Hybrid multicolor angelfish from Cebu may not be a coincidence after all

Centropyge hybrids are currently the cool kids at the party and have been circulating the industry and internet so widely that you might think it’ll be hard to pull another textbook-defying specimen out of the sea. While super rare hybrids…

Kauai is second island to pass resolution to ban aquarium collection in Hawaii

The battle to outright ban the collection of aquarium fish has rapidly been reaching a fever pitch, with almost daily revelations and news being added to the controversy. Ret Talbot recently spent time in Hawaii, writing for both CORAL Magazine…

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November 15 – November 21th First look at the production HydroWizard medium pump, now rated for 15K GPH Seneye is finally coming to the US, offers pre-launch special The Coral Reef Aquarium by Tony Vargas is a balanced union of…

Apet Inc. demonstrates some serious skills in the design and installation of commercial scale filtration

Apet Incorporated is a large wholesaler of live animals in the Chicago area with a significant amount of space devoted to aquatic livestock. Although Apet has been in business for thirty years, their new facility is only two years old…

First look at the production HydroWizard medium pump, now rated for 15K GPH

If you’re part of the two maybe three people in the market for a DC propeller water pump that can push 12,000 gallons per hour you’re in luck because the final design of the HydroWizard can now flow up to…

Xanthic Indian Dascyllus carneus damselfish is an uncommon variant of a staple aquarium fish

Indian Dascyllus (Dascyllus carneus) is a drab and dull looking Damselfish that most people will ignore and leave them for beginners. But the one we grabbed to show you here is surely something different! One specimen that was just caught…

Maya Hamlet and Tan Hamlet are the two newest species of Hypoplectrus

The Maya hamlet and Tan Hamlet, Hypoplectrus maya and H. randallorum are two new species of serranids recently described from the Caribbean. As if hamlets needed any more species differentiated based just on coloration, along comes Phillip Lobel describing a…

Pacific Sun software and firmware updates coming shortly

We just got word of a few software and firmware upgrades for Pacific Sun aquarium light owners that will be rolled out in the next few days. Firmware updates are listed below but it appears the software has some interesting…

Freshly caught deepwater Atlantic rarities puts the “D” in deep

The awesome Lipogramma evides pictured above is just one of many super rare fishes recently brought up from the deepwaters of Curacao. The seemingly boring looking fish in monochrome may look ordinary, but do not be fooled. L. evides is…

The tiger blenny, Ecsenius tigris, is a nano reef fish jewel from Australia

The tiger blenny, Ecsenius tigris, is a very small little nano blenny with more than enough coloration and personality to warrant more attention that the usual tiny Ecsenius blenny. Hailing from Australia and the Western Pacific Ocean the tiger blenny was…