by Gary Parr | Mar 16, 2017 | Aquaculture, Fish, Podcast, Reef
Captive-bred Coral Beauty from Biota, available from LiveAquaria, Diver’s Den. Photo courtesy Diver’s Den
This week is a short follow-up discussion about marine fish breeding. We talk more about Todd, Kathy Leahy’s work and her Reefs Magazine article, and look at all of the captive-bred/raised fish that are now commercially available from Diver’s Den and several wholesale sources. We encourage everyone to buy captive-raised marine fish whenever possible. You’ll save money. Download the podcast here, or subscribe to our podcasts at iTunes. Also, follow us on Twitter at reefthreads.—Gary and ChristineSponsor: Rod’s Food
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LiveAquaria, Diver’s Den Quality Marine ORA Biota Marine Life Nursery Marine Breeding InitiativeNameEmail * by Todd Gardner | Mar 7, 2017 | Aquaculture, Fish
As reported on the Reef Threads Podcast, Gramma dejongi can now be added to the ever growing list of captive-bred marine fishes. Around two months ago, at the start of the their spawning season, the Gramma dejongi in my lab at Suffolk County Community College began to... by Afishionado | Mar 3, 2017 | Aquaculture, Fish, Video
For this episode, we traveled to ACI Aquaculture to visit our friend Chris Meckley. Months ago, he acquired a mated pair of Gem tangs (first time that his supplier said that he was able to do); we got together to learn all about it and he told us how to keep Gem tangs... by AquaNerd | Feb 28, 2017 | Aquaculture, Invertebrates
Aquatic Technology of Ohio and the Columbus Zoo started the journey of culturing Hymenocera elegans back in May of 2015. The Columbus zoo had early success on a small scale and succeeded in raising 50 plus individuals from 2 batches to settlement. As with many aquaculture ventures, they had to overcome obstacles like larval feed types, cannibalism and pests. By December of 2016, Aquatic Technology succeeded in getting a substantial number of larvae to settlement. At one point, prior to settlement, larvae were consuming nearly 50,000 parvocalanus copepods daily. After they settled the juveniles were switched to Asterinas and then to Chocolate Chip Stars. Aquatic Technology is currently working on getting them on an alternative proprietary food. This has been a triumphant success not only for the Columbus Zoo and Aquatic Technology by Zachary Mueller | Jan 30, 2017 | Aquaculture, Feeding, Science
In my previous article, I wrote about microalgae and why it is beneficial to culture it in your home, and I highly recommend you go read that here first if you haven’t! In today’s article, and the next article as well, I will be talking about culturing... by Marcin Smok | Jan 27, 2017 | Aquaculture, Opinion, Tanks
If you thought that there was nothing left to be introduced to the synthetic salt mixes we all use in our reef aquariums, have we got some news for you! The Polish company Aquaforest has just proven this notion wrong with the introduction of its flagship salt mix,...
