Jean-Gabriel continues his Fish Lab experiments with our breeding pairs of Maldivian and Clark’s Clownfish, with promising results.
He details the maturation of fish eggs and the development into larvae and juveniles, and has a memorable encounter beneath the waves with some gentle giants of the ocean …
We are pleased to welcome Jean-Gabriel to our Fish Lab, as the latest intern to join us at Marine Savers.
He will be learning about the national Sea Turtle Identification Database, and experimenting with our breeding programme for Maldivian and Clark’s Clownfish down in the Fish Lab.
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.
Read why breeding Clownfish in captivity can be quite a challenge, and venture under the waves to see the variety of ‘megafauna’ species we have encountered this month, including a gentle Napoleon Wrasse and a not so gentle giant barracuda !
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.
This month we are swimming in baby Clownfish, brewing gallons of phytoplankton ‘soup’ and trying to identify the creature from the blue lagoon !
See what happens when we take samples of larvae from the lagoon – which sea creatures will be the fastest to mature ? And with the help of our infographic and microscopic photographs, we explain how our Seahorses are given food here in the lab … it’s not as simple as you might think !
We’ve got lots of baby Maldivian clownfish this month, and read about how a walk along the beach turns up some unexpected food for our seahorses, along with some glow-in-the-dark fun from bioluminescent plankton.
We have some new arrivals here at the fish lab !
Take a close look at the larvae from our clownfish & boxer shrimp, and catch up with the latest on our new saltwater aquarium at Kuda Huraa.
This month our Maldivian Clownfish breeding pairs have been busy laying eggs – we had a record of 13 spawns, with between 200 to 1200 eggs per breeding pair.
Gain an insight into the microscopic world as we take a closer look …
