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Not all African Long-Fin Tetras are Alike
Although Bryconalestes longipinnis is not known to breed easily in aquaria, keeping fish from populations from one geographic region might be a good idea for those interested in keeping pure lines together....
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A New Catfish with Stunning Jaguar Coloration
A new species of auchenipterid catfish, Spinipterus moijiri, was recently discovered in the middle Río Purus basin, Brazil (Rocha et al. 2019)...
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VIDEO: Mandarin Dragonet Breeding in Monaco
Breeding Mandarin Dragonets is a project you can do at home! Whether you can understand the French-language narrative or not, the payoff is a tank full of extremely small, beautiful, green post-settlement Green Mandarin Dragonets, Synchiropus splendidus....
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CORAL Reef Life Calendar 2020
Dazzling in its profusion of colors and fascinating life forms, the coral reef displays some of the richest assemblages of biodiversity on Earth and captivates underwater naturalists, divers, snorkelers, and marine aquarists alike....
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Jellyfish Art Launches Second-Generation Jelly Cylinder
The second-generation Jelly Cylinder 5 offers several feature improvements over the prior iteration of the 5-gallon jellyfish cylinder aquarium....
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A new Mystus catfish from northeastern India
Keep an eye out for this newly-described catfish from India; perhaps it has already been unknowingly imported into the trade....
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The First Designer Basslet? Meet Biota's "Platinum" Gramma dejongi
After patiently awaiting to ensure the unique coloration wasn't a fluke, a consistently low-level occurrence of white-finned Gramma dejongi at Biota Aquariums ensures their introduction into the aquarium hobby. ...
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PIJAC Submits Draft EIS for Hawaii's Aquarium Fishery
The submission of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement by PIJAC seeks to reopen Hawaii's embattled marine aquarium fishery, proposing limited entry and updated bag limits to popular fish species....
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A Step Closer to Commercially Aquacultured Wrasses
UF/IFAS TAL continues to advance aquaculture protocols for Melanurus Wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus. The latest success brings us one step closer to commercializing culture for this species....
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New Micrōbacter StartXLM from Brightwell Aquatics
MicrōBacter Start XLM 15 X is a highly concentrated, selective complex of LIVE, extremely effective microbes and enzymes that rapidly reduces the concentrations of organic nitrogen, ammonia, and nitrite in marine and brackish ecosystems, leading to greatly improved water quality and much faster cycling. Used...
Marine
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VIDEO: Mandarin Dragonet Breeding in Monaco
Breeding Mandarin Dragonets is a project you can do at home! Whether you can understand the French-language narrative or not, the payoff is a tank full of extremely small, beautiful, green post-settlement Green Mandarin Dragonets, Synchiropus splendidus.
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CORAL Reef Life Calendar 2020
Dazzling in its profusion of colors and fascinating life forms, the coral reef displays some of the richest assemblages of biodiversity on Earth and captivates underwater naturalists, divers, snorkelers, and marine aquarists alike.
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Jellyfish Art Launches Second-Generation Jelly Cylinder
The second-generation Jelly Cylinder 5 offers several feature improvements over the prior iteration of the 5-gallon jellyfish cylinder aquarium.
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The First Designer Basslet? Meet Biota's "Platinum" Gramma dejongi
After patiently awaiting to ensure the unique coloration wasn’t a fluke, a consistently low-level occurrence of white-finned Gramma dejongi at Biota Aquariums ensures their introduction into the aquarium hobby.
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PIJAC Submits Draft EIS for Hawaii's Aquarium Fishery
The submission of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement by PIJAC seeks to reopen Hawaii’s embattled marine aquarium fishery, proposing limited entry and updated bag limits to popular fish species.
Freshwater
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Not all African Long-Fin Tetras are Alike
Although Bryconalestes longipinnis is not known to breed easily in aquaria, keeping fish from populations from one geographic region might be a good idea for those interested in keeping pure lines together.
