Centropyge interrupta is perhaps the poster child for rare dwarf angels, easily recognized by aquarist world wide. There’s nothing quite like the sparkly blue spots against the intense orange body that all life stages of this dwarf angelfish possess, but its…
An adult Golden Basslet, Liopropoma aberrans, featured on video in an aquarium for the first time
The last time we featured the Golden basslet, Liopropoma aberrans, we were dealing with the first excellent photo of a nice juvenile. Now that Blue Harbor has scored a larger specimen they’ve wasted no time producing a new photo and…
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…
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…
Hands on with Blue Harbor’s Full Spectrum edition KR93 EcoLamps LED
The modified EcoLamps KR93 from 1.023 World and Blue Harbor may not really be ‘full spectrum’ but the diversity of LEDs is definitely a step in the right direction. We got wind that an early prototype of this light would…
Eco-Lamps Full Spectrum Edition KR93 LED coming soon from 1.023 world and Blue Harbor
The Eco-Lamps Full Spectrum Edition KR93 is a special joint venture between 1.023 World and Blue Harbor in Japan. In lieu of making a whole new LED fixture, Blue Harbor and 1.023 World had the idea of taking a solid…
Blue Harbor lands a sweet blue and gold soapfish, Aulacocephalus temminckii
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOoNKN2gfvI[/youtube] Most of the rare fish that the hobby fawns over are kind of wussy fish – pygmy angelfish, fairy wrasses, nano gobies and butterflyfish – even their names sound soft. So it is with great pleasure to…
Baby bandit angelfish videos from Blue Harbor and B-Box Aquarium
Baby bandit angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus, from Hawaii seem to be popping up all over the place and two of Japan’s powerhouse rare fish dealers have stepped up with nice videos of their tiny bandits .Both Blue Harbor and B-Box Aquarium are…
OMG! Stunning Rainfordia opercularis appears at Blue Harbor
The Rainfordia opercularis is one of the most uncommon reef fish we know about and its not to often this rare specimen available in the market. We don’t know too much about this specific specimen except it’s in the hands of…
Liopropoma aberrans, first picture of a submersible-caught specimen
Liopropoma aberrans is one of those quintessential rare reef fish that up to now, only existed for us through a fuzzy in-situ photograph taken by a submersible. Now, a submersible-caught specimen has come into extremely clear focus which really shows…
