Our volunteer Mark follows his passion for marine biology down to the fish lab, where he gets to work with our Clownfish sustainable breeding project.
Learn about our Maldivian and Clark’s Clownfish as they hatch from a clutch of tiny eggs, through a larval stage before developing into miniature ‘Nemo’ juveniles.
Learn about our new ‘Anemone Garden Project’, and peep down our microscope to see what the seahorses like to eat in our Fish Lab !
We have news from the latest Baa Atoll Resorts meeting held at Reethi Beach last month, and see some new photos from our very own marine wildlife Wikipedia page.
We start in Landaa Giraavaru’s fish lab to see the baby Clownfish, and then head out to the open ocean on the Four Seasons Explorer.
Then we take you snorkelling and diving, to explore this month’s underwater world of guitarfish and whale sharks.
We bring sad news from our Fish Lab, and report on the experiments we have started with different types of commercial fish foods.
And thanks to a new lighting system we discover glowing corals in our very own marine aquarium, and share some fantastic marine life photos from safari on the Four Seasons Explorer.
See how our Maldivian Clownfish are growing, learn about why Seahorses change colour and experience a rare encounter with one of the largest juveniles to be found in the ocean – a Whale Shark.
We have some new arrivals at our Fish Lab this month and a re-populated Touch Tank is proving very popular with our younger guests – check out our fun timelapse video !
We also needed a special volunteer for an unusual task in our marine aquarium …
