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 [...]
Flathead Perch (Rainfordia opercularis) Seen on LiveAquaria Video
Last month, this stunning Flathead Perch (Rainfordia opercularis) finally showed up in the popular Diver’s Den at LiveAquaria. The well-known supplier of top-notch aquarium livestock is used to getting their hands on the rare and unusual, but this new offering takes them to a whole new level. The ultra-rare gem that is the flathead perch [...]
Why Yellow Tangs?
Every aquarium keeper has a different take on the hobby, with some choosing to go with the popular trends and others going off on some wild tangent. But what is very surprising to me is the overabundance of a single fish in the hobby, the yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens). At one point or another, we’ve [...]
Land Dwelling Pacific Leaping Blenny Shows Evolution in Action
Most stories on the origin of life claim that living organisms first appeared in the oceans, eventually moving onto land as environmental pressures pushed life out of the seas and swamplands and into the harsh new dry world. This theory is supported through the fossil record over and over again, but it would appear that [...]
Picture of the Week – 8/29 – 9/4
In this week’s AquaNerd POTW we get a look at a vibrantly colored powder blue tang (Acanthurus leucosternon), who is joined by a pair of percula clownfish in the aquarium of a local hobbyist. This species of surgeonfish is usually seen covered in ich, which makes this find particular refreshing as there isn’t a blemish [...]
Picture of the Week – 8/15 – 8/21
Pictured in this installment of the AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a Yasha White Ray Shrimp Goby (Stonogobiops yasha) defending its territory against an intruding goby of a different species. The Yasha goby is obviously quite territorial and will display to other fish by opening its mouth and flicking its dorsal fin in an [...]
Black and White Maxima Clam Seen in the Wild
Our contact in the Marshall Islands has been very busy since his last update, and the latest set of images that he sent our way shines a little light as to why. Chuck has naturally taken to SCUBA diving, after all there’s not a whole lot to do when your stuck on an atoll in [...]
Picture of the Week – 8/1 – 8/7
Pictured this week is an animal we don’t see too much of in the saltwater hobby and it’s one we can barely see in the image above. It’s a small saltwater stingray that just so happens to be buried in the sand of this large predator tank seen at Fish Gallery here in Houston. This [...]
Another Rusty x Flame Angel Hybrid Surfaces
Last week we shared a group of Rusty x Flame Angel Hybrids that showed up at Ocean Gallery II. It appears now that at least one more has become available, this time in the aquariums of LiveAquaria and under the moniker of False Shepard’s Hybrid Angelfish from Cebu. As with the other hybrids we previously [...]
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