This weekend we learned the sad news that Route 66 Marine, a pioneer in coral-specific wholesaling, has closed its doors for business. The news came as a big surprise to those who knew Eric Camaano well, and to the many…
Phoenix Montipora from Route 66 is M. danae on fire
Montipora danae is a name that has often been misapplied to a range of montis with bumps, including superman, rainbow, pokerstar and just about any wild montipora with a somewhat bumpy surface. But here we have a picture perfect Montipora danae…
CDU Goldrush is an intriguing new Montipora from Corals Down Under
The CDU Goldrush is a new Monti strain that takes its name after the Australian collectors who discovered this unusual Montipora. Sharing some similar traits with favorite aquarium Montis like the Jedi Mind Trick and Sunset Montipora, the CDU Goldrush…
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…
Orange beaded Discosoma mushroom anemone is much nicer than a Ricordea impersonator
The awesome ornage-beaded Discosoma mushroom anemone we spotted at Route 66 Marine this weekend is in the same league as that awesome rainbow Discosoma from Vietnam. However, this super sweet orange-beaded Discosoma was imported from Australia, on the base of…
Acropora elegans in Route 66 Marine’s tank identified by Veron himself
It’s not often we can say an Acropora colony is thisorthatensis but in this case, Charlie Veron himself stopped by the Route 66 Marine booth at MACNA and he identified two ‘deepwater’ Acropora as being Acropora elegans. Like Acropora derawanensis…
Insane Trachyphyllia from Route 66 Marine outshines even some top shelf Scolymia
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi is imported in such vast numbers from the Indo Pacific, and considerable numbers from Australia, that it’s easy to forget how beautiful ‘Trachies’ can be. Case in point is this mind blowing, jaw-dropping insane Australian Trachyphyllia imported by…
Anampses lennardi video documents nearly a dozen of these glorious wrasses at Route 66 Marine
[youtube width=”670″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74_ZAsSxgg[/youtube] Anampses lennardi is the rarest of the rare wrasses and although we count their imports on one hand at a time, it appears that Route 66 Marine has succeeded in obtaining nearly a dozen of these amazing…
“True” Australian Acropora echinata being imported in reasonable numbers, fair prices
Australian Acropora echinata has to be one of the most iconic Acro and SPS corals of all time. Every die hard small polyp stony coral junky at one time or another has caught the site of one of these corals…
Route 66 marine is hiring one die hard Reef Builder
If you’ve been at all interested in getting into the marine ornamental trade, or want to move beyond your retail job and into the wholesale side of things, premier Australian coral importer/wholesaler Route 66 Marine has just posted a job…
