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    Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Live Together in Koutekikankyousui

    In Japan, technical colleges exist that specialize in animal care, aquaculture and  marine aquariums. Risen is one of these specialty job training schools, but it has grown in popularity and fame for their breeding of clownfish and the work of Professor Yamamoto. Professor Yamamoto has developed Koutekikankyousui, a “system” that allows marine and freshwater species to [...]

    May 21, 2009
    | eric michael | fish, reef news | Tags: , , | 21 Comments

    Great Shoalers, Lyretail Anthias & Blue Eye Apogon Cardinals

    A few weeks back we received a trio of Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias cheirospilos) and a trio of Blue Eye Cardinalfish (Apogon leptacanthus) from LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den. They have settled in well and I managed to snap some photos of these guys over the weekend. For size reference, the Lysmata cleaner shrimp behind them is roughly [...]

    March 24, 2009
    | eric michael | fish, the glassbox | Tags: , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

    The Blue Line Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis) | Beautiful and Sometimes Stubborn!

    Since Live Aquaria posted the Blue Line Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis) on the Diver’s Den section, there has been great interest in this attractive and relatively rare species. This striped beauty can be found in Southern Japan at the Izu Islands, South Korea, Taiwain, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Recently many of these have been coming from [...]

    February 18, 2009
    | eric michael | fish | Tags: , , , , , | 1 Comment