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Millions of tuna crabs wash ashore in Southern California

The warm water off the coast of California have driven millions of tiny, bright red tuna crabs ashore on Southern California beaches recently. Although they look like crawfish or mini lobsters, the pelagic red crabs are typically found along the…

Waikiki Aquarium management has head in the sand about recent animal deaths

The Waikiki Aquarium has been a bleeding edge aquarium institution in the world for the better part of a decade. We aquarists have revered and longed to see this world-famous display of marine life in Hawaii ever since it was…

Halichoeres melanurus, captive-bred and shown here, fully settled and in juvenile coloration, at 36 days post hatch.
Rising Tide Updates Melanurus Wrasse Breeding Success

Pictured above are Halichoeres melanurus, captive-bred and shown here, fully settled and in juvenile coloration, at 36 days post hatch. Back in mid February, Kevin Barden, a member of the current Rising Tide Conservation program working at the Tropical Aquaculture…

Reefapalooza Orlando this weekend

Reef Aquarium shows and conferences have become a very big deal in the American marine aquarium hobby and if you haven’t been to one of the big three yet, MACNA, Reefapalooza or ReefStock, you are really missing something special. Reefapalooza…

Centropyge abei and Chaetodon smithi: Black and yellow superstars of Waikiki

如果您曾经参观过夏威夷,不要在​​威基基水族馆停下来,请认为自己是重罪犯和被定罪的罪犯,因为他们打破了鱼极客密码。在檀香山威基基附近的一个小型公共水族馆中,有两个巨大的超级巨星……

Steinhart Aquarium’s Caribbean display is a truly realistic representation of a biotope

很少有设置真正引起着迷恋和奇迹,就像以生物管道方式完成的那样。生物管是指均匀环境条件的区域,该区域为特定的一组生物提供了特定的利基市场。因为水产师被宠坏了……

Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day!

今天,3月19日Taxonomist Appreciation Day. This rather obscure day may not sound familiar to everyone, but it should, and hopefully it will gain a stronger following in the years to come. Today we say thank you in appreciation…

Steinhart在PBS上展示的鱼的窍门

You might recall the hyperbaric chamber designed by scientists at the California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium. A recent story done by KQED-TV, the local PBS station in San Francisco, showcases the engineering needed to bring fish to the surface…

Hawaii anti-aquarium legislation being reconsidered TODAY

An amended HB 873HD1 regulating the aquarium fishery will be heard by Committee on Judiciary on Friday at 3:00 p.m. in the State Capitol’s Conference Room 325. Testimony must be received by the Committee no later than 3:00 p.m. Thursday,…

日本ese fish shows up in crab pot off coast of Oregon

Crab fisherman off the coast of Oregon got a surprise when they brought up a crab pot and discovered a live striped knifejaw that is native to Japan, China and Korea. The fish is now with a team of scientists…