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 AquaNerd | Jun 14, 2013 | Corals, Eye Candy, Industry, Photography
To say that we have an obsession with those big, beautiful Scolymia australis corals is a bit of an understatement. We just can’t get enough of them, whether its watching videos of them inhaling various food items or just gazing at vivid pictures. In our constant perusal of Scoly web content, we always randomly find one or two that put all of the others to shame, but this latest beauty from Unique Corals has really raised the bar for this coral species altogether. Appropriately dubbed the Supernova Scolymia, this amazing piece has out of this world coloration. In fact, it is the best coloration of any Scoly that we’ve laid eyes on, even surpassing the beauty of those legendary ‘Master Scolys’. The 2.5″ WYSIWYG specimen is currently listed at $498, but we don’t expect it to stay on the Unique Corals site much longer, assuming it is still there when this article publishes. by Josh Saul | Apr 19, 2013 | Corals, Eye Candy
This strange new Cynarina specimen was last seen at Cherry... by Josh Saul | Apr 6, 2013 | Corals, Photography
Check out the unusual coloration on this Acropora echinata or turaki that showed up at Route 66! The echinatas that show up in the hobby are usually the bright blue “ice” color, whereas this one has a cool lime green base with white...
