by Joe Rowlett | May 12, 2017 | Fish, Science
Since being described last year, the Multilined Pufferfish (Arothron multilineatus) has quickly established itself as one of the most mysterious and poorly understood species of Indo-Pacific reef... by Barry Brown | May 11, 2017 | Fish, Science
Good morning out there, I have a small, two-inch, fully grown adult Centropristis fuscula or TwoSpot Sea Bass for your viewing pleasure today found a few weeks ago now on the ultra tiny island of St. Eustatius or “Statia” as it’s know by the locals. For those of you like myself who know nothing about this island in the Caribbean do yourself a favor and google the history, it will flat out blow your mind!! As a teaser did you know that during the Revolutionary War we got 40% of all our weapons from this island??? Yeah, say What?? Check it out, there’s a whole lot more… Most of you already know how much I love these tiny sea-bass that live way down in the darkness and most are crazy colorful by Leonard Ho | May 11, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
Eco-conscious artists join forces to create an amazing art installation that is breathtaking in scope. The BVI Art Reef will be the world's largest underwater art and the ultimate fantasy dive site featuring a sunken WWII fuel barge enraptured by a monstrous octopus! by xeniaforever | May 10, 2017 | Conservation, Corals
Jamie Craggs and his Project Coral team at the Horniman Museum have just released images of their 18-month-old acroporas, and they are beautiful! The acros spawned at the Museum in January 2016, after Horniman scientists collected the gravid parent corals from the... by Admin | May 10, 2017 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning friends, this is what you call an OMG fish!! This is another “possible” New Species of Batfish Ogcocephalus sp. found 2.5 miles off the coast of St. Eustatia with the use of a mini-submersible on loan from Substation Curacao and found by scientists from the Smithsonian Institution. In Statia we were anchored around a quarter mile off shore in about 35-40 feet of water with nothing but sand and sea-grass below filled with sting-rays and giant flying gurnards. Unlike Curacao where the reef drops off immediately St by Leonard Ho | May 10, 2017 | Advanced Aquarist
There's nothing inherently wrong about tiny fishbowls. You just have to be very smart about your livestock choices and aquascaping design. On a per gallon basis, this tiny tank might be the champ. by Admin | May 9, 2017 | Fish
Good morning all, above is one of the many new species that has recently been discovered by the Smithsonian Institution and Substation Curacao. This little treasure was named after the daughter of Substation Curacao, his name is Dutch her name is Nikki. This is a tiny one and a half inch, super beautiful fish called a Saber Goby, Antilligobius nikkiae. These are found in the 300-400 foot range and are usually seen congregating in schools unlike other fish that like to be on their own like the golden bass for instance. This one here along with a few others was collected by the sub alive about a week ago in St. Eustatius and brought up for me to photograph by Joe Rowlett | May 9, 2017 | Fish, Science
All of the really nice looking fish hang out below 100 meters, and it’s up to Luiz Rocha to discover them and take their photograph. His latest find is the Little Fairy Basslet (Sacura parva), a spectacular member of the anthias subfamily which has never before been...
