Two gorgeous new pencil wrasses
Pseudojuloides splendens: male (top, photo by Sabine Penisson, AquaReefPhoto.com), and female (bottom, photo by R. Bajol).3:1 Split! Pseudojuloides ... Read more.
Remarkable floating nano reef!
TANK SPECS:Age: 6 months Size: 10 gallons Display: 40cm x 20cm x 28cm Stand: 35cm x 23cm x 20cm Lighting: Sunrise A029 + DIY LED 3w x3 Heater: 50w Skimmer: N... Read more.
In schools, fish zone in on neighbors
Rummy-nose tetra schoolResearchers studied the schooling behavior of Hemigrammus rhodostomus to learn how these tetras coordinate with others in the... Read more.
Study finds Amazonian fish are more sensitive to ammonia
Cardinal tetras: beautiful but delicate.In a recently published paper, scientists investigated the sensitivity of eleven Amazonian species to ammoni... Read more.
Do captive fish grow slower because of the lack of predators?
Terence Barry, senior scientist in animal science, shows one of many tanks of fish being studied at the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory, where he resea... Read more.
Fishkeeping trends mixed
Saltwater aquariums are on the rise in the USA. Photo by “Tappinen”The 2011-2012 APPA National Pet Owners Survey showed that there were... Read more.
Parapercis altipinnis, a new sandperch from the PhilippinesÂ
Parapercis altipinnis sp. novInterestingly, the body of Parapercis altipinnis is more reminiscent of Plectranthias (e.g the Geometric Pygmy Perchlet... Read more.
Lovely forest aquascape
Nigel writes in his video description:My forest aquarium at day 75. I added some moss with glue on the trees in the aquascape. It doesn’t look that nat... Read more.
The iridescent spots found on giant clams inspire biofuel research
Penn researchers are collaborating to study how giant clams convert sunlight into energy, which could lead to more efficient production of biofuel. Photo credit... Read more.
Fire! Cirrhilabrus shutmani is a hot new fairy wrasse.
Cirrhilabrus shutmani sp nov. Photo by Barnett Shutman (the person for whom the fish is named)C. shutmani was collected from steep, volcanic rubble... Read more.