Moray eels are a unique and unmistakeable predator of many marine environments, and a very interesting pet predator to keep in an aquarium. Some widespread species have natural ranges from one continent to another but often times, the populations that…
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Plectranthias cruentus, a New Perchlet Species from Lord Howe Island
Plectranthias cruentus is a very unexpected new species of perchlet discovered in the remote waters of Australia’s Lord Howe Island region. The sole photo of a freshly preserved specimen collected off Ball’s Pyramid shows a fish that looks quite a…
How (Hybrid) Tridacna Clams are Made
Spawning and rearing giant clams is an elaborate process that requires a certain degree of knowledge, but thankfully this know-how has been extensively documented and shared around the world. For around forty years small island nations of the Pacific Ocean…
Science Sheds Light on Squamosa x Crocea Clam Hybrids
Hybrid giant clams have been an enigma to the aquarists who seek to understand them in order to better provide for these treasured bivalves. Finally a new research experiment not only confirmed the authenticity of hybrid Tridacna clams – they’ve…
Two More Exciting Captive Bred Species from Bali Aquarich
You heard about the recent breeding of Centropyge joculator as well as the Rock beauty (Holacanthus tricolor). But this is not the end of recent breeding announcements, as the very warm and dry weather in Bali brought us some two…
Top 10 Angelfish Stories of 2019
It’s no secret that marine angelfish are some of the highest profile pets for our saltwater and reef aquariums, and they are certainly among our favorite reef animals to write about. With a circumtropical distribution, their captive breeding breakthroughs, aberrations,…
TheReefbox Launches new Concept All in One Aquarium on KickStarter
TheReefbox is a new concept reef setup that has a slightly different, modern take on how an all in one aquarium should work. This is far from the first all in one reef aquarium setup that we’ve seen have a…
Purple Sea Urchins are hungry; headed for your tank next
Purple Sea Urchins or Strongylocentrotus purpuratus are eating their way through the underwater kelp forests in California and now moving north towards Oregon. A recent count found 350 million purple sea urchins on one Oregon reef alone — more than…
France’s Marineland Has Rare Captive Breeding of Gramma Dejongi
It appears that Gramma dejongi, once a very inaccessible reef fish is about to become a lot more common fish in the reef aquarium world. Right after Biota showed their first captive bred G. dejongi, a French Public Aquarium called Marineland…
RARE Platinum Gramma Dejongi Variant Already Sold on LiveAquaria
The Platinum Gramma dejongi is not only the first captive bred variant of a gramms, it’s also the only one we know of for all basslets. The highly desirable Gramma dejongi from Cuba has had a wild ride over the…
