As part of promoting ‘fisheries tourism’, the Kerala Government has initiated a proposal to set up a Rs 350 crore Oceanarium (a simulated ocean) to allow people and researchers to view and study marine species in their simulated natural habitat. For instance, visitors would be able to get a feel of walking on the sea [...]
Come April, and the Georgia Aquarium plans to open 1,000-gallon exhibit on lionfish - the colorful tropical fish with showy fins and venomous spines that are invading the state’s coast like an out-of-control weed. Because lionfish, which are native to the South Pacific, have no natural predators in Georgia waters, their population is exploding and [...]
Octopus Week at the Seattle Aquarium, and handlers were hoping an arranged meeting between two Pacific octopuses — Popeye, a 45-pound male, and Pepper, a 35-pound female — would end arm-in-arm-in-arm-in-arm-in-arm. But the octopus as it turned out wanted to test their patience. Though the mood was set with Barry White music, Popeye chose to [...]
Very broadly, fish can be roughly divided into three types – community fish, semi-aggressive fish, and aggressive fish. When you are planning your community tank, you need to decide what are the kind of fish that you want to keep, and decide on each individual species accordingly. For a community tank for instance, you would [...]
55 fish (Ghost Catfish and Chanda Ranga – commonly known as Glass fish) were kept in three tanks as part of an installation by Cildo Meireles, a prominent Brazilian artist, but almost a quarter of them died during the 13 week long exhibition says this article. Called Atraves or Through, and Red Shift, the installation [...]
According to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other organizations, researchers discovered a surprising correlation between “middle class” communities in Eastern Africa and low fish levels. Curiously, areas with both low and high socio-economic levels had comparatively higher fish levels, up to four times higher, than areas with intermediate levels of infrastructure [...]
Marine aquariums can be of different types – “fish only” tanks, “fish only with live rock” (FOWLR) tanks, and “reef tanks”. A reef aquarium is one where the the focus is the living reefs themselves. Sure there are fish, live rocks etc. as well but the effort is to bring out the live coral reef [...]
What better place to hold yoga other than with the animals, which bring peace and calm just by looking at them move – the beluga whales. The Georgia Aquarium, in partnership with Be Well Atlanta, has begun offering yoga classes, Yoga Under the Sea, in front of the Oceans Ballroom tank that holds its belugas [...]
