According to a new study, Lionfish are now well-established in the waters around the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is only eight years since Lionfish (Pterois miles) were recorded off the coast of Cyprus. Since then, according to research carried out by teams including scientists from The [...]
Thieving fish, lonely eels and So I Heard You Want a Big Tank with Ryan Woods of the Mystic Aquarium. Jeremy is going overboard with equipment add-ons and decking out the frag tank. Peter is making progress on algae and knocking down TDS in his water storage system. All this and more on Episode 113 [...]
Name Ice Storm Clownfish. Scientific Name Amphiprion ocellaris Sea and Reef continues to be at the forefront of Clownfish breeding in the US and they continually impress us with their beautiful designer clownfish strains and that is no exception with their newly released Ice Storm Clownfish. Sea [...]
Combers belong to the same group of fish as groupers, the Serranidae, though they reside in a separate genus, Serranus. A group containing around thirty species. As far as I can tell from online sources the combers are not widespread, being most common in the Mediterranean and associated waters, [...]
I think a lot of people have a particular liking for gobies, there’s plenty to choose from with around two thousand or so species. Not only are there plenty of ’em, but they are widely distributed, from cold arctic seas to warm coral-rich waters. For me, one of my favorite species [...]
One of the joys of photographing fish in the wild is the chance to see them showing natural behavior ‘en masse’. Not that it is always easy to image though; whilst I may think of myself as a passive observer, the fish consider me a likely predator. I’ve been trying to capture an [...]
Sea & Reef is at it again with another new fish release. Usually we are sharing information about a new designer Clownfish but this time Sea & Reef brings us the beautiful Indigo Dottyback. The new fish hybrid has been named the Indigo Dottyback for indigo like coloration. The Indigo is [...]
Take a look at this Broomtail wrasse (Cheilinus lunulatus) from the Red Sea and compare it with the Dusky parrotfish (Scarus niger), below. Do you see any similarities? Both have a very bright and very visible yellow marking just behind the eye and above the pectoral fin. What function does [...]
