Semicircle Angelfish Update at day 45
It seems each new day brings subtle changes to the color and pattern of our juvenile semicircle angelfish. Just about 20 days ago the oval shaped larvae showed hints of…
Semicircle Angelfish Update at day 35
Quick post to show some new images of the juvenile Semicircle Angelfish. We are now calling them semicircle angels to keep up with the approved and accepted common name. The…
A message from Martin Moe
Martin Moe in his Florida Keys research lab.Hi Matt, and all,WOW! Congratulations Matt, Eric, and Cristine. This is so great. The connection between the large aquariums and the research facilities…
Yellow Tang Broodstock Acquired at University of Florida
Director of the Tropical Aquaculture Lab, Craig Watson, inspecting newly arrived yellow tangs with biologist Christine Creamer.We added 21 new yellow tangs to our holding tanks today. This makes 28…
Captive bred Koran angelfish at the University of Florida
The Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory is proud to announce that we have successfully raised Koran angelfish, Pomacanthus semicirculatus, to the juvenile stage. With the help of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium…
Captive bred silver moony ready to go home to Columbus
This species showed up in one of our first shipments from Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in very low numbers and we haven't seen any larvae in any of the other…
Captive bred seabream and grunts returned to the Florida Aquarium
Our earliest larval rearing success with public aquarium spawned eggs came from seabream, Archosargus rhomboidalisand bluestripe grunts, Haemulon sciurus. Eggs from the Florida Aquarium were delivered to the Tropical Aquaculture…
What is it? Molecular identification of larvae
How amazing it is that we are receiving shipments of coral reef fish eggs from Ohio! The AZA Conservation Endowment Fund is allowing Rising Tide an amazing opportunity to examine…
Yellow Tang larvae and fine-tuning of molecular identification
First feeding yellow tang larva shipped to the University of Florida from the Columbus Zoo and AquariumDr. Tom Waltzek of the University of Florida has been instrumental in helping us…
Porkfish Protocol – Rising Tide’s First Commercial Species
One of the early successes of the Rising Tide Conservation Initiative was the development of a large-scale rearing protocol for porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus). During the first few rearing trials of…