Culture Of Mysid Shrimp And Bivalve Trochphores (veligers)
For one reason or another, there is no single perfect food organism for the culture of marine larval fish. Each species of fish has its own constellation of eco... Read more.
The Breeder’s Net: A Simple How-to On Home Culture Of Copepods
Although some marine fish will breed and grow quite readily in captivity, others are more problematic. One of the major difficulties in breeding these fish is t... Read more.
The Breeder’s Net: Artemia Nauplii As A Food Source
For the past months we’ve discussed culturing micro-foods to satisfy the three steps in the food chain required to feed our potential fish fry. To recap the p... Read more.
The Breeder’s Net: The Rotifer And Rotifer Home Culture
Last month we dove into the home culture and production of “greenwater”, which are the basic food item for enriching prey items that will feed our new fish ... Read more.
The Breeder’s Net: Culturing Larval Fish Foods, Part I
This is the first in a series of microculture columns in which we’ll explore the culture of larval fish foods. In this month’s column, we focus on p... Read more.
Short Take: Bioactive Agents In The World’s Reefs
In the movie The Medicine Man, Sean Connery portrayed a physician who is sent into the deepest rain forest in search of new tropical agents. His job was to comb... Read more.
Breeder’s Net: First in a new column
“You and I know that captive breeding is the ultimate answer to current collection practices that are endangering the survival of too many species.”... Read more.