygmy angelfish that is so far only known from one location in Fiji. As far back as June Reef Builders got word that the Blue Velvet Angelfish would be…

Male femininus wrasse video by B-Box Aquarium could be the first of its kind

The femininus wrasse has been entering the trade with a little more regularity and the occurrences have not been decreasing yet. That’s great news for fans of this fish. Anampses femininus has got to be single handedly the most stunning…

Red Sea reef fish beginning to trickle back into the aquarium trade

Red Sea reef fish were the pinnacle of aquarium fish provenance when we started keeping a marine aquariums in the nineties. For a decade orchid dottybacks, red sea pearlscale butterflyfish, broomtail wrasses and bicinctus clownfish seemed like staple aquarium fish that would…

Anampses femininus entering the market with a little more regularity

Anampses femininus used to be a fish so rare and so legendary that obtaining one would certainly be very difficult. Whilst it is still very rare, its awesome to see that more are entering the market recently as compared to before.…

Crosshatch Bluethroat triggerfish hybrid is real and coming to LiveAquaria tonight

The Crosshatch x Bluethroat triggerfish hybrid of Xanthichthys mento x X. auromarginatus is an amazingly rare specimen of reef fish coming in tonight’s Diver’s Den. If you liked the hybrid triggerfish we posted about a couple of weeks and and…