The aquarium in the video above is an aquascape created by Oliver Knott which was inspired by the blockbuster movie Avatar. This aquascape was modeled after a setting of the movie called the Hallelujah Mountains, which float in mid-air, covered by lush jungles and connected to each other and the ground by vines. Oliver Knott [...]
DiscusBook 01 is a new book from AquaPress Bleher which aims to bring some fresh new information about discus fish in the wild and their habitat. Legendary Amazonian explorer Heiko Bleher wrote this book to document new and old wild discus strains, other species that are found in similar habitats and a wealth of new [...]
Trochilocharax ornatus is the new official name of a new Peruvian tetra which was first imported for the aquarium trade by Aquarium Glasser in Germany. For a while this beautiful Characin was thought to belong to the genus Heterocharax or Tyttocharax but it was described into a genus that was erected just for this species, [...]
Panaque armbrusteri, P. titan and P schaeferi are three species of large plecos (Loricarids) which were recently described by Lutjan et. al in Revision of Panaque in the journal Copeia. Panaque armbrusteri is the new latin name given to what has been called the Xingu Royal Pleco, an extremely striking gold striped black fish which [...]
The Black Ghost knifefish is an elongated freshwater fish that swims around by unudlating it’s long anal fin, much in the same way that some eels and brotulas do. Researchers from Northwestern University studying the motion of Black Ghost knifefish decided to build a robot model of the unusual fish. Ghostbot accurately reproduces the undulating [...]
One glance at the intensity of the red coloration on these Chilli Endler livebearers and it’s easy to see how these will likely become a very unique domestic strain of the once-wild strain of wild guppy. We just spotted the Chilli Endler in an AquaBid auction listing so we have no details on their origin [...]
Badis juergenschmidti is a new species of Indo-Burmese freshwater fish from the family Badidae which was recently described from specimens collected in Myanmar. Badis juergenschmidti differs from similar Badis species by it’s distinct lack of an opercular spot, and the bright white margins of it’s unpaired fins. The largest specimen, the Holotype of Badis juergenschmidti [...]
With plants as with corals, if you grow them well and in high density, your aquarium will invariably suffer from too much of a good thing. Case in point are these images of the aquarium I am currently overhauling with new substrate because my Eriocaulons have nearly replaced the substrate with the thickest root mat [...]
Aqua Design Amano is a line of premium aquarium products which are primarily designed for the freshwater and planted aquarium hobby. Although only a small number of reef aquarists may actually use ADA products, the impact that ADA has had on the expectations for well designed and aesthetically striking aquarium products is undeniable. Many other [...]
Sera has a new CO2 reactor with a novel pinwheel design to break up the gas before it travels down the reaction body. CO2 and Ozone reactors are normally the type of device which is DIY’d or handmade into existence which is why it is so refreshing to see a different design for this often [...]