The Biota Group has announced that they are now selling captive-bred Emperor angels, Pomacanthus imperator. Bred by Mr. Wen-Ping Su of Bali Aquarich in Indonesia, the man who bought us fish such as the Yurple Tang has also unlocked the…
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Ten of the Best Hybrid Dwarf Angelfish
From Rusty Flames to Tigerpyges and Holy Grails. Here are just 10 of the many hybrid dwarf angels that Reef Builders has covered over the years.
Cocos Pygmy Angelfish is a rarely imported treat
List 10 rare Angelfish off the top of your head and this fish will probably feature, the Cocos Pygmy Angelfish, Centropyge joculator. Also known by its specific name, the Joculator Angel occurs only on the Cocos (Keeling,) Islands and Christmas…
The New Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea (And A Few Remaining Mysteries)
Having now fully explored the Malacalcyonacea Part 1 and Part 2, it’s time to turn our attention to its sister group, the order Scleralcyonacea. These clades are roughly equivalent in terms of species-level diversity, but whereas the malacalcyonaceans included many…
The New Octocorallia: Malacalcyonacea Part 1
In our previous review of octocoral classification, we saw that anywhere from 3–8 orders have traditionally been used to organize this group’s bewildering biodiversity, based on morphological assumptions of increasing complexity within the evolutionary history of these corals. It was…
Do blue LEDs narrow our reefkeeping choice?
I’m lucky enough to be able to dive some of the best reefs the ocean gods have given us, but there is not a single dive that I pass a coral or a fish, and wonder why they are not…
Acropora tenuis is both the easiest and the hardest at the same time
With 25 years at the top of the industry, the most popular Acropora in our hobby cannot be dethroned. So what’s so special about it? This coral gives everyone mixed feelings. It has a tendency towards sudden death, but if…
Heliopora hiberniana is more common than we thought
Helioporacea is a pretty unique order of Octocorallia (soft corals), which was thought for a very long time to contain only one single species, Heliopora coerulea, the famous Blue Ridge Coral that incorporates copper into its skeleton. This coral is very…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Freckle Face Tang
If you’re in the market for a show-stopping surgeonfish that won’t cost the earth, look no further than the Freckle Face Tang, Acanthurus maculiceps. Also known as the Spot Face Surgeon or White Freckled Surgeonfish, A.maculiceps is native to the…
Stony coral ID guide launched at CITES CoP 19
A guide named “Identification of CITES-listed live stony corals in the aquarium trade” has been formally launched at the CITES CoP 19 meeting in Panama. The guide is the product of a research project led by the Centre for Environment,…
