BlueHarbor is perhaps, one of the more iconic and reputable fish stores in the East and maybe even the world – Renowned for their incredible repertoire of some of the rarest reef fishes, as well as Koji’s incredible knowledge and…
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PNG fish return to the US with unprecedented level of accountability
Sustainably collected fish and inverts from Papua New Guinea (PNG) have arrived on US shores once more. Despite what you may have read elsewhere, the official information continues to suggest that there had not been a single shipment from PNG…
Dr. G’s Medicated Frozen Foods for piece of mind
In a special installment, Reef Builders contributor Matt Pedersen (MP) and guest contributor, fish breeder Junkai Ong (FuEl), offer two viewpoints on Dr. G’s line of medicated frozen fish foods. Medicated feeds like Dr. G’s can prevent medications from entering…
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July 10th– July 16th The beauty of unintended good planning 2nd annual Caribbean reef aquarium conference goes down in Puerto Rico First crop of Lightning Maroon clownfish offspring get a closer inspection Captive bred annularis angelfish from Bali Aquarich are…
Juvenile Neptune Grouper shows up in Singapore, retailing for a hefty price
Cephalopholis igarashiensis, more commonly known as the Neptune Grouper, is a stunning and highly prized deepwater fish that is very rarely almost never encountered in the trade. There are few groupers that can rival the rarity and coloration of this…
Aquarium Fish International shutting down, closing its pages
Aquarium Fish International, formerly known as Aquarium Fish Magazine or AFM for short is slated to run its last issue of what was once the leading publication on all things aquarium in the United States. As a youngun’ just getting his…
2nd annual Caribbean reef aquarium conference goes down in Puerto Rico
Of all the places that we hold conferences around the United States, none of the east coast, west coast or midwest destinations have any kind of indigenous tropical corals – except for Florida most of U.S. is grassland, desert, marshes,…
Is it an egg? Is it an anemone? No, it’s a Discosoma sanctithomae mushroom anemone
Discosoma sanctithomae are probably my favorite of all the of unique corals that come out of the Caribbean. They occur in an amazing array of colors and have such interesting bubbly tentacles. Some Discosoma sanctithomae mushrooms even have sharp, spikey…
Histiophryne pogonius frogfish has a face only a marine aquarist could love
Histiophryne pogonius is a newly described species of anglerfish which is expertly camouflaged for habitats of coralline algae and sponge. Related to the sensational psychedelic frogfish, Histiophryne psychadelica, the new Histiophryne pogonius is especially lumpy in form, even for a frogfish,…
Discordipinna filamentosa is an incredible new species of nano goby
Discordipinna filamentosa was formally described by I-Shiung Chen et al in the journal Zootaxa from specimens collected in the deepwaters of Kumejima, Ryukyu Islands Japan. Formerly known as Discordipinna sp.1, the beautiful Discordipinna filamentosa is only the second member of the genus joining…
