MAIAO by Aquaniman
Aquaniman MAIAO‘s design is very simple. The table aquarium is comprised of two parts: a frameless, all-glass, rectangular aquarium that sits on the floor plus a fitted curved glass table top (and legs) that slides over the aquarium to make it a functional coffee table.
Diatoms are single-celled algae that take many intricate shapes. The Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries used in the study are simple rods that carry out photosynthesis throughout the world’s oceans.California
So yeah … this exists.
Juvenile Midori pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis) are housed in small, sealed cups waiting for players to “catch” them. We can only hope that, at the very least, the fish are fed and given fresh water changes every day.
Gigas clams can achieve over 48″ (120cm) in length and weigh more than 600lbs (270kg). Clams this massive act like little complete reef structures of their own, supporting entire mini ecosystems.
Glofish are genetically modified fish with a range of fluorescent pigmentation. Photo courtesy of Carolina Biological Supply Company
We wanted to title this “Zebrafish think Glofish are ugly,” but the researchers found that female zebrafish were actually more attracted to the gaudy genetically modified males.
Chrysiptera caesifrons from Solomon Islands. Photo by G.R. Allen.
Just how wide is its distribution?
The new species is primarily restricted to the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Fig. 3) with confirmed records from Halmahera and West Papua, Indonesia, northeastern Papua New Guinea (including New Britain, Admiralty Islands, and Milne Bay Province), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Australia.
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From the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science:
Most people know the health benefits of taking daily supplements, but what about endangered corals?
Here is a video of the pleco doing its best Spiderman impersonation. Water is cascading down the nearly vertical wall, making the climb that much more impressive and also explains how this catfish survives above the water.
If you see craters like these in your stony corals, there’s a good chance there’s a gall crab in there.
Unlike the new, gorgeous, deep-water anthias we blogged about yesterday, the newly discovered gall crab, Lithoscaptus semperi, is really not much to look at.
This 13 x 14.75 x 20 inch aquarium (roughly 16 gallons) features not one but three bow-front glass panels with a flat rear glass panel. The back panel does not extend all the way to the top of the frame; see the photo below.