It appears that Gramma dejongi, once a very inaccessible reef fish is about to become a lot more common fish in the reef aquarium world. Right after Biota showed their first captive bred G. dejongi, a French Public Aquarium called Marineland…
RARE Platinum Gramma Dejongi Variant Already Sold on LiveAquaria
The Platinum Gramma dejongi is not only the first captive bred variant of a gramms, it’s also the only one we know of for all basslets. The highly desirable Gramma dejongi from Cuba has had a wild ride over the…
Captive Bred Gramma dejongi now Available from Biota
The common royal gramma is one of our all time favorite fish which is why we were completely captivated when a new, much rarer species was discovered nearly ten years ago. In the intervening decade we have practically worshipped Gramma…
Gramma brasiliensis Builds Nests Like a Bird
The royal gramma is one of our all-time favorite reef fish and it is one of the most common reef fish in the saltwater aquarium hobby. The royal gramma is found throughout the greater Caribbean but to the south lives…
Gramma dejongi Thoroughly Documented on Wild Cuban Reefs [Video]
There’s no question that the (relatively) newly described Gramma dejongi is one of the most exciting and beautiful reef fish discovered in the last decade. We’ve waxed poetic about every detail of this fish, seeing it for the first time,…
Close Encounters With Three Amazing Grammas
People often ask me what my favorite reef fish and they’re often surprised to learn that the common, run of the mill royal gramma is definitely at the top of my list. Fish don’t have to be exotic to be…
Gramma dejongi Successfully Captive Bred!
If you’ve been reading Reef Builders for any length of time, you must know by now how illustrious Gramma dejongi is in the reef aquarium hobby. It’s recent discovery, scarcity, and provenance from a US-embargoed country all add up to a perfect…
Captive Bred Royal Grammas Coming Soon to Australia
The royal gramma is such a common and low profile fish, that news of this fish’s successful breeding may not register on the popularity radar. However if you are a fan of Gramma dejongi, or live in Australia, captive bred royal…
Gramma dejongi school documented on video
Gramma dejongi is one of the most exciting and heart-pounding new species of rare reef fish to be introduced to the world in the last few years. Despite being discovered over five years ago, the illustrious Gramma dejongi is still extremely…
Fun graphic shows difference between a royal gramma and a royal dottyback
In the world of tropical reef fish, there are numerous examples of convergent evolution, where unrelated and widely separated fish develop the same color and shape. The similarity between some cases of convergent evolution can be so similar between these fishes. Starcki…
