Via Deep Sea News, a great video by National Geographic showing the Man-o-War Jelly. Be sure to check out Deep Sea’s coverage of their top 27 deep sea creatures. There are some amazing photos and information on bizarre animals like the Pram Bug.
Steve Robinson of Cortez Marine shared these photos of a recent Bicolor Angel (Centropyge bicolor) specimen collected in Papua New Guinea. Another beautiful specimen out of PNG. I really like this fish and I hope the coloration stays on this guy. For those that missed the other beautiful and recent PNG morph, you can see the [...]
Cone Skimmers are here to stay with Warner Marine’s latest design. We mentioned in the previous WM skimmer articles that a new design was in the works, and here it is–The Warner Marine K-1 with “VBT Technology”. Click all photos to enlarge K-1 Conical Skimmer Stats Cell Cast Acrylic Construction Schedule 80 piping WM VBT [...]
The Lipogramma genus is a small group of 8 Basslets that are relatively unknown by most aquarists due to their deep water homes. Like Prognathodes aya, these are rare and beautiful fish from the Western Atlantic. L. evides L. flavescens L. trilineatum L. klayi L. anabantoides L. regia/regium L. robinsi L. roseum The Banded Basslet (Lipogramma evides) is a [...]
Mariposa de banco (Prognathodes aya) is a deep water Western Atlantic Butterflyfish that we rarely see. Despite being close to our own turf often times these beautiful fish head to the Asian market where the current interest in Atlantic marine life has continued to grow and continues to pay top dollar. To the right is a [...]
I really enjoy DIY projects. There is something satisfying about your own work being created. But living downtown, it’s tough to find space to do large projects and often times we design an item and pay someone else to make it. That way if it’s a dismal failure I can blame someone else it’s not completely [...]
