Yes, the black-margin dottyback is a “holy wow” fish. I remember emailing LiveAquaria.com Director Kevin Kohen about the Pseudochromis tapeinosoma months ago, so I can hardly contain myself that he found it and has now brought it to market, as…
LiveAquaria and ORA partnered up to produce more Mcculochi clownfish
If you’ve been hankering for one little tank-bred Mcculochi clownfish your chances to get this black devil darling of a clownfish is about to get a whole lot more affordable. Tonight LiveAquaria will post the first new specimens of the…
LiveAquaria’s flathead perch duo acts like a pair of adorable puppy dogs
A week ago we had the distinct privilege of kicking it at LiveAquaria and among all the treasures we discovered, we got to meet the wonderful pair of flathead perch living in one of the display aquariums in Kevin Kohen’s…
The tiger blenny, Ecsenius tigris, is a nano reef fish jewel from Australia
The tiger blenny, Ecsenius tigris, is a very small little nano blenny with more than enough coloration and personality to warrant more attention that the usual tiny Ecsenius blenny. Hailing from Australia and the Western Pacific Ocean the tiger blenny was…
Opinion: I heart LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den
This post would be in total fanboy territory were it not for the fact that the Diver’s Den has become a fixture of American reef aquarium culture. Like Reefer Madness before it, for many years LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den has been…
A small specimen of Xanthichthys kiritimati triggerfish shown off by LiveAquaria
Tentatively named ‘Xanthichthys kiritimati’, the Christmas Island triggerfish is characterized by a thin string of spots on the dorsal part of the body, and the same blue-face stripes and colorful tail margins. The new Triggerfish from Christmas Island has been…
The extremely rare Flathead Perch will be offered for sale today by LiveAquaria
LiveAquaria has been teasing with promise of offering one of the rarest reef basslets ever documented in the aquarium hobby, the flathead perch, Rainfordia opercularis. Our first encounter with the flathead perch began with a specimen that was acquired by…
Blue Panama Zoanthids show up at LiveAquaria aplenty
Panama Zoanthids are the latest soon-to-be craze in the polyp collecting world. Australian and West Aussie Zoanthids are fine and all but since they are collected by westerners and shipped halfway across the world, even the mediocre colonies of Aussie…
Colangia, Culicia and Astrangia are the latest new Azoox corals to come from West Africa
Colangia, Culicia and Astrangia are not exactly the corals you’d think of when someone mentions azoox corals. Like Arcohelia before them, the latest crop of Azoox corals from West Africa like the Red Colangia and yellow-orange Culicia will hopefully foster…
Newly described Solomon Islands Greytail Poliourus Angelfish coming to LiveAquaria tonight
The Solomon Islands Greytail Poliourus Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus poliourus) was first described just over a year ago and is now making its LiveAquaria debut for sale tonight Diver’s Den. We aren’t sure what the asking price of this beauty will be but…