In Pursuit of Perfection: A Day in the Life of Advanced Aquarium Consultancy

Last week I visited Advanced Aquarium Consultancy, in Essex, England. I’ve been there several times before, I always recommend it, but this time I didn’t go there to shop, I went there to work. And gain a unique insight into…

Two Shrimp Gobies to Take Your Nano Reef to the Next Level

I saw two shrimp gobies last week that were so tiny, if they hadn’t been pointed out to me I would have walked straight past them. The first was the Whitecap Shrimpgoby, Lotilia klausewitzi, from the West Pacific. The second…

Surge Marine Life Purple x Scopas Hybrid Tangs land in the UK

Advanced Aquarium Consultancy has received three of the Zebrasoma hybrids that Surge Marine Life teased in January. Pictures of the tank-bred tang crosses caused a huge stir back then as they were not only beautiful, they were of unknown parentage,…

Make AAC part of your saltwater fish store Grand Tour

View Post Everyone likes to visit a good marine store and if you’re traveling to or across the UK, put Advanced Aquarium Consultancy in Harlow, Essex, on your to-do list. Owned and operated by industry veteran Paul Hughes, AAC is…

Male Yellow Tail Wrasse is a rarely imported treat

Advanced Aquarium Consultancy in Essex, England has acquired a rare male Yellow tail tamarin wrasse, Anampses meleagrides. The Anampses genus contains some of the most desirable of all wrasses including A.femininus and A.lennardi to name just two stand out species,…

AAC lands ten Zebra tangs, Acanthurus polyzona

Advanced Aquarium Consultancy has successfully imported no fewer than ten Zebra tangs, Acanthurus polyzona, into the UK. A holy grail amongst surgeonfish, Zebra tangs look superficially similar to Convict tangs, Acanthurus triostegus, but Zebras only come from  Madagascar, Mauritius, and…

Reef Rock 2.0 live rock lands at Advanced Aquarium Consultancy

Some latest generation Walt Smith cultured live rock has arrived at one of the UK’s top marine stores for appraisal and initial review. Not to be confused with Reef Rock 2.1, a dry man-made rock, Reef Rock 2.0 is also…