Archive for the ‘Picture of the Week’ Category
Picture of the Week, Zoanthid Garden
Displayed in this week’s gorgeous AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a small Zoanthid garden, which is comprised of several different colored polyps that have all grown into a giant mass of zoas. Obviously a handful of polyps on the right hand side of the image are closed, but what drew us to using this [...]
Picture of the Week, Fine-scale Dottyback (Lubbockichthys multisquamatus)
This week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week featuers one of the latest additions to my personal aquarium, the rare and beautiful Fine-scale Dottyback (Lubbockichthys multisquamatus). This fish is an extraordinarily timid one, living in the more cryptic portions of the aquarium and peaking out only to snag a meal drifting by. Other fish in the [...]
Picture of the Week, Black Tang (Zebrasoma rostratum)
Pictured in this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is the rare Black Tang (Zebrasoma rostratum), seen here swimming in the large display reef at Fish Gallery’s Houston location. Before we get too far though, we have to discuss a big problem in properly identifying this fish. Most of the black tangs that come into [...]
Picture of the Week, Squarespot Anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
Pictured in the latest installment of the AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a popular reef fish, the Squarespot Anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia). While swimming in the large display reef at Fish Gallery’s Houston store among larger fish, this fish passively rules the tank. It’s not a small fish by any means, and it’s display can [...]
Picture of the Week, Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)
Crawling its way into the AquaNerd Picture of the Week is the weird and unusual Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis). This particular critter is found in a lot of reef aquariums, as people just love to watch these proverbial crabs on stilts walk around the tank and pick at the rocks looking for food. While these [...]
Picture of the Week, Melting Chalice Coral
Pictured in this installment of the AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a unique form of reproduction found in chalice corals. As can be seen in the photo, the coral appears to be melting away, with a large chunk peeling away from the parent colony. Fortunately, this isn’t quite the case. When a chalice, and [...]
Picture of the Week, Freshwater Planted Aquarium at ADG
For this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week, we’re throwing a little curveball. Instead of focusing on the rare saltwater aquarium livestock we’ve all come to know and love, we are focusing on a gorgeous freshwater planted tank that was once house at Aquarium Design Group. While we don’t personally dabble in the freshwater realm, [...]
Picture of the Week, Sand Sifting Starfish
The focus of the latest AquaNerd Picture of the Week rests on a very popular aquarium invertebrate, the sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polycanthus). This particular starfish is such a fan favorite because it does a terrific job of agitating the top few inches of the sand bed, often consuming leftover fish food, detritus, and various [...]
Picture of the Week, Red Acanthastrea
Acanthastrea lordhowensis corals, or simply acans for short, have sort of fallen from their top spot in terms of desirability and trendiness over the last couple of years. But that trend hasn’t stopped us from featuring this gorgeous, and rather puffy, individual in the latest AquaNerd Picture of the Week. This coral is deep red [...]
Picture of the Week, Where’s Waldo the Coral Hitch Hiker
This week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is going to be slightly different. Instead of telling you all about the critter in the photo, we’re leaving it a mystery and letting you guess what it is. Inside the blue tipped Acropora colony resides a hitch hiker. It stays buried in the branch of the coral, [...]
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