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…
Larval Rearing of the Purple Mask Angelfish
115 day old P. venusta juvenile. Photo credit: Leighton Lum. Larval rearing trials began with the spawning of a Paracentropyge venusta pair in the summer of 2013. The first successful larval…
Management, Spawning and Egg Collection of the Masked Angelfish
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…
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…
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Building a Rising Tide in Hawaii
Dr. Clyde Tamaru and Ms. Karen Brittain of the University of Hawaii are important partners in Rising Tide Conservation. Karen has been focusing on looking at all things related to…
Milletseed Butterflyfish Update: Good News / Bad News
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. We lost our last remaining milletseed butterflyfish larvae at 44 dph (days post hatch).The good news is we’ve gained ample…
Introducing Emma Forbes: Grad Student Focused On Yellow Tangs
Hello everyone!!My name is Emma and I’m a graduate student at Hawai’i Pacific University (HPU) working toward my master’s in marine science. I’ve been one lucky girl these past few…
Yellow Tang Research at the OI – Making Exciting Progress
Research on culturing yellow tangs began at the Oceanic Institute (OI) back in 2001 around the same time as initial, exciting breakthroughs were achieved with dwarf angelfish (by OI and…
Milletseed Butterflyfish Larvae
In our previous post we mentioned that we had grouped the Milletseed Butterflyfish into three separate populations to address gender ratio and the largest population had spawned very few non-viable…