Skeptical Reefkeeping part 4 –What does that even mean?
From Reefs Magazine In the previous installments we talked about skeptical methodology and how it can be used to sort through the overwhelming amount of reefkeeping information and products available. We also discussed how skeptical thinking has impacted the idea of sustainable reefkeeping. In this installment we’ll take a look at some of the terminology […]
O. vulgaris hatchlings still alive and S. latimanus are cute
From TONMO Is been 10 days since the O. vulgaris eggs have hatched. The paralarvae were divided into three tanks, 2 pseudo kreisels (one with a light barrier, one without) and into the octopus display tank with just air bubbles for water motion. The female is still alive and tending several stalks of eggs that […]
a bagillion little octo’s
From TONMO and Advanced Aquarist Online blog and a bunch of other outlets About a month ago, we got a Caribbean Octopus ‘vulgaris’ in at work, and put it right on show on the public floor. It quickly took up residence inside a glass bottle, which is exactly what I wanted it to do so it would always […]
Observations on mating behavior and development in the lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae
http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2011/schedule/abstractdetails.php3?id=627 Meeting Abstract 23.4 Tuesday, Jan. 4 Observations on mating behavior and development in the lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae (Jatta, 1889) HOFMEISTER, J.K.*; ALUPAY, J.S.; ROSS, R.; CALDWELL, R.L.; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of California, Berkeley; California Academy of Sciences; Univ. of California, Berkeley jenkkhof@berkeley.edu The lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae, is a rare and unique pygmy […]
Display, Husbandry and Breeding of Dwarf Cuttle, Sepia bandensis, at the California Academy of Sciences
From Drum and Croaker 2010 Issue Display, Husbandry and Breeding of Dwarf Cuttle, Sepia bandensis, at the California Academy of Sciences Richard Ross, Aquatic Biologist, Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA, 94118 USA Cuttles seem to always be on the want list for public aquarium displays; however, […]