Picture of the Week, Red Firefish Goby (Nemateleotris magnifica)
Gracing our pages in this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a red firefish goby (Nemateleotris magnifica) seen in the reef aquarium at the Aquarium Restaurant in Kemah. This particular fish is very common in the hobby, but its frequency in the trade doesn’t detract from its beauty even in the slightest bit. The [...]
Anti-Aquarium Activist Releases Yellow Tangs Back Into Ocean
Buried at the bottom of a recent anti-aquarium themed online article in the San Francisco Gate covering the recent troubles Petco has been experiencing in Hawaii, a somewhat lengthy video shows college professor Dr. Gail Grabowsky releasing five yellow tangs into the waters off a beach in Waikiki. Prior to the release, Dr. Grabowsky speaks [...]
A Second Hawaiian County Attempting Ban on the Aquarium Trade
In one of his latest articles on the MASNA Blog covering the aquarium trade’s legal hurdles in Hawaii, Ret Talbot tells the aquarium community that the Kauai County Council has voted unanimously to get a draft resolution into next year’s legislative package that would place an outright ban on the collection of wildlife to be [...]
Livestock Sales Slumping Nationwide in Recent Months
Over the last few years, the US economy has experienced some volatility, to put it nicely. The aquarium hobby has been hit rather hard in particular, as it’s not a necessity in most households. I say most because I think I would go crazy without some form of reef life in my living room and [...]
A Call to Enact a Ban on Reef Tourism
With all of the rhetoric surrounding the potential banning of the aquarium trade in Hawaii, we’ve decided that the conservationists backing any form of anti-aquarium legislation need to not only focus on one industry, but every industry that has roots in the ocean. The tourism industry, for example, is one of the largest perpetrators of [...]
Picture of the Week – 10/17 – 10/23
Pictured in the latest AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a pair of ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) exhibiting numerous black spots on their bodies. The common belief for these spots is that they form when a clownfish tries to take up residence in a coral, usually when an anemone is not present. The coral stings [...]
Enjoying Fish Outside of Our Aquariums
Even though our obsession with marine and reef aquaria runs very deep, sometimes it’s good to step away from that which we created and enjoy a little outdoor time. Being from Texas, or more specifically the Gulf Coast region, I was essentially born with a fishing pole in my hands. Almost my entire life I’ve [...]
Another Resolution to Ban Aquarium Collecting in Hawaii
The anti-aquarium trolls are out and about again, with their latest efforts coming in the form of a new resolution with the goal to once again attempt a ban on aquarium collecting in Hawaii. According to a recent Coral Magazine article by Ret Talbot, this new resolution (Resolution 130 11) will go up for discussion [...]
Picture of the Week – 10/3 – 10/9
Pictured this week in the AquaNerd POTW is the brand new Tangerine clownfish from Proaquatix. This new fish is of the Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) variety and doesn’t feature the wild stripe patterns seen in the typical designer clownfish. Instead, the Tangerine clown has a light orange color, pinkish eyes, and almost no black anywhere [...]
Rare Yellow Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish Seen Locally
After giving a long winded discussion about saltwater aquariums to a group of interested hobbyists at Fish Gallery last night, I wandered around the store checking out all of the cool livestock they had on display. I saw plenty of corals and fish, but one fish pinged my radar big time. In one of the [...]
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