Among the members of the vast Labridae family—the wrasses—are myriad gorgeous species. Some, owing to factors such as enormous adult size or extremely finicky feeding behavior, make poor choices for aquarium keeping. Others make very desirable aquarium candidates, staying relatively…
Educational video highlights the sustainable side of marine fish collecting in Bali
As we go to the LFS on an near-weekly basis and look at all the near-identical marine fish, it’s hard to imagine that they don’t come from some kind of fish factory, even though we know they come from the ocean. Even…
Captive bred mandarin gobies now available from Indonesia
If you needed any further evidence that captive breeding of marine fish is in a Golden Age right now, here’s another tidbit to further the cause. Although most wild mandarins come from Indonesia, now we may soon see captive bred Synchiropus…
On location in Bali, Indonesia – birthplace of the first captive bred clarion angelfish
Just over two months ago we took delight in reporting that the highly coveted and gorgeous Clarion angelfish had been successfully bred and reared, in Bali, Indonesia of all places. From a distance it may seem odd that Holacanthus clarionensis would…
Eviota pamae, the newly described sunrise dwarf goby will take your breath away
Eviota pamae is a newly described species of goby which shows that although there’s a lot of beautiful new species being discovered, some more beautiful than others. Looking every bit like a miniature of the coveted sunrise hogfish from Hawaii,…
Creatures of Indonesia’s deep sea are more diverse than you could ever imagine
As much as we think we know about the deep sea, having taken oodles of courses in marine science, ecology and biology, it’s still hard for us to imagine and picture the sheer diversity of creatures living down there. Once…
An extraordinary close look at the reef life of Alor and Flores
When we started watching this video we thought we were watching just another kinda nice underwater dive video but the footage turned exceptional, pretty quickly. In lieu of broad sweeping panoramic video of the entire reef, this video from Undersea…
From the Archives: Australomussa colonies from Timor Indonesia put this coral on the map
This story was originally posted June 2010 and since then the reef aquarium hobby has enjoyed a steady supply of these unique beautiful corals. We know more than a few of you have picked some up for your own reef…
Cirrhilabrus humanni “Stubby-fin Fairy Wrasse” from Alor, Indonesia officially described
Cirrhilabrus humanni is one of 25 new species to be documented from the East Indies, and will be featured in Allen and Erdmann’s new book. In May 2010, Ned and Anna De Loach documented a previously unknown fairy wrasse in the island of…
Banggai RESCUE Project using Kickstarter to aid the endangered fish
Project Banggai RESCUE is a unique new research project starting up to tackle issues plaguing the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in its native habitat. By tapping into the aquarium community for support via Kickstarter, the project pulls together a team of both…
