Pics From The Norwalk Aquarium

[Donya]

Went to this aquarium for the first time. Thought I would share some of the cool stuff I was able to snap reasonably clear photos of. Of course, I mainly went for the inverts.

Tree coral overload:

Anemone

Another anemone (Heteractis?)

Pagurus policaris - this one was almost as big as Mr. Hairylegs! I had no idea they got that size.

Massive Halibut

Cod - these guys were really friendly

Yet another anemone (Phymanthus?)

Seffie's favorite fish - literally just as it started to get whizzed all the way across the tank when the current came through that area

Lobsters

Baby jellies

Big jellies

Jelly grow-out system

Fiddler crab

Fish I don't know the name of

More anemones

Fish I saw the name of but forgot

Fish I DO remember the name of: short big-eye

URCHIN!

Big anemone

Bigger anemones...with photobombing damsel.

 

[sorgan]

wowser! i want a jelly now

 

[lljdma06]

that took about 100 years to load on my laptop. Got most of the pictures. Very good work, Donya. I got hungry when I saw the lobsters, though. I'm sorry, I like food.

 

[fishy55599]

very cool pics

the jelly's look so cool

 

[heavenly_d3vi1]

Great pics! Wish there was a decent aquarium near me

 

[seffieuk]

Oh what a treat to come home to after work - thanks for taking the time Donya and behind my 'favourite' fish, those anthias

 

[This Old Spouse]

Incredible! I hope hubby doesn't see these or he'll start lobbying for a marine tank again!

 

[Donya]

wowser! i want a jelly now

Must say that it actually seems easier than commonly advertized. There's all this stuff on the web about how impossible it is, but the setup at the aquarium was incredibly straightforward. After some studying, it looks like these are the steps:
1. A giant bowl, cylinder, or a rectangle with either rounded edges or mesh to round the edges. Rectangles can be partitioned with mesh.
2. A source of live food like brine or bottled red zooplankton stuff ("cyclopeze"?) to feed a couple times per day depending on the species.
3. Either WCs relative to feeding frequency and what's fed (live = cleaner) or some sort of filtration attached to the partitioned area.
4. Slow water movement from a bubbler or a weak pump attached to a partition.
5. Remove any obvious jelly poo with turkey baster.

Of course, I won't be selling this as a foolproof method yet...I'll just say that whenever my father is in town and a beach trip happens, my number of tanks seems to increase.

 

[lljdma06]

Hahaha! The jellies in the NYC aquarium were beautiful. There's a calm about a jelly tank that's almost hypnotic. Until...

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1kl4LnLzfQ