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Yellow Tang… so close, yet so far… – Update from OI
Day 60 yellow tang larvae. Photo credit: Dean Kline.Since we last wrote at Day 50, we’ve observed a lot of interesting things with our yellow tang larvae. Probably the most important thing we observed...
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Brood Stock Management, Spawning and Egg Collection of the Purple Masked...
Female P. venusta (note the light precaudal band). Photo credit: Leighton Lum.Paracentropyge venusta were identified as a good candidate for captive breeding since they often do not adjust well to...
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Larval Rearing of the Purple Mask Angelfish
3 day old P. venusta larvae. Photo credit: Karen Brittian.Larval rearing trials began with the spawning of a Paracentropyge venusta pair in the summer of 2013. The first successful larval rearing...
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Milletseed Butterflyfish Larvae Update
Figure 1. A 35 day old milletseed butterflyfish larva with morepronounced dorsal spines. During this recent trial, larvae displayedgreater development in a shorter period of time.It’s been a while...
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Colurella adriatica update
Figure. Photos of Colurella adriatica;a potential new live feed for bothmarine and freshwater fish larvae.This post is in response to requests for more information about Colurella adriatica. As...
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Something A Little Different...
Figure1. The new larval rearing room at TAL; showing the 120 Ltanks used to grow octopi in. We've also recently tested our fish species in them which we'll talk about next time. At the Tropical...
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One small step….Pacific Blue tang update
Figure. 17 day post hatch Pacific blue tang larva. Credit: Kevin Barden.The newly revamped larval rearing room has been up and running since early May. In truth, there are still a few things we’d...
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Emma Forbes update: Understanding Bacteria at OI
Figure 1. Culture of bacteria (Pseudomonas sp.??) on marine agar isolated from larval rearing tanks at OI.Aloha everyone!It’s been a while since my last post, but it’s been a busy few...
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Rising Tide expands in Florida
The University of Florida’s Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) is the latest research facility to join our growing Rising Tide family. Dr. Cortney Ohs heads up the Aquaculture Research...
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Golden Trevally
Figure 1. Golden trevally eggs near hatching.We were excited to receive 20 mature golden trevally from SeaWorld Orlando nearly a year ago. We distributed 10 fish each into two large recirculating...
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Rising Tide Intern Joe Frith
Hello Everybody! My name is Joe Frith and I have been interning here at the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory in Ruskin, FL for the past 2 months. I would first like to say “thank you” to Dr. Judy St....
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Rising Tide at MACNA 2014
Figure. Samantha Groene in the Rising Tide booth at MACNA 2014.Hello Everyone!My name is Samantha Groene, and I am a biological technician at UF-TAL. I’ve been with the lab for almost two years, but...
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Matthew DiMaggio joins TAL; PhD Posting
Figure. Dr. Matthew DiMaggio joins TAL and Rising Tide.Matt DiMaggio joined the University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory in 2014 as an assistant professor. His research program focuses...
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Larval Rearing of the Purple Masked Angelfish (Paracentropyge venusta) Using...
Figure 1. 25 day post hatch Purple Masked Angelfish larva.Over the past year while working on our Rising Tide project, the larval rearing work has focused on the Purple Masked Angelfish Paracentropyge...
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UF / IRREC's New Graduate Students
Figure 1. Graduate Student Isaac Lee.I would like to introduce my two new M.S. students who will be working with Rising Tide. The first is Isaac Lee who started his first semester this fall and is...
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Commercially Available Porkfish
Figure 1. Captive bred Porkfish juvenile available fromFishEye Aquaculture.Three years ago we posted a blog stating the commercial production potential of Porkfish, Anisotremis virginicus (Porkfish...
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Early Success with a Halichoeres Wrasse!
Figure 1. Halichoeres melanurus egg on a 1 mm SedgewickRafter cell. Here at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab we’re very fortunate to have the opportunity to work in a field we’re truly passionate about....
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Pomacanthus Angelfish Update
One of our first Rising Tide successes was harvesting eggs from Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (CZA), shipping them to UF’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab, and successfully raising what turned out to be...
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Huntley Penniman Joins Rising Tide
A student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I’m currently working through a Masters program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation. I graduated from Boston College in 2008 with a Bachelor of...
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Breaking The Internet: Check Out Our Wrasses! (safe for work)
As mentioned in our previous post, six adult melanurus wrasses (3 male, 3 female) were moved to the Tropical Aquaculture Lab back in February. After settling into their new environment and being...
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Rising Tide Has A Facebook Page!!!
Rising Tide has caught up to the times and, thanks to Huntley, finally has a facebook page. We're only a week old so there's not a lot on there, but it'll fill up fast. It's a great way to keep up...
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Update on Yellow Tang Research at OI
It’s been about a year since we reported our best success to date with rearing yellow tang, having gotten larvae through to day 83. Since then we’ve had some repeated successes getting the larvae past...
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Callan Lab at OI Grad Students: Emma Forbes
As a student at Hawaii Pacific University I am fortunate enough to complete my Masters in Marine Science while enjoying the gorgeous Hawaiian sunshine. I am originally from New York and graduated from...
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Callan Lab at OI Grad Students: Erin Pereira-Davison
I am a second year graduate student with a graduation date of May 2016. I am currently working with first feeding larval yellow tang primarily during the crucial, first feeding bottleneck. My project...
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UPDATE: Yellow Tang Progress at Oceanic Institute!
Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University is making some great headway with rearing Yellow Tangs! Check out the videos of the 36dph and 49dph groups at the Rising Tide Facebook Page:...
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