Anemone Fish protecting it’s spawn. Photo by prilfish / flickr.
In my previous installment, I explained how I use my 3D printer to print equipment for fragging corals. The premise is essentially the same in this installment: identify equipment that is potentially 3D printable, model it, and then print it.
The new 10 gallon Moon Jellyfish EON tank.
Move over Cubic and Jellyfish Art, there is a new player in town: Moon Jellyfish. Moon Jellyfish is a new venture created by Sunset Marine Labs that brings their company into the business of providing jellyfish, jellyfish food, and jellyfish tanks to marine aquarists.
Tasmanian King Crab proudly displayed by Sealife aquarist Jemma Battric.
Here’s some interesting statistics about this monster:
Head and Lateral Line Erosion is a common malady amongst the surgeonfishes, and it can be quite difficult to get rid of. Photo, James Fatherree.
About Flashback Fridays: Every Friday, Advanced Aquarist will repost a blog article from this week one year ago.
A dolphin herds mullets toward a fisherman in Laguna, Brazil. Photo by Fábio Daura-Jorge.
Every fall the fishers of Laguna, Brazil cast their nets in the local lagoon hoping to capture small silver fish called mullets.
A crown-of-thorns starfish graveyard in Urasoko Bay, Japan.
Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) are fierce predators of coral reefs – especially of their favorite meal: scleractinian (stony) corals like Acropora.
A diver squirts cyanide into coral to capture fish. Note the bleached coral surrounding the area. Photo by J.M. Cervino, NOAA
Last week, Advanced Aquarist broke news about a new, fast, non-lethal method for cyanide detection in marine fish.
February, March, and April downloadable issues are now available!
The issues come in three formats (PDF, Kindle, and Nook) which makes it great for taking it wherever you go.
Makerbot Cupcake 3D printer printing pliers.
Last week I introduced everyone to the concept of using 3D printing in the aquarium hobby. I gave a general overview of 3D printing and showed how it is useful for people to have a 3D printer at their disposal.
Cauliflower coral spawning, French Frigate Shoals. Photo by USFWS Pacific / Flickr.
A team of researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland studied how ocean acidification affects the settlement of coral larvae onto a reef.