by Joe Rowlett | Dec 6, 2021 | Fish
One of the biggest frustrations with keeping smaller reef aquariums, particularly those under five gallons, is in finding fish species that are suitable for such tight accommodations. Despite the vast biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems, surprisingly little of this... by Barry Brown | Nov 29, 2021 | Fish
Hi friends, I have one beautiful squirrelfish for you all today found on the last day of operations on our recent trip to St. Eustatius. This colorful little treasure was about three inches in length and I remember Smithsonian being super excited because of this strange color pattern you see above. These fish have such a wonderful relaxed disposition and like I said earlier this week spend their days from the safety of their homes watching the reef go by, they are for the most part very cautious fish. Have a great weekend… Barry NEWER POST: by KathyC | Nov 22, 2021 | Fish, Funny
I may call him Peter to his face, but when I write it, I spell it PITA. Early last week he jumped into one of the overflows on my 120 tank, never a good thing but especially not so when a fish is 7” long and a solid three quarters of an inch thick!… by Admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Fish, Photography
Even though I don’t get enormously excited by encounters with Moray Eels, I seem to have an awful lot of images of them, so here’s a few more species from around the world. The fish below (and main image) is the Mediterranean Moray (Muraena... by Barry Brown | Nov 1, 2021 | Fish, Photography
Good morning, I have another super colorful three inch Decodon for you all this morning, this is one of the three that was found on the St. Eustatius Expedition last month. A Decodon is a type of wrasse and this particular species is one of my favorite to work with because of their super calm behavior and their more or less relaxed attitude. I think I have told you over the years that not all fish are easy to photograph, some can take me hours to get a shot of as they never stop moving unlike this orange beauty that just sat in one place posing forever! I was going through my St. Eustatius folder yesterday and I see that I am close to having posted most of the top finds from that trip, so I will try and finish that up by the end of next week and then we head back to Bonaire by Admin | Oct 24, 2021 | Fish, Invertebrates
It’s been a while since I posted this image of one of the most curious little fish I’ve ever come across. This is the Banded or Blue-edged Sole (Soleichthys heterorhinos). It is found across the Eastern Indian Ocean and into the Western...
