Mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic, and fabulously exotic, the huge variety of types of saltwater fish to pick for your aquarium will give you a visual taste of the underwater ocean world.

But farming many species of popular aquarium fish remains an elusive feat for those hoping to enter the aquarium fish trade. “If it was easy, anybody could do it,” Kraul said.

Revealing the Appetite of the Marine Aquarium Fish Trade: The Volume and Biodiversity of Fish Imported into the United States. PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (5): e35808 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035808 ...

Marine biologists are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order to preserve the biologically rich ecosystems of the ...

This June 2, 2017 photo shows a Clown fish in a saltwater tank and available for sale at Dallas North Aquarium in Dallas, Texas. Not long ago keeping a saltwater aquarium was just for experts. Now ...

REEF FISH IN PERIL Reining in the Aquarium Trade Each year humans trade 20 to 30 million tropical marine fish for aquariums, representing more than 1,800 different species. The United States is the ...

Most species of fish for the marine aquarium trade, though, come from the wild. Worldwide, the marine aquarium industry is valued at between $200 million and $300 million, according to a 2003 ...

Why can’t captive breeding of saltwater aquarium fish catch on? On the outdoor lot of his beachside facility, flecked with dozens of plastic bins and tanks, biologist Syd Kraul has raised ...

This classic saltwater aquarium fish – popularized by the movie Finding Nemo – is a hardy type and easy to keep. As they are territorial they don’t need a massive aquarium, though they do ...