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,…
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…
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…
PACIFIC BLUE TANG | Paracanthurus hepatus
PACIFIC BLUE TANG Rising Tide Conservation and the team at the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory are extremely proud to introduce the first ever captive-bred Pacific Blue Tangs. The collaborative…
Diet Preferences of Newly Hatched Pacific Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus
At the University of Florida Indian River Research and Education Center in Fort Pierce, FL we have been examining food preference for blue tang larvae. We fed them copepods Parvocalanus…
Successful Aquaculture of the Pacific Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus
Rising Tide Conservation and the team at the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory are extremely proud to introduce the first ever captive-bred Pacific Blue Tangs.55 days post hatch!! Pacific…