Marine Reef Aquarium at
Centre d'Animaux NATURE-Ste-Dorothée
The marine reef aquarium found in our Centre d'Animaux NATUTE Pet Ste-Dorothée store is this week's Fish For Friday featured video. We offered a previous Fish For Friday feature where we displayed a video on the Marine Display aquarium found in our Pointe-Claire location This week's Fish for Friday entry is the much longer marine reef tank with a lot more background bio-diversity. It has been created with compatible species of fish for a reef situation. The focus is a much larger population of vibrant corals, anemones and invertebrates for the visitors to the Ste-Dorothée location to watch and enjoy. Featured fish in this stunning marine reef aquarium system include:
- Achilles Tang - Acanthurus achilles
- Algae Blenny - Salarias fasciatus
- Blue Girdled Angel - Majestic Angel - Pomacanthus navarchus
- Gold Head Sleeper Goby - Valenciennea strigata
- Green Chromis - Chromis viridis
- OrangeTail Blue Damsel - Crysiptera hemicyanea
- Powder Blue Tang - Acanthurus leucosternon
- Six Line Wrasse - Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
- True Black Percula Clown - Amphiprion ocellaris
- Yellow Headed Jaw Fish - Opistognathus aurifrons
This stunning display reef aquarium also houses a wide variety of
Corals and polyps:
- Anemones - Ranunculaceae
- Bubble Coral - Plerogyra sinuosa
- Clove Polyps - Clavularia
- Colt Coral - Cladiella sp.
- Finger Coral - Porites compressa
- Flower Pot Coral - Goniopora lobata
- Galaxia Coral
- Gorgonium - Gorgonacea
- Leather Coral - Sarcophyton sp.
- Leather Finger Coral - Sinularia sp.
- Meat Coral - Labophylia australis
- Mushroom Coral - Corallimorpharia
- Sea Pen - Ptilosarcus gurneyi
- Star Polyps - Pachyclavularia
- Torch Coral - Euphyllia glabresens
In the tank are many invertebrates that add a different kind of action to the aquarium, The most recognizable are, of course, the shrimp:
Invertebrates
- Australian Sea Apple - Pseudocolochirus axilogus
- Brittle Star - Ophiuroidea
- Coco Worm - Sabellastarte magnifica
- Feather Dusters - Sabellidae
- Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - Lysmata amboinensis
- Turbo Snail - Astrea sp.
The overall effect is amazing, it is so easy to get lost in the details of this complex and fascinating undersea reef recreation
