I’ve been looking through my images of late and noticed that there’s a distinct correlation between my age and the frequency of macro shots of fish. In fact, in the last few years, any close-ups tend to be sessile invertebrates only. I guess I simply can’t see the tiny fishes anymore with my [...]
I have been called many things lately, but Aquaculture Advocate and Aquaculture Junkie are my two favorites. My store and I have gotten quite a name in the industry for being the LFS who is Aquaculture obsessed; I am always looking for more captive bred fish to add to our product line. I was [...]
Blennies are a diverse lot, with some 400+ species scattered across several dozen genera, but, out of all this taxonomic richness, only a small number of these fishes commonly find their way into aquarium exports. The two most diverse genera, Ecsenius & Meiacanthus, are well represented by the [...]
Recently, Madagascar has begun to export aquarium fishes. Some species are mostly the same as from other locales, such as Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosa) and Midas Blenny (Ecsenius midas). One anomaly is the Red Head Linear Blenny (Ecsenius cf lineatus), which appears to be a species [...]