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A New Catfish with Stunning Jaguar Coloration
A new species of auchenipterid catfish, Spinipterus moijiri, was recently discovered in the middle Río Purus basin, Brazil (Rocha et al. 2019)
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A new Mystus catfish from northeastern India
Keep an eye out for this newly-described catfish from India; perhaps it has already been unknowingly imported into the trade.
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AMAZONAS Magazine Table of Contents January/February 2020
Spectacular South America, AMAZONAS Magazine Volume 9, Number 1
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Baby Panda Bamboo is Perfect Nano Riparium Foliage
With a cuddly-cute common name probably dreamed up by a marketing whiz, not a botanist, Baby Panda Bamboo (Pogonatherum sp.) is neither bamboo nor food for pandas. With its tidy, feathery foliage, it is an excellent choice for planting the background of a nano riparium layout.
New Products
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CORAL Reef Life Calendar 2020
Dazzling in its profusion of colors and fascinating life forms, the coral reef displays some of the richest assemblages of biodiversity on Earth and captivates underwater naturalists, divers, snorkelers, and marine aquarists alike.
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Jellyfish Art Launches Second-Generation Jelly Cylinder
The second-generation Jelly Cylinder 5 offers several feature improvements over the prior iteration of the 5-gallon jellyfish cylinder aquarium.
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New Micrōbacter StartXLM from Brightwell Aquatics
MicrōBacter Start XLM 15 X is a highly concentrated, selective complex of LIVE, extremely effective microbes and enzymes that rapidly reduces the concentrations of organic nitrogen, ammonia, and nitrite in marine and brackish ecosystems, leading to greatly improved water quality and much faster cycling. Used as directed, it will cycle a new marine aquarium in as quick as 5 to 7 days.
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New Fiji Cube Aquariums - The Complete Series
The new package aquarium series from Fiji Cube includes low-iron glass aquarium, complete with stand and sump.
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ORA Unleashes Zombie Clownfish on the Masses
It’s taken several years, but Robert King’s Zombie Albino Black Clownfish will now see wider distribution as a result of breeding efforts by ORA.
News & Notes
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PIJAC Submits Draft EIS for Hawaii's Aquarium Fishery
The submission of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement by PIJAC seeks to reopen Hawaii’s embattled marine aquarium fishery, proposing limited entry and updated bag limits to popular fish species.
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USGS Conducts Non-Native Fish Slam in Florida
This week USGS scientists are in three Florida counties leading experts in the semi-annual Fish Slam, a scientific scavenger hunt for non-native freshwater fishes.
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VIDEO: Indonesia's Aquarium Show - NUSATIC 2019 Trailer
Promoted as the “biggest show in the world,” the 4th Indonesia Ornamental Fish and Aquatic Plant Show 2019, NUSATIC, will be held from November 29th to December 1st, 2019, at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE BSD City), Tangerang, Indonesia.
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The Aquarium Hobbyist's Role in Fish Conservation
Assessing the Species in the CARES Preservation Program and the Role of Aquarium Hobbyists in Freshwater Fish Conservation, a new article published in the open-access journal Fishes, describes the necessity for hobby, science, and conservation entities to communicate and collaborate towards the common goal of freshwater fish conservation.
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Characterizing the US Trade in Lionfishes
The Quarter 3, 2018 publication funded by the Dr. Junda Lin Memorial Fund for Publishing Open Access Marine Aquarium Research is now freely available to the public as an open-access article.
Matt Pedersen says:
Given their similarity to the ubiquitous Royal Gramma relative (Gramma loreto) I think their care requirements are probably a mirror image of the sibling species. Depending on who you ask, while some folks might say a 10 gallon is fine for a single fish, most references put the minimum for a single in the range of 20-30 gallons.Matt Pedersen says:
Robert, I do not believe Biota had anything to do with the initial Gramma dejongi production by Gardner in 2017, but they are now involved with the species in 2019.Steve says:
On the Dejongi basslet what size tank and reef would be preferred?Arvin Charran says:
Please email me if you have Altums in AlbertaJeff Johnston says:
This skimmer is a BEAST!Robert Harsh says:
The third party is probably Biota.