Animal Movers – from Birch to CAS
From Animal Movers http://vimeo.com/45345343 Animal movers moved coral from Birch to CAS. You get to see me in a wet suit.
New Paper presents data on US marine fish imports – read it
From Reefs.com The last year has seen a lot of heated discussion and possible legislation regarding the Marine Aquarium trade. In these discussions everyone seems to have data on the numbers of fishes that move through the trade, but the sources of that data often somehow seems ‘iffy’. Today a new paper was published in […]
Halcurias at Steinhart
From Reefs.com Last December when Koji Wada of the renowned Blue Harbor visited the Steinhart Aquarium he was kind enough to bring us two stunning Halcuriascarlgreni anemones. From Japans deeper, cooler waters, these anemones are jaw droppingly bright and colorful. Currently, they are being kept at 66 degrees in our Nautilus exhibit and both animals […]
Opportunistic mimicry by a Jawfish
From Springerlink
Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis and Rising Tide
From Reefs.com This week Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis eggs and larvae collected at the Steinhart Aquarium in the California Academy of Sciences were shipped to Florida as part of the Rising Tide Conservation project. Rising Tide Conservation was started by SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment to make breeding and rearing of marine tropical fish economically viable so that there are alternatives to […]