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…
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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…
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The Mazarra P Series LED light by MaxSpect showed up on my doorstep today, and I wanted to share the unboxing experience. Everything was efficiently packaged, and included plenty of extras, including 3 different optics. The finish on these P-series modules…
Aberrant diadema dottybacks are collected around the Indo-Pacific
We’re not sure what it is about Pictichromis diadema that lends itself to mutations and aberrations of its color pattern seemingly much more often than other species of Pictichromis and Pseudochromis. Is it possible that the unusually colored dottybacks are…
A nice comparison photograph shows the real difference between a sunburst and a rose bubble tip anemone
When we first heard about Sunburst anemones, the local Colorado strain of Entacmea quadricolor that is orange, we were skeptical as anyone that it was a trick of lighting causing the intense coloration, although back then there weren’t any LED…
Opinion: I heart LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den
This post would be in total fanboy territory were it not for the fact that the Diver’s Den has become a fixture of American reef aquarium culture. Like Reefer Madness before it, for many years LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den has been…
