Picture of the Week, Maxi Mini Carpet Anemone
For this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week, we’re revisiting Daniel Leija’s 40-gallon mixed reef aquarium, which houses one very beautiful Maxi Mini carpet anemones. Carpet anemones have always been a favorite among aquarium keepers, but they are far too large to house in smaller aquaria. So, it’s no surprise that the Maxi Mini anemones [...]
Picture of the Week, ORA Sprung’s Stunner Ultra Closeup
For this week’s AquaNerd POTW, we’re getting an extreme up close look at the ORA Sprung’s Stunner from our friend Daniel Leija’s 40-gallon reef aquarium. In Daniel’s aquarium, this coral has a broadly plating growth form and sports a deep purple base with neon green polyps. Depending on the lighting, the coral can take on [...]
Picture of the Week, Identify That SPS Coral
We’ve failed on consecutive weeks to stump you guys with our new take on our classic Picture of the Week. We’ve been trying to turn it into a guessing game, but each of our photos gets correctly guessed on the first few tries. So, we are shifting gears from fish to corals, hoping that you’ll [...]
Picture of the Week, Squarespot Anthias Pair
Gracing our Picture of the Week article today is a lovely pair of squarespot anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia). This just so happens to be a male and female pair, with the male showing off that big pink square spot from which the species gets its name. In addition to the big bold square, males can also [...]
Picture of the Week, Guess That Fish Again
Last week, we decided to change up our boring old Picture of the Week by turning it into a little bit of a guessing game. Unfortunately, it was a bit too easy and the right answer was correctly guessed within minutes. So, we’re trying this once more, and hopefully it will be a little bit [...]
Updating the AquaNerd Photo Gallery
As some of you may already be aware, we’ve spent a lot of time this weekend updating our AquaNerd Photo Gallery. We have organized the photos by event, location, or some other convenient commonality for your viewing pleasure. For example, all of the photos from MACNA 2012 have their own gallery, as will all of [...]
Picture of the Week, Guess That Fish
We’re doing something a little bit different with this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week. Instead of showing off an image of a rare fish or great looking coral, we’re turning the photo into a guessing game. We’ve cropped an image really tightly around this particular fish’s eye and pectoral fin, giving you all just [...]
Picture of the Week, Heliofungia Plate Coral
In the world of plate corals, the long tentacle heliofungiids are pretty much biggest kid on the block. They grow extremely large, often far larger than your typical Fungia or Cycloseris plate, and their tentacles are significantly longer. In fact, the tentacles of this plate coral can become so abundant that at quick glance, the [...]
Picture of the Week, Salt Creep Stalagmite
We all run into salt creep from time to time, but this is a little over the top. When water splashes out of the aquarium or drips from a leaky fitting, it eventually evaporates, leaving the salt behind. The salt builds up and gets into everything, often traveling (or creeping) several feet from the source. [...]
Picture of the Week, Blood Red Fire Shrimp
Pictured in our latest Picture of the Week here at the Aquaerd Blog is a fan favorite among shrimp lovers, the Blood Red Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius). We happened across this gorgeous crustacean when we randomly stumbled into one of the local fish stores, Pet City, over the weekend. Since we just relocated to a [...]
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