Stunning Arrow Crab Video
The guys at the Morphologic Blog have released another eye-popping video, this time of an Arrow crab. Though the arrow crabs are fairly common in the aquarium world, the artistic masters at the Morphologic Blog somehow manage to make this creature seem strange and unfamiliar.
‘The Arrow Crab’ from MORPHOLOGIC on Vimeo.
Picture of the Week – 3/8 – 3/14
Pictured in this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a stonefish seen in a Moody Gardens aquarium.
Behind the Scenes at Moody Gardens
My local aquarium club, MARSHReef, got to take a behind the scenes tour of the Aquarium Pyramid at Moody Gardens. The tour was nice, but nothing new for me since I worked there in college. The display tanks weren’t in the greatest shape, but we have to remember that Moody Gardens and the entire southeast [...]
Playtime With the New Macro Lens
I got a 100mm macro lens for my Canon XSi for Christmas, thanks to the wife, and have finally gotten a chance to use it. I visited a few of the local fish stores and took tons of pics and wanted to share. Some of these images you may have seen in recent Picture of [...]
Update to Clipperton Island Incident
A couple of weeks ago, we discussed the incident of the Maltese chemical tanker “Sichem Osprey” running aground on the Clipperton reefs and spilling out thousands of gallons of xylene, an industrial solvent. It turns out though, we may have a retraction on our hands.
I received an email from an employee at the MTI Network, [...]
Open House at the Drs. Foster and Smith Aquaculture Facility
© 2010 Foster & Smith, Inc. Reprinted as a courtesy and with permission from http://www.LiveAquaria.com
LiveAquaria announced today, via their Facebook Page, that they will be hosting several Open Houses at their Aquaculture Facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. This is a great opportunity for hobbyists to see how the pros do it. If you’re in the Rhinelander [...]
Aquarium Full of Anemones and Clownfish
A lot of reef aquariums typically favor one type (or genera) of coral. There are a lot of SPS dominated aquariums, which usually translates to Acropora dominated aquarium. Some even like to go for total LPS domination and spread chalices, favias, and other colorful hard, yet fleshy, corals throughout their tanks. But have you ever [...]
Picture of the Week – 3/1 – 3/7
This week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is of a Dragon Face Pipefish. This is the second occurrence of this species on our Picture of the Week and we absolutely love them.
A Trip to the Coast…of Pakistan
A good friend of mine, who happens to live across the world in Pakistan, recently made a trip down to the coast on the Makran Coastal Highway. Keeping AquaNerd in mind, he snapped off several pictures of his trip, including beaches and even a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wetlands Center. He has allowed us to [...]
Picture of the Week – 2/22 – 2/28
Sorry it’s a week late, but here is the Picture of the Week for the last week in February. It is of a Borbonius Anthias, otherwise known as the blotchy Anthias.
