Like the unusual Darwin Micromussa before it, some newly imported colonies of branching Favites complanata from Darwin is also sporting a very unique appearance. Favites complanata is actually very common in the trade, often appearing brown with more moderately deep…
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Dr. G’s Anti-Parasitic fish food a great idea, we’re hoping it works
Dr. G’s Anti-Parasitic Rx frozen fish food is a welcome idea in the hobby and we’re hoping it works. Most parasitic treatments merely treat the water hoping for delivery of medications from absorption or from using copper chemicals that are…
This adult yellow belly blue tang looks wildly different from its Pacific counterpart
Before this past weekend we would have been first in line to dog on the usually pale yellow belly regal blue tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, from the Indian Ocean. While visiting Marine Designs near Atlanta Georgia, among some of the awesome…
Lookdown Gyre tank by SEA Atlanta is a very unique concept fish aquarium (video)
We’ve all seen dedicated lookdown tanks – big tall cylindrical tanks in which lookdown fish, Selene vomer, can swim around in circles ad infinitum without running into any objects or the sides of the tank. The problem is that even…
Reef Culture Technologies already beginning to ship a few ‘Hawaiian Cherub’ angelfish
Without context the image above shows a trio of the ubiquitous Caribbean pygmy angelfish, Centropyge argi, but if we told you these fish were made in Hawaii you might call us crazy. That is until we tell you that these…
Bluefin lionfish among the awesome rare fish at House of Fins annual SPLASH sale
As in years past, House of Fins’ annual SPLASH sale yielded lots of awesome rare fish, and there were many exciting first imports. In addition to the tigertail coral beauty and that crazy Mauritius triggerfish, there was the token gem…
Sea Atlanta’s grand opening this weekend kicks off the start of a powerhouse LFS in the heart of Georgia
It’s a really good time to be a reefer in Atlanta right now; Jorge’s Pure Reef has been going steady for a while now and this weekend Sea Atlanta is having its grand opening where it will finally be open…
Uber thin OLED light from Rohm and Lumiotec finally hits a consumer grade price point
The OLED light of our dreams has arrived but unfortunately, its creators put a useless hanger on it. Form factor aside, the $450 OLED Hanger light may seem expensive as a regular light in your home or closet, but with…
Deepwater red Callionymus dragonet fished up from the deep by Blue Harbor
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hlIB_vQ3Y[/youtube] This red dragonet is an unusual deep water species that was acquired by Blue Harbor Japan and it has a striking red and white coloration. The scooter blennies and mandarin gobies (neither of which are blennies or…
Early imports of Vietnam mushroom anemones include a few showstopping morphs
We knew that Vietnam stony corals were coming but who would have thunk that some highly tenticularized forms of beaded Discosoma mushroom anemones would be the first unique corals from that region. The Vietnam mushroom anemones pictured were imported by …
