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New Arrivals Saltwater

Saltwater Saturday 2/19/22

“…a sea floor…at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look closely and…just wait, all sorts of creatures show themselves, with little heads popping out of the sand. It is a metropolis.” – Sylvia Earle 🌊 And so, too, is the small world in a marine aquarium. Full list of saltwater arrivals below.

SALTWATER FISH
Blue Eye Bristletooth Tang
Chocolate Half Black Tang
Powder Brown Tang
Sailfin Tang
Blue Hippo Tang
Squamipinnis Anthias (M)
Green Mandarin Dragonet
Melanarus Wrasse
Sixline Wrasse
Antenna Goby
Diamond Goby
Yellow Watchman Goby
Ceram Lawnmower Blenny
Coral Beauty

INVERTEBRATES
White Starfish
Frilly Arrow Crab
Red Leg Hermit Crab
Blue Leg Hermit Crab
Emerald Crab
Peppermint Shrimp
Tiger Pistol Shrimp
Bumble Bee Snail
Nassarius Snail
Pink Margarita Snail
Black Foot Trochus Snail

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Freshwater New Arrivals

New Fish Friday 2/18/22

New Fish Friday is extra special this week, because it is all African fish! These arrivals include bichirs bigger than typically seen in stores, as well as Tigerfish and nano killifish. Check out the full list below!

AFRICAN FISH
African Odoe Pike
Lapradei Bichir
Teugelsi Bichir
Afromascembelus frenatus “Spiny Eel”
Congopanchax myersi “Hummingbird Lampeye”
Vittatus African Tigerfish
Channallabes apus “Eel Catfish”
Notoglanidium macrostoma “Dwarf Giraffe Catfish”
Batesii Microsynodontis
African Butterfly Fish
Alestopetersius smykalai “Blue Diamond Tetra”

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New Arrivals Saltwater

Saltwater Saturday 2/12/22

Saltwater Saturday special feature: the Purple Queen Anthias! With these colors, the name is self-explanatory. 🙌 These fish can be finicky eaters, but the ones we have received are already eating frozen shrimp! If you ever get one that is being picky, with a start of copepods, live baby brine shrimp, and some patience a transition to frozen or pellet food is possible. They’ll be well worth the work! Full list of saltwater arrivals below.

SALTWATER FISH
Dwarf Zebra Lionfish
Valentini Puffer
Half Black Chocolate Tang
Purple Queen Anthias
Green Coris Wrasse
Twistii Wrasse
Carpenter Fairy Wrasse (M)
Bicolor Goatfish
Diamond Goby
Bicolor Blenny
Ceram Lawnmower Blenny
Coral Beauty

INVERTEBRATES
Halloween Urchin
White Starfish
Chocolate Chip Starfish
Tiger Tail Cucumber

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Freshwater New Arrivals

New Fish Friday 2/11/22

Are you a LARGE or small pufferfish connoisseur? Puffers are some of our favorite fish, with their cute features (is it us or do some have puppy faces!?), quirky personalities, and of course that unique body shape. This week we received one of the world’s smallest puffers–the Dwarf Pea Puffer (~1.5″ max size)–as well as a larger but more medium size puffer, the Mekong River Puffer (~4″ max size). While Dwarf Pea Puffers tend to work in a community tank (albeit they can still be feisty), the Mekong River Puffer commonly needs to be housed alone. One of the best things about Pea Puffers? Watching them slurp up bloodworms like spaghetti! Comparatively, the bigger puffers are fun to watch chomp down on clam shells with their sharp beaks.

Check out our other freshwater arrivals below.

ODDBALL
Pao abei “Mekong River Puffer”
Dwarf Pea Puffer
Ctenopoma acutirostre “Leopard Bush Fish”
Black Bar Red Hook

CICHLIDS
Assorted Peacock Cichlid
Assorted Malaysian Discus
Blood Red Parrot Cichlid
Elecric Blue Jack Dempsey
Electric Blue Ram

COMMUNITY
Silver Bala Shark
Epiplatys annulatus “Clown Killifish”
Glowlight Danio
Cardinal Tetra
Gold Nugget Molly
Assorted Swordtail
Assorted Platy

CATFISH / LOACHES / PLECOS
Chinese Butterfly Loach
Sewellia Lineolata “Hillstream Loach”
Sailfin Plecostomus

INVERTEBRATES
Amano Shrimp
Ghost Shrimp
Blackworm

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New Arrivals Saltwater

Saltwater Saturday 1/29/22

Missed our last few weeks of saltwater arrivals? Don’t worry about a Tang! 😉 Here are some snapshots. Full list of this week’s newcomers below.

SALTWATER FISH
Dwarf Zebra Lionfish
Pearscale Butterfly
Japanese Swallowtail Angel
Bicolor Angel
Coral Beauty
Powder Brown Tang
Sailfin Tang
Scopas Tang
Twistii Wrasse
Social Fairy Wrasse
Melanarus Wrasse
Carpenter Fairy Wrasse (M)
Checkerboard Wrasse
Falco Hawkfish
Ruby Red Dragonet
Blue Gudgeon
Hectors Goby
Diamond Goby
Lawnmower Blenny
Royal Gramma

INVERTEBRATES
Green Long Tentacle Anemone
Pink Tip Condylactis Anemone
White Starfish
Banded Serpent Starfish
Sand Tiger Conch
Mexican Turbo Snail
Nassarius Snail
Black Foot Trochus Snail
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Cherry Red Pistol Shrimp
Fire Shrimp
Red Leg Hermit Crab
Halloween Hermit Crab
Blue Leg Hermit Crab

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Freshwater New Arrivals

New Fish Friday 1/28/22

Big and small, we have some mighty fine fish in for New Fish Friday, from Barracuda to Black Neon Tetra. Check out the full list of freshwater arrivals below.

