Branching Leptoseris gardineri is a very unusual species of this now-popular genus which we have drooled over in books and photographs for over a decade. In pictures it seems so delicate and brittle that we long relegated this species to being…
Pair of rare yellow blue-spot jawfish appear at Sea Dwelling Creatures
Yellow blue-spot jawfish are real and although we’ve seen one before, we didn’t realize they were a thing until SDC got some in. Exactly two small juveniles of the blue-spot jawfish arrived at Sea Dwelling Creatures originating from Mexico with…
Even the big coral wholesalers are getting cozy with LEDs
While many aquarists and some stores are busy holding onto technologies of the past, even the big time coral wholesalers on LA’s infamous one hundred and fourth street are adopting LED lighting in a big way. While in SoCal for the…
Double black fin Centropyge heraldi looks quite different from C. woodheadi
A great new video from Sea Dwelling Creatures shows a killer comparison between a double black-fin Centropyge heraldi and the pygmy angelfish species formerly known as Centropyge woodheadi. Once believed to be a separate species, Centropyge woodheadi with its black tipped…
Sea Dwelling Creatures brings rare Bodianus paraleucosticticus to America
The five stripe hogfish, Bodianus paraleucosticticus, is an amazing and rare hogfish which very rarely graces American soil. Recently, Cairns Marine out of Australia has been making more regular excursions to the Coral Sea to get exotic reef fish such as the five-striped…
Sea Dwelling Creatures scores with amelanistic flame angelfish and another piebald white & yellow tang
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy0HeLWjRns[/youtube] Sea Dwelling Creatures has had a hot streak of unusual fish lately, this week landing not one but two prized reef fishes: an amelanistic flame angelfish and one of those funky piebald white and yellow tangs. The…
Sea Dwelling Creatures gets hooked on Reef Nutrition
Two of our favorite companies have teamed up — and not in a cage match Battle Royale either. Wholesaler Sea Dwelling Creatures is now distributing Reef Nutrition products making it much easier to not only get some great fish and…
Heteropsammia cochlea, “Walking Dendro” coral is imported for the first time by Sea Dwelling Creatures
Heteropsammia is a coral which has never been seen alive in the aquarium trade. It’s not everyday that a truly unique coral is imported for the first time but thanks to the efforts of Sea Dwelling Creatures, the US hobby…
Sea Dwelling lands some amazing Mycedium chalice corals
The summer slowdown may be in full effect in terms of new products but our little pitty has got a feel on some amazing livestock coming stateside and much of it has already cleared customs. First up is a grouping…
Sea Dwelling Creatures sprouts a new website, kicks it off with aberrant passer angelfish
We cannot imagine a cooler way for Sea Dwelling Creatures to christen their swanky new website than to get not one but two aberrant passer angelfish, Holacanthus passer. Now SDC is calling these two specimens hybrids but other than the…
