The Giant Ocean Tank at New England Aquarium has undergone a complete makeover and is ready to thrill the visitors with a modern look. The Aquarium has just completed a renovation that has renewed its main building to the core, and the iconic Giant Ocean Tank has undergone a top-to-bottom, 21st-century transformation. Today the new exhibit has more than 2,000… [Read More]
Would you love to keep Jellyfish in your home or office and awe every visitor? Well amazon has made it possible. Now you can get a readymade Deluxe Jellyfish Aquarium from Fascinations on amazon. Just visit and place your order. The beautiful centrepiece brings a soothing ambience to any home or office. This bright and beautiful… [Read More]
Named after a catchy quote from Big Bang Theory’s Dr. Sheldon Cooper and its exclusive body morphology, Bazinga rieki is a new species of jellyfish discovered and named by Queensland scientists. Bazinga rieki a not just a new species, but it is also placed in a new family called Bazingidae. The small, grape-sized jellyfish measure 15 to 20 millimeters at… [Read More]
The unbridled overfishing of sharks, over and over again exclusively for their fins, is causing a detrimental chain reaction that could drastically mortify coral reef systems, a decade-long Australian-led study has recently found. Scientists from Australia and Canada, led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, found out that the removal of sharks from two far-flung reef systems led to… [Read More]
If you think the cleanup crew of a reef tank contains mostly skunk cleaner shrimps and blood shrimps in the category of crustaceans, here is something to give you a second thought. There are many enchanting and vivid little creatures that go disregarded even to the trained reefer. It is very important that a reef tank must provide habitat to… [Read More]
The Domero Hotel Rotes Ross has an exclusively beautiful reef tank that catches the attention of visitors more than anything else in the hotel. The video of the tank got recently featured at Youtube and was soon popular among reef enthusiasts. The tank is so beautifully stocked with colorful corals and fishes that I could not help but wonder how… [Read More]
The remote and poorly studied Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, has surprised scientists with a new coral species, Echinophyllia tarae, the occurrence of which is yet not credited to any other place. Echinophyllia tarae dwells in protected reef habitats and was found between 5 and 20 meters depth. It is a zooxanthellate species which usually grows on dead coral fragments, which… [Read More]
Most deep-sea animals use parts of their body as entices to attract prey and some deep-sea squids are also fond of this tactic. In a recent paper, researchers associated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) describe a deep-sea squid that seems to use a dissimilar method to lure prey — its tentacle tips flap and flutter as if… [Read More]
Do you keep your aquarium as a showpiece in your drawing room or is it your hobby? Do you love ocean or just the fish? Do you love the colours of fish or the blue water in your living room? If you love ocean, do you want a real feel of the waves or in case you love your fish… [Read More]
year at the new Morocco Mall in Casablanca. Aquadream, the 9.3 meter tall acrylic aquarium designed and built by International Concept Management, Inc. (ICM), is the centerpiece of the deluxe Moroccan mall. ICM designed the acrylic aquarium as an engaging experience focusing on the importance of preserving the world’s oceans. To accomplish this, the one million liter acrylic aquarium –… [Read More]