Filling Out Your New Reef Tank One of the biggest challenges for new aquarium hobbyists is patience. It’s not uncommon to have a rock garden in your living room for two months before your aquarium is cycled and ready for its…
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Rare Spotfin x Foureye Butterflyfish Hybrid Collected By Dynasty Marine
A very rare hybrid of the spotfin and four-eye butterflyfish was recently collected by Dynasty Marine in South Florida. The hybrid specimen shows an appearance with a near 50/50 split in the features of its parent, resulting in a ghostly…
Cyber Monday is here! Grab some deals
Each year the Thanksgiving weekend here in the US kicks off the official holiday shopping season. The first real push starts on Black Friday, traditionally left to the brick and mortar stores, and extends to Cyber Monday, a day designed…
Xanthichthys lineopunctatus, First Encounter With The Mythical Linespot Triggerfish
The linespot triggerfish, Xanthichthys lineopunctatus is a species of marine fish so rare, that we’d never seen one, until last week. While visiting Reefwise on the outskirts of Chicago, we finally got to see this nigh-mythical triggerfish in person for…
Top 5 Beginner Saltwater Fish For A Nano Aquarium
Top 5 Beginner Saltwater Fish For A Nano Aquarium Nano aquariums are a popular choice for anyone who is just getting started keeping a saltwater aquarium and are not quite sure if they want to dive deep into the hobby.…
The ‘Finding Dory Effect’ is already in full swing
Finding Dory has been a smash hit at the box office, grossing nearly $300 million in its first couple weeks at the box office. But as with many movies produced by Disney and Pixar and targeted at younger audiences, there…
Ahead of “Finding Dory” premier MASNA reminds us about the potential Dory Effect
Disney’s “Finding Dory” officially premiers tomorrow and we are expecting to see a Dory Effect with a spike of interest in aquarium fish, particularly “Dory” the absent-minded blue tang or palette surgeonfish featured in this movie. There was a significant uptick…
MASNA Student Scholarship Program has $8,000 available for college students
The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) has announced it is offering $8,000 as part of its 2016-17 MASNA Student Scholarship program to help stimulate and promote the pursuit of marine science, particularly around topics that are relevant to the…
Reefmaster Indonesia scores one of the wildest Echinomorpha
Ok so these pictures from Reefmaster Indonesia may be a little ‘juiced’, but there’s no denying that this is one of the wildest Echinomorpha chalice corals we’ve ever seen. And that’s saying a lot since Echinomorpha already has a tendency…
Breaking: Petco gets bought out by PE firm and Canadian pension
Petco’s parent company, Petco Holdings Inc. has apparently struck a deal with private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd. and a Canadian pension to buy Petco for around $4.6 billion. The Wall Street Journal had reported Sunday that the companies and…
