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| Ultra Rare Neptune Grouper Shows Up in Thailand Posted: 16 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT The mother of all rare predators recently landed in Thailand, and we’re so excited to be covering the news. While we typically focus on fish of the reef safe variety, we couldn’t pass on the opportunity to mention the fact that Ocean and Sea Aquarium in Bangkok got their hands on a stunning neptune grouper, which was announced on their Facebook page a few days ago. This amazing fish is one of the rarest to enter the aquarium trade, with this individual probably only being one of a few that have been collected in the last few years. This has led to exorbitant price tags exceeding $5000, and you might recall that it made the top 10 list of the most expensive tropical fish. Now you know why we’re so excited about it. As far as facts about the species, they are one of the smaller groupers available (a term used very loosely) to the trade. It grows to about a foot and a half in length, and interestingly looks better as an adult than it does in the juvenile stages. Our emails to Ocean and Sea Aquarium have gone unanswered at the time of publication, so we don’t know any of the circumstances surrounding this individual (size, price, location collected, etc.) but if any further details surface, we’ll be sure to include them.  |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT It is Monday, and although we’re still shaking off Father’s Day and regretting the fact that we didn’t throw a little vacation time at today, we are back with another exciting week full of aquarium articles. From the week of June 8th through the 14th, our top five articles include a top list list of the most expensive aquarium fish, a brand new pricey coral from Reef Raft, a new top off automation devices form AVAST Marine Works, an updated on a convicted coral smuggler, and yet another look at the new Riptide Gyre Generator. We hope you enjoyed the articles, and as always, we'll have another week full of aquarium hobby coverage ahead of us, so stay tuned.
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| Picture of the Week, Walking Dendro Garden Posted: 16 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT We found this cool image while digging through our archives, and it’s a garden of walking dendro corals (Heteropsammia cochlea) from the Aquarium of the Pacific. As their name implies, these members of the family Dendrophylliidae have an unusual form of locomotion that make it seem as though they are walking around the aquarium. While the corals themselves are incapable of such locomotion, a tiny worm lives in the coral’s base that cause the coral to shuffle about the sand. The worm crawls out of a tiny hole in the bottom of the coral and pushes it around the substrate, usually moving around in a small area.  |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2014 05:00 AM PDT If you’ve got random dead spots behind the rocks and your powerbeads just can’t seem to get rid of them no matter how many ways they are adjusted, you can try aiming the flow from your return pump with the help of Loc-Line fittings. These fittings piece together at a flexible joint, with pieces locking into place and forming chains as long as could be imagined. These links can be fitted with various nozzles for narrow stream flow or flow that is a little more spread out, making Loc-Line even more adaptable for your particular setup. There is one key thing to remember when creating your Loc-Line plumbing setup. Any time the water flow stops, a siphon will be created that could drain a significant amount of water back into your sump, possibly causing a flood. To remedy this, drill an anti-siphon vent on the underside of the Loc-Line or some other point in the plumbing.  |
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