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How damsels came to Florida
The California Academy of Sciences has been conducting research expeditions to the Philippines for over 30 years. Since 2007 the Steinhart Aquarium has been fortunate to accompany Academy researchers...
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Eggs and Larvae from Discovery Cove, SeaWorld Orlando
Last week we were privileged to receive two collections of eggs from the Discovery Cove exhibit at Seaworld Orlando. The exhibit is home to over 130 marine fish species, so undoubtedly, this is sure to...
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SeaWorld, Discovery Cove update
The first batch of larvae, collected as eggs from the Discovery Cove exhibit at SeaWorld Orlando, are growing fast. Two days after hatching, some of the larvae were ready to feed, displaying pigmented...
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Discovery Cove Update 12 - 16 days after hatching
The first batch of larvae from the Discovery Cove exhibit at SeaWorld Orlando are developing rapidly. As the larvae grow, their numbers are becoming ever more apparent. Several hundred larvae can now...
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Soldiers from Orlando
With over 130 species in a lagoon style exhibit it was only a matter of time before we found something unusual in the larval rearing tanks stocked with eggs from Discovery Cove. Two weeks ago we spied...
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Discovery Cove's juvenile spadefish!
It is hard to believe that just 15 days ago we were trying to figure out what the transparent eggs from Discovery Cove might be. Just a few days into the larval run we knew we had a diversity of...
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Market size semicircle angelfish
A few days ago the last of the semicircle angelfish were netted out of their 54 gallon homes in the larval rearing room and moved to a 300 gallon indoor growout tank. At four months of age these...
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Spadefish update
At about 30 days old the juvenile spadefish from Discovery Cove have doubled in size and are now about the size of a quarter. We have since grown another spadefish from eggs collected at Discovery...
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Orbic Bats from the Shedd Aquarium
Every now and then we get a shipment of eggs or larvae that really intrigues me. The last shipment we received was from the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and has become one of my favorite larval tanks. I...
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Orbic Batfish reach metamorphosis
The diminutive orbic batfish that arrived from the Shedd Aquarium as mere slivers are now 10 - 12 mm rust colored juveniles! Larval development of these ephippids was similar to their Atlantic...
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The growth rate and developmental sequence to metamorphosis was amazing to observe in these orbic batfish. Even more amazing is that 19 days after hatching they are probably one of the easiest species...
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Orbic Batfish update
We finally got around to editing images of the batfish larvae this week to complete the larval development series. Amazing larvae with remarkable similarities to the Atlantic spadefish. We are working...
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Live Feeds at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab: Method
Plankton net used at TAL. Photo credit: Eric Cassiano. Since the majority of marine fish larvae do not readily accept rotifers as a first feeding organism, the approach at the Tropical Aquaculture...
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Live Feeds at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab: Oithona colcarva
First Feeding Schooling Bannerfish larva (3 days post hatch)One of our early rearing successes occurred with the Schooling Bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes (See post titled “Schooling Bannerfish...so...
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Congratulations to Our First Masters Student Kevin P. Barden
Kevin P. Barden successfully defended his thesis today entitled Effects of temperature on the morphology of a marine fish larvae (Callionymidae: Synchiropus ocellatus). As a student of the Institute of...
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New Angelfish from Discovery Cove
It has been several months since we talked about angelfish, but we are excited to have something new to share. What is it? We don't quite know just yet, but we are excited. This little angelfish is 45...
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Rising Tide welcomes SeaWorld Ambassador Mike Price
Rising Tide members at the University of Florida's Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory (left to right) Roy Yanong, Kevin Barden, Matt Wittenrich, Mike Price, and Eric CassianoSeaWorld & Busch Gardens...
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French Grunts from Walt Disney World
The short video above shows a thriving larval rearing tank full of 18 day old French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) spawned at Walt Disney World. The stocking density is certainly high, but the larvae...
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Rearing French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum)
Subadult French Grunts raised at the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory. Photo by Matt WittenrichGrunts of the family Haeumulidae are undoubtedly some of the most economically and ecologically important...
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