The Emperor of Commensal Shrimp Relationships

The Emperor shrimp is a very small, rarely imported shrimp, typically sporting bright orange and white primary colors. They can be found across the Indo-Pacific. Typically, we see this species associated with “Medusa worms” in captivity as their most popular…

Fiji’s Undescribed Stonogobiops Shrimpgoby

The year is 1977. Star Wars is a box office sensation, Billy Joel is topping the charts with his multi-platinum album The Stranger, and the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley, is found dead in his Graceland bathroom, but…

ReefStock Chattanooga Exhibitor List Announced

ReefStock Chattanooga 2024 is hotting up with five speakers, over forty vendors, and just six weeks to go for the famous Reef Builders event. It’s the first time that the ReefStock show has exhibited in the central location of Chattanooga…

Could Marine Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria be the Fish Food of the Future?

A Japanese technology company has made a commercial fish diet from just light, bacteria, and air that can rival or beat the nutritional profile of normal fish meal. With some commercial fish farming diets coming under scrutiny, (the feeding of…

Mirage Hotel’s Famous 20,000-gallon Aquarium is No More

The Mirage Hotel’s famous aquarium has been shut down and emptied as the iconic Las Vegas resort closes for good. Situated in the lobby behind the registration desks, the huge fish-only saltwater aquarium was home to 450 fish from 85…

Golden Reef Solomon Islands FINDS PAIR of Aberrant Bicolor Angelfish 

Golden Reef Solomon Islands L.T.D has collected not one but two aberrant Bicolor angelfish, and what’s more, they’re a pair!  Bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor, are widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to the Samoan and Phoenix Islands, north to…

The Secret Nazi History of the Lyretail Anthias

In recent years, we’ve seen the classification of Pseudanthias slowly get whittled down in the light of molecular and morphological revisions. This has resulted in the expansion of Nemanthias from 1 to 6 species, the recognition of Mirolabrichthys as a…

Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program

When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio 4-part based on calcium consumption, we were keen to try it out for ourselves and get it set up on the Reefer Peninsula display tank…

Flashback Friday – Jake’s Love for Hybrid Angelfish

Get into tropical marine fish identification and it won’t be long before you come across the fascinating world of interspecies hybrids. Jake Adams loved hybrids, one of the last messages he sent us was of a suspected hybrid Convict/Polyzona tang…

SaltwaterAquarium.com 4th of July Sale is now Live!

Reef Builders Retail Partner SaltwaterAquarium.com is slashing prices on selected dry goods and livestock in their 4th of July Sale.  First up is 15% off everything from their coral farm, ranging from urchins to nems, easy softies to collectible LPS,…