Visit the LiveAquaria MACNA booth to spot a couple of gems

Where else in the country can you see a greater abundance of exotic marine life than at the MACNA conference this weekend and the LiveAquaria booth is a perfect example. Candy basslets and mcculochi clownfish can be seen together, swimming…

LiveAquaria’s femininus wrasse is presented in still and moving pictures

The femininus wrasse, Anampses femininus, is one of those mythical fish that you hardly ever see on display but when you see a robust, vigorous specimen, you can’t help but to be stunned by it’s exquisite beauty. One such specimen…

LiveAquaria’s Acropora and SPS coral display tank

The deluge of Australian LPS corals which have flooded the US aquarium market may have all but overwhelmed the SPS subculture of the reefing community but now that many of us have had our fill of lords, hillaes, moseleyas and…

LiveAquaria’s show sized wrought iron butterflyfish

Chaetodon daedalma has been and always will be one of the most striking and unique butterflyfish in the world. This Japanese endemic grows very large, it has striking presence in the aquarium, they have a vigorous appetite and a personality…

LiveAquaria’s Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus syn., the orange face angelfish

The orange face angelish, Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus, is a highly elusive ‘species’ of Chaetodontoplus. This elusive fish is only available from Taiwanese reefs and the fish is believed to be a hybrid species perhaps between C. septentrionalis and C. melanosoma. There…

Filtration at LiveAquaria is taken very seriously

The filtration system to keep LiveAquaria up and running is amazing. There isn’t anything else that can compare that is selling livestock commercially. To give you an example of how big LiveAquaria is, they have 1200 fish in stock and…

Scolymia australis abounds at LiveAquaria’s coral farm

Scolymia australis are one of the most exciting corals to be available in unbelievable colors from Australia and LiveAquaria’s abundant supply of stunning Aussie Scoly specimens is second to none. There may be over a dozen S. australis offered for…

LiveAquaria’s nifty drain makes us jealous

The maintenance regime of Live Aquaria is just astounding, the place which is usually spotless goes throught quite a bit of water. The entire system gets small water changes every day with packing and shipping orders. The staff cleans the…

LiveAquaria’s saltwater fish boxing process

So have you ever wondered what the process of getting your Live Aquaria package is? Who packs the package? How did they fish arrive in the plastic bags? We recently got to see a hands on view of the entire…

LiveAquaria’s Reef Crystals buckets are a wee bit bigger than the norm

These Reef Crystals ‘buckets’ at LiveAquaria are just a wee bit bigger than your typical 160 gallon store size. These are actually 500 gallon water vats made to look llike giant version of the real thing, ya think they use…