A pair of rare Mediterranean pistol shrimps caught off Falmouth have gone on display at Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium. The bright orange shrimps were caught by fisherman Tim Bailey while he was crabbing two miles south of Pendennis point in Falmouth Bay. Named after the loud cracking noise they produce to stun their prey, staff [...]
The newest addition to the dolphin colony at the National Aquarium in Baltimore is now 3 months old and the Aquarium is calling on the public to choose her name. Born on July 27, 2008, the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin calf is the 10th successful dolphin birth at the National Aquarium since 1990. One-third of dolphin [...]
Activated carbon is used as a filter to remove organic contaminants or residual matter from aquarium water. By virtue of its higher Adsorption qualities, activated carbon can absorb up to for times for chemicals than regular aquarium carbon. You may want to use it for removing any remnant mediations once you complete an aquarium treatment, [...]
Billed as the largest aquarium in the world, the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta encompasses a staggering 550,000 sq ft holding more than 8.1 million gallons worth of water housing more than 100,000 animals across 500 different species. Think whales sharks, great hammerhead sharks, beluga whales, manta rays, jelly fish … these guys have them all – [...]
What do you give to the geek who has everything? Try the R2-D2® Aquarium from Hammacher Schlemmer. Modeled after the most well-known astromech droid in the galaxy, this R2-D2 holds a 1 3/4-gallon aquarium tank in his central compartment. The domed head rotates with any vocal command you issue and he utters his familiar “bleeps” [...]
A new species of parodontid tetra has been described from Guyana in a recent issue of the journal Zootaxa. The new species, named Apareiodon agmatos by Donald Taphorn, Hernán López-Fernández and Calvin Bernard, is known from the upper Mazaruni River drainage in western Guyana. The new species differs from all other members of the family [...]
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Dolphin and small sharks. A three-dimensional underground tunnel, fitted with the latest gizmos, which will give a 360 degree view of marine life. A revolving restaurant on the top floor. Great plans for the Taraporewala Aquarium in Mumbai, but … will this see the light of day? A short trip down memory lane: Started in [...]
