One can hardly deny that LiveAquaria is indeed one of the best online stores in the U.S. Although they ship only within the United States, their top notch customer service and impeccable range of high quality products are legendary even…
Close up photos depict the unique features of the Resplendent Cherubfish
It’s been a little while since we’ve mentioned the captive bred Resplendent Cherubfish Centropyge hybrid from RCT Hawaii, but a whole crop of new images from LiveAquaria shows this aquarium gem in supreme detail. This particular Resplendent Cherubfish is the same…
Male femininus wrasse video by B-Box Aquarium could be the first of its kind
The femininus wrasse has been entering the trade with a little more regularity and the occurrences have not been decreasing yet. That’s great news for fans of this fish. Anampses femininus has got to be single handedly the most stunning…
Prognathodes obliquus and P. dichrous are two similar yet unobtainable species from the Atlantic
The Prognathodes butterflyfishes are an underrated and seldom kept group of fishes that surely deserves some quality air time. While commoner species such as P. marcellae, P. aculeatus and P. aya make it into the trade from time to time,…
Anampses femininus entering the market with a little more regularity
Anampses femininus used to be a fish so rare and so legendary that obtaining one would certainly be very difficult. Whilst it is still very rare, its awesome to see that more are entering the market recently as compared to before.…
Crosshatch Bluethroat triggerfish hybrid is real and coming to LiveAquaria tonight
The Crosshatch x Bluethroat triggerfish hybrid of Xanthichthys mento x X. auromarginatus is an amazingly rare specimen of reef fish coming in tonight’s Diver’s Den. If you liked the hybrid triggerfish we posted about a couple of weeks and and…
Flathead perch video shows why Rainfordia opercularis is awesome
There are some fish that are really photogenic and look lackluster in real life, and other species that look unremarkable in images but really grab your attention in the flesh; the flathead perch falls squarely in the latter category, with…
True Efflatournaria appears in the Diver’s Den, looks more like Xenia than Cespitularia
Finally, true Efflatournariahas appeared in the aquarium trade, as a maricultured coral in the Diver’s Den no less. Efflatournaria is a genus of soft corals whose name has been misapplied to various corals in the trade in recent years. Xenia, Hetroxenia and Cespitularia have…
Cookeolus japonicus and Pristigenys niphonia are two of the coolest Big Eyes we’ve ever seen
Cookeolus japonicus is an uber cool super spectacular Big Eye that is very seldom seen. The ridiculous length and color on those ventral fins need no description and lends a sinister almost devilish look to the fish. Although seldom seen…
From Japan with love: Japanese angelfish, Randall’s assessor and crescent-tail fairy wrasse
Route 66 Marine is well known for being a balling coral supplier but as of late they’ve been getting more and more into the rare and unusual marinelife. First it was the true personifer angelfish, Chaetodontoplus personifer, then the Lennard’s…
