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    New Deepwater Anthias Species from Japan

    At every MACNA the fish geeks become the industry’s equivalent of a drug dealer share their addiction. With a quick innocent looking handshake, an 8gb flash drive is exchanged with more fish “p0rn” than what was previously known to man. This particular flash drive was a rare LE Flash drive–it came from Japan. This MACNA was [...]

    September 10, 2010
    | eric michael | fish, japan, misc | Tags: , , , | 10 Comments

    From: Blue Harbor To: Thailand | Cirrhilabrus earlei TRIO

    If you live in Asia, you’re lucky that Koji Wada’s Blue Harbor is just an overnight shipment away. Thai reefer Chingchai has taken advantage of this with his recent acquisition of not one, or two, but three Earle’s Fairy Wrasses (Cirrhilabrus earlei) that Koji recently got in. These fish were once occassionally available to American [...]

    July 6, 2010
    | eric michael | fish, japan | Tags: , , | 5 Comments

    Photos from the New Blue Harbor: Spotlight Galore, Shark Tank and Rare Fish

    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 [...]

    February 1, 2010
    | eric michael | japan | Tags: , , | 11 Comments

    Japan’s Blue Harbor Reopens this Weekend

    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 [...]

    January 29, 2010
    | eric michael | japan | Tags: | 11 Comments

    Japan Gets In the Deepwater Red Barbier and Pronotogrammus martinicensis

    Hemanthias vivanus is a deepwater anthias species that is found throughout the Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico, south to Brazil.  It is a rare offering in the industry due to the extreme depths it lives at–collection usually takes place at 300 to 450ft, but they have been observed at depths greater than 2,500ft thanks [...]

    October 16, 2009
    | eric michael | fish | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment

    A Rough Landing in Japan for Roa excelsa

    A week from today,  the two Roa excelsa or Brown Barred butterflies touched down in Japan at Mr. Koji Wada’s Blue Harbor store. These were the first ever Roa excelsa to be collected, a significant feat considering many groups consider the ocean has been “already explored”. With this shipment to Blue Harbor came an incredible line [...]

    July 17, 2009
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