Hawaii’s fish and reefs are some of the most iconic marine life and recognized the world over. Some of the aquarium hobby’s most important fish like yellow tangs, flame wrasses and bartlett’s anthias come primarily from Hawaii, yet the reef…
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Welcome to Gold Chalice central!
Chalice corals hit the scene in a huge way and now have been popular for quite a while, but since the Indonesian Coral ban, some corals we took for granted have nearly disappeared. Australian Chalice corals are pretty nice, but…
Palau Once Again Has the Largest Giant Clam Farm in the World
Giant clams are some of the most enigmatic creatures both on the reef, and in the aquarium. Over the years we’ve written countless stories about the multitude of species of Tridacna and Hippopus from all over the world, culminating with a visit to…
The “Real” Acropora abrolhosensis Shows up at Unique Corals
Acropora abrolhosensis – or the Abro Acro for short – is one of the first, most classic SPS corals that reefers ever loved and actually grew. In the early days of success with small polyp stony corals, the Abro acro…
Electric Lime Aid millie Is The Most Stunning Coral We’ve Seen All Year
Of the 20,000+ corals we’ve had the privilege of photographing this year there are a handful we could put on a pedestal. Holy grail specimens, one in a million ultra corals. But this electric lime aid millie we spotted over…
Mini Scolies Reach new Heights at World Wide Corals
Mini Scolies are an enigmatic species of solitary LPS coral from West Australia which are lighting the aquarium hobby on fire right now. Australian reefers have known about them for years but these first started appearing on the global aquarium…
A few Beautiful Pseudoplesiops collare Collected in Sulawesi
Dottybacks are a diverse group of small tropical marine fish which include many popular species such as the colorful Pictichromis and personable Pseudochromis. While many of these dottybacks have a reputation for being quite pugnacious and aggressive, there are some smaller and…
Captive Bred Clarion Angelfish Coming to LiveAquaria Tomorrow
The Clarion Angelfish is one of the most illustrious saltwater aquarium fish which is both striking in its appearance, and an absolute bulletproof species in aquariums. Clarion Angel (Holacanthus clarionensis) naturally occurs in the Eastern Central Pacific off the southern…
Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition, Sulawesi Mainland Across from Bangka
If you’ve been following along with the Sulawesi half of our Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition, you will start to see a trend emerge that coral species are very much influenced or restricted by their habitats. As aquarists, this information comes…
Our 10 Favorite Stories from 15 Years of RVS Fishworld
To be honest, the saltwater aquarium hobby would be so much less exciting without RVS Fishworld. Founded by Barnett Shutman and his extended family over fifteen years ago, RVS Fishworld deserves all the air time it receives and then some. …
