Rearing the Crested Oyster Goby
Mature pair of crested oyster gobies. Male above, female belowThe field of marine ornamental aquaculture is truly unique. Unlike food fish aquaculture or pearl farming where end consumers gain a…
Jon-Michael Degidio joins UF’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab
Hello all!I would like to start my first blog post with a grand THANK YOU to the University of Florida Rising Tide team: Matt, Eric, Kevin and especially Judy St.…
Highhats at 20 days
Just a quick photo update of the recently raised highhats from Discovery Cove. Here, the juveniles, now at 20 days old, are over an inch long and developing their characteristic…
Highhats from Discovery Cove
2013 is turning out to be a productive year at the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory. As the calender year turned, we welcomed our newest member to the marine ornamentals team, Jon-Michael…
Rearing Green Chromis
With nearly a million specimens imported into the United States each year, the green chromis, Chromis viridis, may well be the most popular fish in the marine aquarium trade (Rhyne…
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 fishes of the…
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 Conservation Fund created…
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…
Congratulations to Our First Masters Student Kevin P. Barden
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…
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 close”). Although none made…