Rising Tide at MACNA 2014
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…
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…
The Golden Trevally
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 systems. We expected to have…
Rising Tide expands in Florida
Golden Trevally grown at IRREC. Eggs were spawned from broodstock received from SeaWorld Orlando. The University of Florida’s Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) is the latest research facility to…
Emma Forbes update: Understanding Bacteria at OI
Aloha everyone!It’s been a while since my last post, but it’s been a busy few months. Though it's the kind of busy you don't realize until you sit down and catch…
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…
Something A Little Different…
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…
Colurella adriatica update
This post is in response to requests for more information about Colurella adriatica. As previously stated, we’ve examined salinity and found that although they tolerate a wide range, optimal performance is…
Milletseed Butterflyfish Larvae Update
A 35 day old milletseed butterflyfish larva with more pronounced dorsal spines. During this recent trial, larvae displayed greater development in a shorter period of time.It’s been a while since…