Highlight of the week 🐠
Showcasing a stunning aberrant angelfish Cairns Marine recently collected unexpectedly in the rough weather. Hiding behind the reef, one of our most experienced divers “Bondy” who has a keen eye for unique fish managed to secure this specimen. This RARE and beautiful Centropyge bispinosa or Coral Beauty was collected in the lagoon at flora reef at a depth of 12 metres. Wind, rain or shine we really appreciate the hard efforts our divers put into collecting these amazing animals.
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After a very long week Mr. Porcupine fish is feeling a little prickly.
New arrivals!
Cirrhilabrus scottorum, also known as the rainbow fairy wrasse or Scott’s wrasse. These vibrant specimens were collected on our most recent expedition to the CoralSea. Presently this species of fairy wrasse is still considered one of the most colourful species of wrasse in the Aquarium hobby. As a species that lives naturally in the middle of the water column, they tick all the boxes and make a great addition to any system looking to add something more active and interactive.
Sample video containing the newest arrivals of Acropora . If you like yellows and blues contact us now! MKY boat unload incoming on Friday! Keep your eyes open for WYSIWYG on Friday. 😎
The team had a busy couple days at The Pet Show Sydney! Our Super star Mel was a hit with her Nemo costume and face painting talents!
We spent the last couple of days educating about sustainable collection and sharing our passion for marine life.
We have seahorses in stock!
Check out these adorable Long Snout seahorses (H.reidi) hanging out together.
We have a great selection of other captive bred seahorses, such as the spotted (H. kuda), the Big belly (H. abdominalis) and the Barbour”s seahorse (H. barbouri).
Give your rep a call or send us an email if you would like to feature one of these delightful creatures in your tank.
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Most people who observe sea pens would think they don’t do much at all. But this timelapse video demonstrates how it inflates to its full size. If you look closely you can also see all of the brittle stars and porcelain crabs scuttling all over it (check our post from last week about these). It incredible to see the amount of activity going on. This one stands approximately 60cm’s high. If you would like something out of the ordinary to feature in your tank, this could be something to attract loads of attention. Reach out to your sales rep today. #seapen #marinelife #timelapse #cairnsmarine #greatbarrierreef
It's not every day that an incredible specimen such as this Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) graces our facility. We captured some footage of this young shark being fed by our dedicated Elasmobranch team. Not suited for the average aquarium, Tiger Sharks are a challenging species and are only suited to a handful of public aquariums worldwide.
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Hexabranchus sanguineus or the Spanish dancer nudibranch is considered one of the most recognised sea slugs due to the undulated swimming action they display when disturbed. They are considered one of the largest species with records of over 30cm in size! They commonly range in colour from bright orange to red however a few yellow specimens have been found in Hawaii and Tanzania. Aren’t these guys just majestic!
How do you safely move a 100 kg Ray?
This stunning Black Blotch Fantail Ray is 1.4 meters across the disc and around 100kg. Destined for the largest public aquarium in the world in the Middle East. After a quick bath to knock off any parasites the ray was introduced to its short term holding tank.
Who said Sharks can’t be trained?
One of the very cool benefits of working at Cairns Marine is being able to work with amazing creatures like these Zebra Sharks. We are fortunate to work with such incredible diversity!
