by Afishionado | Dec 25, 2016 | Aquaculture, Corals, Sustainability, Video
For this episode, we drove up to Plant City, Florida to ACI Aquaculture to see and learn about their enormous collection of aquacultured montiporas. We were quickly captivated by the vibrant colors of these beauties and asked Chris to share few things with us about... by AquaNerd | Dec 24, 2016 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Fish
We’ve lost count of the number of captive bred species that Quality Marine has introduced into the hobby this year but regardless of lack of math skills, I know enough to understand that this is great news for the hobby and the sustainability concerns that many have for our industry.  Below is another tank bred press release from Quality Marine that we received earlier today. 2016 has been a year of amazing developments in marine species aquaculture, and now, in the closing moments of the year, Quality Marine has yet another tank bred species in house: Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus), fresh from the research team at Oceanic Institute in Hawaii, with support from Rising Tide Conservation. These particular HCW’s came from the second to last collection of by xeniaforever | Dec 7, 2016 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Corals
Congratulations to Jamie Craggs and his team of scientists at the Horniman Museum and Gardens. They are celebrating the first birthday of their captive-spawned corals, and are pleased to announce that their survival rate is over 100 times greater than in the... by AquaNerd | Nov 30, 2016 | Aquaculture, Fish, Seahorses, Sustainability
Quality Marine, located in Los Angeles, CA has been on a streak of acquiring and distributing more and more captive bred ornamental aquarium fish in recent months.  The latest captive bred species is the Glow-Tail Pipefish.  Traditionally wild caught, these fish have been hard to obtain but they have remained popular in the hobby for a few decades.  Quality Marine is importing the Pipefish through Aquarium Des Lagons in French territory of New Caledonia.  Read the press release below to learn more about this exciting news. Official Quality Marine Press Release As part of Quality Marine’s continuing effort to promote sustainability and responsibility in the aquarium trade, another commercially aquacultured first is now available through us: the Glow-Tail Pipefish (Dunckerocampus chapmani). These fish are available by Afishionado | Nov 29, 2016 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Fish, Tanks, Video
Angelfish, one of the most coveted fish species in the reef industry are often feared as coral eaters and not kept in home reef aquariums. Â What if we were to tell you that there are certain species of beautiful angelfish that are reef safe?... by Afishionado | Nov 24, 2016 | Aquaculture, Tanks, Video
For this episode, we drove up to Orlando, Florida to check out World Wide Corals and their coral farm. Hidden to the public eye, they have made a 12ft long, 900g tank to the entrance of their farm and it houses all of their high end corals, cataloged and turning into...