ODDBALL
Redtail Barracuda

CICHLIDS
Orinocensis Peacock Bass
Geophagus Balzanii
Albino Heckelii

COMMUNITY
White Skirt Tetra
Black Neon Tetra
Electric Green Glo Tetra
Sunburst Orange Glo Tetra
Galactic Purple Glo Tetra
Cosmic Blue Glo Tetra
Red Vampire Swordtail

CATFISH / LOACHES / PLECOS
Panda Garra
Bumblebee Catfish
Pictus Catfish
Clown Pleco
Bushynose Pleco
Panda Cory
Green Brochis Cory
Habrosus Cory

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New Arrivals Saltwater

Saltwater Saturday 1/22/22

Snagging unique invertebrates and corals can really help your reef aquarium pop! An added bonus? Most invertebrates like our newly arrived Reef Abalone and Fighting Conch have qualities that add to aquarium health, such as eating algae or aerating substrate. Full list of saltwater arrivals below.

SALTWATER FISH
Klein’s Blue Head Butterfly
Blue Lined Rabbitfish
Convict Tang
Powder Brown Tang
Half Black Chocolate Tang
Sailfin Tang
Coral Beauty
Green Clown Goby
Firefish Goby
Orange Spot Prawn Goby
Yellow Watchman Goby
Flagtail Prawn Goby
Red Fairy Wrasse
Sixline Wrasse
Melanarus Wrasse
Royal Gramma
Beau Gregory Damsel
Talboti Damsel
Algae Eating Blenny

INVERTEBRATES
Reef Abalone
Fighting Conch
Blue Leg Hermit Crab
Green Long Tentacle Anemone

CORALS
Green/Purple Hairy Mushroom Colony
Christmas Tree Worm Rock
Forest Fire Clove Polyps

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Freshwater New Arrivals

New Fish Friday 1/21/22

Cold getting to you? 🥶 Get warmed up by coming in and checking out our new freshwater arrivals! Full list below.

CICHLIDS
Blue Cobalt Zebra
Red Zebra
Yellow Lab
Albino Socolofi

COMMUNITY
Hemiodus Gracilis
Dwarf Neon Praecox Rainbow
Assorted Male Rainbow Fish
Giant Danio
Albino Rainbow Shark
Redtail Black Shark
Tiger Barb
Albino Black Neon Tetra
Glowlight Tetra
Neon Tetra
Assorted Fancy Guppy
Common Guppy

CATFISH / LOACHES / PLECOS
Brown Bushynose Pleco
Albino Bushynose Pleco
Red Kuhli Loach

INVERTEBRATES
Ghost Shrimp

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New Arrivals Saltwater

Saltwater Saturday 1/15/22

This week’s saltwater arrivals are electric! Literally. As can be seen below, the Electric Flame Scallop shoots bright blue-white electricity across its mantel, creating quite the light show. It is thought that this fascinating trait is to help draw in its primary food, plankton. It may also be used as a warning to predators. Full list of saltwater arrivals below.

SALTWATER FISH
Fu Manchu Lionfish
Eibli Angel
Foxface
Kole Tang
Yellow Fin Tang
Bicolor Goatfish
Valentini Puffer
Squamipinnis Anthias (M)
Psychedelic Dragonet
Green Mandarin Dragonet
Melanarus Wrasse
Tail Spot Blenny
Blue Spot Jawfish
Antenna Goby
Banded Shrimp Goby
Diamond Goby
Melanesian Blue Damsel
Talbots Damsel

INVERTEBRATES
Electric Flame Scallop
Anemone Crab
Emerald Crab
Sexy Shrimp
Harlequin Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimp
Blue Tuxedo Urchin
Halloween Urchin
Orange Linkia Starfish
Chocolate Chip Starfish
Blue Linkia Starfish
Tiger Cowry
Nassarius Snail
Black Foot Trochus Snail
Pink Tip Condylactis Anemone

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Freshwater New Arrivals

New Fish Friday 1/14/22

Our freshwater arrivals are so excited about New Fish Friday, they laid eggs! Which one of these Cory Catfish do you think are the parents? Full list of arrivals below.

As shown here, some fish produce adhesive eggs that will stick to plant-life and rocks. This helps protect the eggs by keeping them in place, often in good hiding places! One of the biggest threats to eggs besides hungry tankmates? Fungus! Separating eggs from hungry tankmates and keeping pristine water conditions are two key components of fish egg care.

ODDBALL
Albino Senegalus Bicher

CICHLIDS
OB Peacock
Parachromis Managuense “Jaguar Cichlid”
Silver Angels
Marble Angels
Gold Angels
Assorted Medium Angels

COMMUNITY
Dwarf Honey Gourami
Royal Blue & Red Neon Dwarf Gourami (M)
Albino Tiger Barb
Ember Tetra
Diamond Neon Tetra
Candycane Tetra (Hy511 Tetra)
Cardinal Tetra
Assorted Lyretail Balloon Molly
Assorted Platy

CATFISH / LOACHES / PLECOS
Jumbo Albino Cory
Albino Cory
Paleatus Cory
Sterbai Cory
Red Venezuelan Cory