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Hello, everyone. I am both happy and a little sad to present my final weekly update. Unfortunately, I’ve been busy with real life matters that are demanding more and more of my attention, and since my workload won’t be decreasing anytime soon, I’ve decided to discontinue this project to focus on...

Everything likes to take its turn breaking sometime. I'm all for snail-related solutions, personally. Though I guess it depends on whether you'll actually need it. -Kamran

It's nice to see pods being mentioned in a positive way for once. Do you have any pictures? -Kamran

Well folks, I’m back with another update. This time it’s about our newest exhibit, featuring a certain species of planktonic jellyfish. Let’s start with a little background info: Periodically, my boss goes out to collect wild shrimp (Mysidae) to feed our Pacific seahorses. We keep them stored...

For this week’s update, I’ve decided to focus on our decorator crab since it’s been going through some “revisions” lately. In case the name wasn’t a giveaway, decorator crabs like to cover themselves with materials like plants and algae for camouflage. Our decorator crab is no exception, and...

Hello again, everyone. One of our swell sharks recently emerged from its embryo, so for this week’s update, I thought I’d give a rundown of how the aquarium handles its shark pups. Currently, we have two kinds of sharks on display: swell sharks (first photo) and horn sharks (second photo)...

The time has come for my first official update. The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium is nestled beneath the very front of the pier, with a nice big aquarium banner for good measure. Every creature on display is native to Santa Monica Bay, with a few exceptions (ex: El Nino caused some Pacific...

Hello, everyone. My name is Kamran, and I am a helper here at Santa Monica Filtration. I am also an aquarist intern at the Santa Monica Pier Public Aquarium: https://healthebay.org/aquarium/ I’ll be giving periodic updates regarding various going-ons at the aquarium, and if you have any...

The motto of aquarists everywhere. -Kamran

Ah, okay. Be sure to share some pics when you do. ;)

Looking good so far. The caulerpa made itself right at home, it would seem. Are you thinking of adding anything else? -Kamran

I can't wait either! -Kamran

So did you get around to adding a new fish? -Kamran

You're putting quite a bit of effort into all this. It makes me excited to see the final result. :) How long do you think it'll take to finish the whole thing? -Kamran

That does sound pretty daunting. But hey, some things take time. I'm sure you'll find enough wiggle room to get it done, even if it means waiting a while. -Kamran

Did you ever figure out what happened to your fish, exactly? That sounds very peculiar. -Kamran

Well, that figures. Sorry to hear about what happened with Puck, Reay. I wish you best of luck with the next one. I don't see invert-only tanks too often, so it's always exciting to hear about those. -Kamran

Did you see the tank that the snails were in, by any chance? A nudibranch hitchhiker sounds pretty random. -Kamran

Hey Adam, Congratulations with a new job and this wonderful idea to have a tank! I hope this forum help you a lot:) What fish do you like? Zhenya

Hi drd990, Congratulations with a new set up:) What fish do you have? How is the situation now? Zhenya