Belonoperca pylei in US, right under our noses
from Reefbuilders.com Shortly after posting the Belonoperca pylei on video in Japan, we were able to chat with our friend Rich Ross who is also a marine biologist at the California Academy of Sciences. It seems that he is the proud owner of a Belonoperca pylei, also known as the Dr. Seuss Soapfish. So yes you doubters, it is now on […]
I heart LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den
From Reefbuilders This post would be in total fanboy territory were it not for the fact that the Diver’s Den has become a fixture of American reef aquarium culture. Like Reefer Madness before it, for many years LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den has been the online reefing community’s daily fix for real and window shopping of exotic marine aquarium life. This […]
Release the kraken?
From Reefbuilders For the last week or so, the popular science press has been gushing over the announcement that a giant Triassic Kraken not only killed and ate giant ichthyosaurs, not only arranged their bones, but even arranged their bones in what may be the very first ‘self portrait’. How exciting! A huge, intelligent, self […]
Just a little information TANKED?
From Reefbuilders This is a video of a big aquarium – doesn’t a little information about how its run and how the animals are cared for make it more exciting? Like many of us, I have been thinking about the new television show TANKED. The great discussion so far about the show has been really […]
Sepia latimanus are 6 months old and flashing colors like adults
From TONMO and Reefbuilders http://vimeo.com/26347872 The Sepia latimanus, the broad club cuttlefish, at the Steinhart Aquarium in the California Academy of Sciences are six months old and are really starting to show the behaviors of adults. Sometimes known as the Giant Cuttlefish, S. latimanus is reported to reach 50cm in length and weigh up to 10kg (though […]