I was told of the great fishing-for-moonlight-aethersand strat- so I attempted that today. I'm missing a few skills, but I fished up 4 Raiamas and 1 Xenocypris in the Unmoved Source Beta in Labyrinthos before moving onto my first time spearfishing in Thavnair. I didn't even catch what I came for.
In Southern Akyaali, there's a fish called the Gilled Topknot that can be desynthed for moonlight aethersand. In the process of catching some of those, I picked up 4 Thavnairian Cucumbers, 4 Spiny King Crabs, 1 Purusa Fish, 1 Giantsgall Jaw, and 4 Thavnairian Eels. I collected 5 Gilled Topknot and managed to get 5 aethersand overall (2 fish- one gave 2 and another gave 3. I think I prefer my mining/botany ways of gathering aethersand, but I might tap into this more when I'm bored. I'll keep the logs updated!
I'll see about getting my new rising resolutions and achievement list up soon too!