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 [...]
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.
Planctonite Abyss DVR
Planctonite, a rather unique aquarium equipment supplier, has released a very interesting new piece of videography equipment for our aquariums. Called the Abyss DVR, this piece of equipment is an autonomous video recording device that allows you to record underwater video of your aquarium. It attaches to the side of your aquarium via magnetic [...]
Decorator Crab Among a Purple Forest
The guys at Coral Morphologic are at it again with the stunning aquarium videos. Recently displayed on their Morphologic Blog is this gem of a video featuring a decorator crab among the purple Asparagopsis taxiformis macroalgae. The crab in the video, as its name implies, is adorned with the purple algae allowing it to blend [...]
Picture of the Week – 2/22 – 2/28
This week’s Picture of the Week is an ORA Snowflake Ocellaris clownfish.
Picture of the Week – 2/15 – 2/21
This week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is up-close shot of a purple and green Lobophyllia.
