Monthly Archives: August 2016

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Big fish — and their pee — are key parts of coral reef ecosystems by the University of Washington Coral reefs wouldn’t be the same without their beautiful fish. A diversity of colorful, beautifully patterned species Read more here…

By Scott Groseclose Wonder what hamsters and fish have in common? So do we! The Fish Channel sent us an email about it’s sister site PetchaNetwork and an event taking place on August 18th called “The Hamster Summer Games”. Clearly a marketing ploy but isn’t Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhs6D0MExzI Read more here: Advanced Aquarist     

By Jeff Kurtz Pseudocheilinus ocellatus, the mystery wrasse (aka the tail-spot wrasse, white-barred wrasse, or five-barred wrasse), is somewhat uncommon in the hobby and usually priced accordingly. But if you can get past the sticker shock for such a modest-sized fish, you’ll find this species Read more here…

By Guest Writer Greenland sharks are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, scientists say. Researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of 28 of the animals, and estimated that one female was about 400 years old. The team found that the sharks grow Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. L.chlorosiglos and L.simoneae join L.fuelleborni and L.fuelleborni in the Labeotropheus genus. These cichlids are some of the most spectacularly and (more pertinently) variably colored fish in the world; thus, there is potential for even more distinct Read more here…

By Scott Groseclose With distinct tubular eyes and a natural glow, two species of bioluminescent deep-sea fish nicknamed “barreleyes” have been identified. The newly described species are part of the family Opisthoproctidae. Barreleye fish are not well-described, due to the rareness and fragility of specimens, Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. Ecotech is concurrently launching updates across its entire marine Radion line (the single puck XR15w Pro and the twin puck XR30w and XR30w Pro). All three models will feature the new HEI optics, which EcoTech claims Read more here…

By Than Thein I always say that you only really need three things to be successful in this hobby: good water quality, good water flow, and good light. All of those things are pretty involved, but lighting in particular gets a lot of discussion because Read more here…

By Leonard Ho Click through to see the images. While exposés are often loose with the “facts” (to put it kindly), history has shown they are still capable of strongly altering public perception by appealing to emotion; as any politician will tell you, fear and Read more here…