Little advanced warning. Even after the heavy edit, (took out 10 mins of me drooling over this fish) I couldn't keep my reef geeking under control. With that said, the Gramma dejongi has been on my list to see for very long time. This fish has been part of trade embargo and even [...]
A young tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis. This is a regulated species in most southern states. It’s easy to forget, when you’re out on the water with nets, buckets and aerators that the laws regulating the take of food and game fish apply to you just as they apply to an angler with a rod [...]
A few weeks ago, while diving on the Route 70 Bridge in Morehead City, NC, a couple of small sea robins caught my eye. I’ve always loved this family (Triglidae) for their enormous, and often brightly-colored pectoral fins as well as their unique behavior of crawling and digging along the [...]
Recently I had the pleasure of diving on the wreck of the Atlas Tanker with [...]
For the first time ever, captive bred Gramma dejongi and Rainfordia opercularis will go on exhibit in a public aquarium in the coming weeks. Thanks to a generous donation by Fluid Dynamics International and its partners and benefactors (including Suffolk County Community College, ESV, and Algagen), [...]
Okay. Probably not, considering some of the contenders, but still...you have to admit that it's pretty awesome. Lophius americanus at three weeks post hatch One of the great benefits to maintaining an aquaculture infrastructure year-round is that when you are presented with unique [...]
Last week the Federal Government’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) confirmed that, although the US trade embargo against Cuba expressly forbids the importation of a wide variety of products of Cuban origin, including aquarium fishes, there is no restriction on the distribution of [...]
As reported on the Reef Threads Podcast, Gramma dejongi can now be added to the ever growing list of captive-bred marine fishes. Around two months ago, at the start of the their spawning season, the Gramma dejongi in my lab at Suffolk County Community College began to show signs of nest building. A [...]
