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 fishes of the…
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 Conservation Fund created…
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…
Masters student Kevin P. Barden showing off a broodstock male Synchiropus ocellatus at the Tropical Aquaculture LabKevin P. Barden successfully defended his thesis today entitled Effects of temperature on the…
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 close”). Although none made…
Since the majority of marine fish larvae do not readily accept rotifers as a first feeding organism, the approach at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab has been to utilize their ‘natural’…
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…
18 day old orbic batfish shipped from the Shedd Aquarium to the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory as a 3.2 mm larva.The diminutive orbic batfish that arrived from the Shedd Aquarium as…
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…
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…