Japan based retailer Crownfish has received an array of Central Pacific and Hawaiian fish, but these aberrant Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loriculus) are stealing the show–based on their ¥195,000 ($2,100 USD) price tag Crownfish is well aware. Unfortunately, abberant morphs like this rarely keep their color, but we can hope. The fish do show some black [...]
A few months back I mentioned Kiyoshi Endoh’s upcoming issue of Marine Aquarist, No.53, that would feature a bit of Glassbox Design. After some shipping mishaps I’ve finally go my own hard copy–hopefully the lost issues will end up in the hands of an aquarist!
In 2009 I was asked by Kiyoshi to write an [...]
This weekend our friend Koji Wada reopened his freshly renovated Blue Harbor fish store to the public. The Osaka, Japan based store is known throughout the world for its rare fishes, and this reopening did not disappoint. As much as we would have loved to traverse that 9,000 mile gap, I had to leave it [...]
For our Japanese readers, or those planning to make a trip in the near future, Koji Wada’s well known shop Blue Harbor will be reopening this weekend after intense renovation. Congrats to Koji on the remodel and the new shark tank!
Taken from the second level, here you can see some of the recently re-stocked holding [...]
While walking the snow covered streets of Chicago I could not think of what it was. I really had no idea. USPS only left a note saying to pick up the package and pay the hefty customs fee. I patiently waited in line at the post office trying to think back, what the hell did I [...]
Volx, a Japanese lighting manufacturer has bumped up the wattage of their Grassy LeDio spotlights with the LeDio 21– a 7 x 3w LED spotlight in a cast aluminum heatsink body, that simply screws into a household socket. The 1/3rd less powerful Grassy LeDdio 7 LED spotlight has now been available for sometime, which featured [...]
