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…
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,…
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…
University of Florida Indian River Research and Education Center, with Rising Tide Conservation, is pleased to announce the successful aquaculture of the Cuban hogfish, Bodianus pulchellus! Cuban hogfish, Bodianus pulchellus…
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…
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse at 35 days post hatch.Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse at 41 days post hatch.Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse at 91 days post hatch. Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse at 118 days post hatch.…
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…
As mentioned in our previous post, six adult melanurus wrasses (3 male, 3 female) were moved to the Tropical Aquaculture Lab back in February. After settling into their new environment…
Figure 1. Halichoeres melanurus egg on a 1 mm Sedgewick Rafter cell. Here at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab we’re very fortunate to have the opportunity to work in a field…