New Graduate Student at UF/IFAS TAL
Olivia Markham is a graduate assistant obtaining her Master of Science in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Funded by Rising Tide Conservation, she is working with Dr. Matt DiMaggio and PhD…
UF/IFAS TAL Continues to Advance Aquaculture Protocols for Melanurus Wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus
Update: 21 February 2020 From UF/IFAS TAL PhD student Casey Murray: The Melanurus wrasse cohort is currently 139 dph and we settled collectively 78 individual wrasses from that single batch…
UF/IFAS TAL Making Advances in Fire Goby, Nemeteleotris magnifica, Aquaculture
Fire Goby, Nemeteleotris magnifica, at 18 days post hatch (top) and 23 days post hatch (bottom) The Rising Tide Conservation team at the UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Lab has been working…
UF/IFAS TAL Looks to Algae to Reduce First Larval Feeding Bottleneck
UF/IFAS TAL Looks to Algae to Reduce First Larval Feeding Bottleneck
Treatments from current experiments examining the effect of adding algae to reduce first larval feeding bottleneck. Three species of algae are being tested (Pictured from left to right; Tetraselmis chuii,…
Introducing Rising Tide Conservation’s New Graduate Students!
We are thrilled to introduce you to the newest Rising Tide Conservation graduate students, Grace Sowaskel and Benjamin Lovewell! Grace is joining the UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Lab as a new M.S.…
UF/IFAS TAL Successfully Closes the Pacific Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus, Life Cycle!
Exciting news from the Rising Tide Conservation supported Tropical Aquaculture Lab at UF/IFAS! From the researchers: "Closing the life cycle of any marine ornamental species is cause for celebration, but when…
LiveAquaria Donates Radiant wrasse, Halichoeres iridis, to UF/IFAS TAL
Over the past year, the UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory acquired nine Radiant wrasses, Halichoeres iridis, through several generous donations from Rising Tide Conservation stakeholder LiveAquaria.com. The wrasses now reside in three harems of…
Rising Tide Conservation at Aquaculture America 2017
Rising Tide Conservation supported researchers Dr. Matt DiMaggio, Dr. Cortney Ohs, and Avier Montalvo recently presented at Aquaculture America in San Antonio, Texas. If you were unable to see our…
Update on the Melanurus Wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus, and Yellow Wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus at UF/IFAS TAL
The University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory (TAL) is currently working with two species of wrasses; the Melanurus wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus) and the Yellow wrasse (H. chrysus). Three separate broodstock…
MELANURUS WRASSE | Halichoeres melanurus
Photo by Matt Wittenrich Breaking The Internet: Check Out Our Wrasses! (Safe For Work)As mentioned in our previous post, six adult melanurus wrasses (3 male, 3 female) were moved to…