Dr Seuss eats Nemo
From Advanced Aquarist The answer to the struggle of what to feed marine predators that require live foods is right under our noses. Fish might be friends, but in the real world the may also be food. Back in March, I wrote about Chad Vossen feeding a platinum clownfish that was to be culled to juvenile Dwarf […]
We Brought an Entire Aquarium With Us (and Built a Fish-Sized Hyperbaric Chamber)
From CalAcademy.org and AdvnacedAquarist.com When I tell people that weâre in the field collecting saltwater animals for display and research at the aquarium, most of them imagine that the actual catching is the hard part. In reality, the hard work starts after we collect the animal. Keeping animals healthy in the fieldâand then healthy while en route […]
Like Something Out of a Nightmare
From CalAcademy.org and AdvancedAquarist.com There are two Academy groups currently in the Philippines for the 2014 Biodiversity Expedition: one from Research, and the other from the Aquarium. Though weâre staying at different locations, we collaborate when we can, like tonight. It all started with a 90-minute night dive at Anilao Pier to try to collect a […]
Designer Clownfish as feeder fish
Originally from Advanced Aquarist http://vimeo.com/89727849 This week, Chad Vossen of Vossen Aquatics and builder of the famed Vossen Larval Snagger, started feeding tiny clownfish, including Platinum clowns to his very young Dwarf Cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis. Cuttlefish hunting and feeding is always amazing to watch, but watching a cuttlefish hunt and eat a captive bred designer clownfish brings the experience […]
Watch the heartbeat of Banggai cardinalfish still in their eggs [video]
From Advanced Aquarist By Shane Graber Richard Ross captured some great close-up video footage of tiny Banggai cardinalfish still in their eggs. Normally the male holds the eggs in his mouth; however the male spit most of his eggs a couple days prior so these were stripped shortly thereafter. https://vimeo.com/84739968 For more about breeding these fish […]