The future of Hawaiian fishing permits is still up in the air after last week’s meeting with the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources. At the meeting The Board of Land and Natural Resources and the state…
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Blueface X Sixbar Hybrid Angelfish Lands at Iwarna Aquafarm
A beautiful angelfish hybrid has landed at Singapore-based livestock retailer Iwarna Aquafarm. Thought to be a cross between a Blueface Angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, and a Sixbar Angelfish, Pomacanthus sexstriatus, this large angel lovechild features the yellow eye mask, blue pelvic…
How to Maintain Suspension-Feeding Sea Cucumbers
When most hobbyists imagine sea cucumbers, or holothuroid species as they’ll be referred to later, we envision bottom-dwelling detritivores with little personalities whose slug-like bodies made their way into our tank simply to serve as valuable members of the clean-up-crew. …
Rainbow Confetti Scoly Lands at Top Shelf Aquatics
There is a select group of choice corals that tend to grab the attention of aquarium enthusiasts whenever they walk into a room, and then there are specific pieces that grab the attention of the entire hobby. That is the…
Polycarbonate Jump Net is a Premium Lid Upgrade for all Cade Aquariums
Aussie aquarium brand Cade has added a premium polycarbonate lid option to all its saltwater tanks. Cade aquariums already come with precut, pre-assembled aluminum frame jump nets as standard, but now Cade owners have the chance to upgrade, and purchase…
The Eight Hawaiian Fish Species Proposed to Return to the Hobby
Yesterday we shared a request from the Fisherman of Hawaii asking for people in the aquarium industry, (and the hobby,) to submit testimony to reopen the fishery. This generated many shares, emails, and lots of industry chatter, but it also…
25 Ways You Know You’re a Reefer
Here are twenty five tell-tale signs that you’re addicted to Reef keeping.
In Defense of Rudie’s Wrasses
Rudie Kuiter is an Australian ichthyologist who has published extensively on Indo-Pacific reef fishes. Over the past half-century, he has described 56 new species, including a variety of wrasses, angelfishes, butterflyfishes, cardinalfishes, assessors, and, in particular, seahorses and pipefishes, though…
Five Fish that Will Eat Aiptasia Nuisance Anemones
Aiptasia are the scourge of the reef aquarium and are hard to eliminate once introduced. Here are five saltwater aquarium fish that will eat them. Aiptasia eating filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus The name says it all. The Aiptasia eating filefish does…
Tiger Cowrie Captive Breeding Success
A team of researchers in Singapore have bred and reared the Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris. Previous studies have spawned the species and had limited success with the larvae, but marine biologists from the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) at the…
