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What an incredibly thoughtful idea! And it really doesn’t require much resources to implement (a saltwater version would be a bit more involved). Every LFS should consider adding an area like this.
Diver injects cyanide into reef to immobilize fish.
In a new petition, the CBD is advocating NOAA Fisheries, The US NFWS, and the US Customs and Borders Protection to prohibit the importation of fish that have been determined to be caught with cyanide.
(a) A colony of P. damicornis. Polyps appear as brown dots covering the colony surface. (b) Under salinity stress, polyps from a small P. damicornis branch (0 h) are separated from each other through rupturing of the coenosarc tissue (11 h).
Juvenile (still transparent!) yellow tangs at the Hawaii’s Oceanic Institute … looking for forever homes now!
The Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University first announced their exciting aquaculture breakthrough in the October of 2015: the first successful captive breeding and rearing of the iconic yellow tang.
Angelo Garcia’s planted “rain tank”
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The soothing pitter-patter of raindrops. The dramatic effects of lightning and thunder.
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The Etsy description is very spartan and vague, so we aren’t even sure if this made-to-order product is legitimate or simply an artistic statement. What we do know is that the seller has a catalog of very oddball and expensive items such as a $500 “family urine drink fountain.”
According to the recall, a conductor on the pump motor can become exposed and electrify the aquarium water, posing a shock hazard to consumers.
This recall involves five models of Top Fin Power Filters.
The public aquarium’s fifth captive isopod (cleverly named “No.5”) measures an impressive 10 inches (25 cm) in length and weighs in at 2.75 lbs (1.25 kg). After over three years in captivity, it finally molted.
Photograph by M.H. Sabaj Pérez.
Peckoltia wernekei is known from the upper Orinoco River in Amazonas State, Venezuela. P.wernekei is genetically very similar to P. lujani, yet we see very distinct morphological differences such as a significantly taller dorsal spine and a more reddish base color.