The aquatic trade and social media have been murmuring about this for a few days, but it looks like the collection of live tropical marine fish from Hawaii has been banned again.

The aquatic trade and social media have been murmuring about this for a few days, but it looks like the collection of live tropical marine fish from Hawaii has been banned again.
Three dead tropical fish have been found in a river in Scotland. Two Jaguar cichlids were discovered by a member of the Inverness Angling Club, before a Silver dollar was discovered by Chris Conroy and […]
The reefing scene isn’t short on supplements but dedicated followers of fish fashion are always keen to latch onto the next big thing. Reef Zlements, created by chemist Maria Duarte could be that next big […]
Frag plug and frag rack company ReefTech has moved into the bigger leagues by teaming up with Aquatic Now. The ReefTech range includes magnetic acrylic frag racks, 11 types of ceramic frag plug, frag rocks, […]
Scientists have managed to cross-breed Paddlefish and Sturgeon while attempting to save an endangered species. Eggs from three Russian sturgeon were fertilized artificially with sperm from four American paddlefish in an experiment to produce gynogenic […]
The three species of rummynose, Hemigrammus bleheri, H.rhodostomus and Petitella georgiae have now all been placed into Petitella, in a paper published in the journal Neotropical Ichthyology. Pedro Bittencourt, Valeria Machado, Bruce Marshall, Tomas Hrbek […]
The Seahorse Trust has reported that the largest number of Spiny seahorses have been seen off Dorset since 2008. The fish live in Seagrass beds at Studland Bay and this year 16 were counted on […]
Freshwater fishkeepers and anyone who loves water and nature should add this forthcoming book to their Christmas lists. Written, photographed and put together entirely by aquatic explorer and naturalist Ivan Mikolji, the book contains stunningly […]
Its been a long time coming, but I’ve finally joined OATA via my company Fishkeeping News Ltd, and I’m glad I did. Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked for and with many OATA members […]
Apex availability has been up in the air for a while, much to the frustration of UK reefkeepers and the stores who supply them. But now, we officially no why: “It is with regret that […]