Long before Australia started exporting an infinite variety of Micromussa lordhowensis in a myriad of colors to blow our collective minds, the rest of the world had to make due with ‘Acan’ lords from Indonesia. Indonesian Lord corals have a…
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Live Aquaria Loses their Top Lieutenant – Kevin Kohen Departs
Kevin Kohen has decided to part ways with Live Aquaria the company he helped grow into a major eCommerce player in the specialty aquatics market per a social media post. Kevin was always interested in fish. His interest in rare…
Hybrid Blueface x Sixbar Angelfish Collected by RVS Fishworld
Large hybrid angelfish species are some of the most exciting and interesting surprises that the ocean can gift to the aquarium hobby and angelfish fanciers. These hybrid crosses, especially of Pomacanthus species get our hearts racing precisely because they are very…
Prodibio Soon Releasing New Saltwater Additive Line Without Capsules
Prodibio may not have invented the idea of using capsules to deliver accurate doses of bacteria and supplements but the company certainly has been synonymous with the concept over the last decade or more. Their Bioptim and Biodigest are very…
Blastomussa angulares is a New Species Described from India
Blastomussa angulares is a new species of scleractinian stony coral recently described from India by Mondal & Raghunathan. Blastomussa are a very popular group of fleshy LPS corals that are mostly supplied from the Indo-Pacific and Australia so we don’t…
Red Sea Offering Free Saltwater to Texan Reefers Suffering from Power Outage
Red Sea is a global aquarium brand and in the United States their distribution center is based near Houston Texas where intense winter storms knocked out power for millions of residents. The lack of power and severe cold weather have…
Texas Man Dies from Apparent Exposure to Palytoxin
Palytoxin from zoanthids is a well known and widely documented potential danger from our reef aquariums that we have tried to keep in focus many times over the years. Toxicologists have ranked palytoxin as one of the most dangerous natural…
Solid Yellow Clownfish Are Being Developed by SFC
The idea of a solid yellow clownfish is one that first came to our attention with the discovery of a single, stunning specimen collected way back in 2014. Although this lone individual went to a private collector, the seed of…
Clover Nozzles Dramatically Improve Flow Coming from Outlets
A clover nozzle is an old school trick which never really had a name but has been independently created for a wide range of applications, but not limited to aquariums. Water flow is one of the most paramount details of…
Dactylanthias is a Deepwater Anthias on Steroids!
Dactylanthias is a genus of large, very showy anthias that live in water so deep they are only rarely seen alive, usually through deep diving submersibles and ROVs. For the most part the majority of photos of Dactylanthias are of freshly reeled up…
