Figure1. The new larval rearing room at TAL; showing the 120 Ltanks used to grow octopi in. We've also recently tested our fish species in them which we'll talk about next time. At the Tropical Aquaculture Lab in Ruskin, we’ve been running into lots of bottlenecks in the early larval [...]
Figure. Photos of Colurella adriatica;a potential new live feed for bothmarine and freshwater fish larvae.This post is in response to requests for more information about Colurella adriatica. As previously stated, we’ve examined salinity and found that although they tolerate a wide range, [...]
Figure 1. A 35 day old milletseed butterflyfish larva with morepronounced dorsal spines. During this recent trial, larvae displayedgreater development in a shorter period of time.It’s been a while since our last milletseed butterflyfish post but, not to worry, I’ve been very busy conducting a [...]
3 day old P. venusta larvae. Photo credit: Karen Brittian. Larval rearing trials began with the spawning of a Paracentropyge venusta pair in the summer of 2013. The first successful larval rearing trial started with a small spawn on November 13, 2013. This was the fifth larval run with this [...]
Female P. venusta (note the light precaudal band). Photo credit: Leighton Lum.Paracentropyge venusta were identified as a good candidate for captive breeding since they often do not adjust well to captive life after being collected in the wild. A juvenile pair from Japan was established for [...]
Day 60 yellow tang larvae. Photo credit: Dean Kline.Since we last wrote at Day 50, we’ve observed a lot of interesting things with our yellow tang larvae. Probably the most important thing we observed is their very inefficient feeding capability. At their size (~1cm), newly hatched Artemia [...]
Dr. Clyde Tamaru and Ms. Karen Brittain of the University of Hawaii are important partners in Rising Tide Conservation. Karen has been focusing on looking at all things related to broodstock management, egg collecting and larval rearing for the Bandit Angelfish (Apolemichthys arcuatus). Back in [...]
Larval development of yellow tangs from 15 to 50 days posthatch (dph). Photo credit: Dean Kline and David Hoy. Research on culturing yellow tangs began at the Oceanic Institute (OI) back in 2001 around the same time as initial, exciting breakthroughs were [...]