by Dan Rigle | Jul 16, 2013 | Corals, Opinion
Corals of the same species that do not have aggressive tendencies can grow together and get along quite nicely at times as seen in this image. It is a trial and error process generally speaking but one can place most Acropora specimens fairly close to each other... by Josh Saul | Jul 15, 2013 | Equipment, Industry, Invertebrates, Opinion
AlgaGen’s latest addition to their Coral Smoothie line is an interesting one. Mollusks make up a big part of the diet of reef critters, including the lucky cnidarians who manage to catch some of the nutritious... by Josh Saul | Jul 15, 2013 | Fish, Opinion
The Ilhavo Maritime Museum in Portugal has a new extension to honor their favorite food, bacalhau. The popular codfish is getting a beautiful habitat that offers a striking contrast to the surrounding architecture which was design by a well known Portugese... by Reef To Rainforest | Jul 15, 2013 | Fish, Opinion, Seahorses
A strikingly patterned seahorse discovered by a fish collector in Hawaii. Image courtesy Pacific Island Aquatics A very unusual seahorse was recently collected by an aquarium diver in Hawaii. Â The seahorse is currently residing with Kevin Rezendes of Pacific Island Aquatics, an e-tailer of Hawaiian and other Indo-Pacific fish based in Oahu, Hawaii. Image courtesy Pacific Island Aquatics First shared privately, Rezendes wrote, “A local diver sent me this pic a few minutes ago and asked if I thought this was an ocellaris or a percula seahorse…I’ve never seen this coloration before here in Hawaii. Seeing there is only two species in Hawaii, we believe its a Hippocampus kuda. Thought I’d share. Aloha!” Image courtesy Pacific Island Aquatics Dubbed “Nemo the Hawaiian Seahorse”, the water pony does bear a striking color resemblance to the classic orange, black and white clownfish. Â Staff opinion is divided on which clownfish species (Amphiprion ocellaris, or A. percula)Â is more embodied by this strikingly unique species. Late Wednesday, Rezendes filled in a few more details for us – “Nemo” the Hawaiian Seahorse was found “by Andy Walters on the east side of Oahu in shallow water.” Â The fish is currently being held in the full salinity invertebrate systems at PIA. Image courtesy Pacific Island Aquatics Speculation is already running rampant about this fish. It remains to be seen whether it will be offered for retail sale, or if it may find its way through other channels to breeders or the scientific community. Â The hunt is on to see if there are any more like it in the vicinity. Image courtesy Pacific Island Aquatics Of course, as most seahorse keepers will tell you, whether or not this unqiue coloration will be retained in captivity remains to be seen. Â We can only hope. by Josh Saul | Jul 15, 2013 | Cephalopods, Fish, Opinion
Check out this incredible video for an “aquarium fence”. We can only assume that this is located somewhere near the natural habitat for these animals since there are so many of them, including a huge number of... by Kenneth Wingerter | Jul 8, 2013 | Conservation, Corals, Opinion, Photography
Zoantharia is an order of anthozoans that resembles both sea anemones and corals. All members are benthic, most are colonial and quite a few are superficially quite similar to one another. In fact, some species share so many morphological characteristics that they are...
