by Kenneth Wingerter | Feb 12, 2015 | Conservation, Fish, Industry, Opinion, Science, Sustainability
Generations ago, aquarium fish keepers may have seen themselves as sharing little more than a “pastime”. But, with the rapid growth of marine aquarium keeping that began in the late 1980’s, we came to see ourselves as participating in an industry as... by Caitlin Nichole | Feb 2, 2015 | Fish, Industry, Sustainability
Yes, once again I’m joined by Ret Talbot and Rich Ross for the fourth installment of “The Reef Table”! A few weeks ago, we stretched the walls of information in regards to sustainability and conservation as these two handled the... by Admin | Jan 21, 2015 | Conservation, Fish, Industry, Science, Tanks
Figure 1. Captive bred Porkfish juvenile available fromFishEye Aquaculture. Three years ago we posted a blog stating the commercial production potential of Porkfish, Anisotremis virginicus (Porkfish Protocol – Rising Tide’s First Commercial Species). As you’ll recall, researchers at the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory collected eggs spawned at SeaWorld Orlando and grew them to the juvenile phase and beyond. This was not the first time that Porkfish had been grown in captivity (again credit goes to Martin Moe and company). It was, however, the first time that Porkfish had been grown from eggs spawned in captivity using standard commercial production protocols; including the use of hatchery grown live feeds (rotifers and Artemia). This proved inspiring to one of Rising Tide’s industry partners who decided to add this fish to their list of available species. Figure 2. Captive bred Porkfish juveniles available fromFishEye Aquaculture by Caitlin Nichole | Jan 19, 2015 | Conservation, Industry, Science
WAIT! Don’t tune out – this will be interesting. Is it a glamorous topic? Not at all. I sat down (giddily) with one Ret Talbot and one Richard Ross to talk about sustainability, conservation and what it means to the... by Caitlin Nichole | Jan 13, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Events, Fish, Industry, Science
Down in Sunny Dania Beach, Florida, something quite refreshing is rumbling within the trade – a wholesale facility brought to us by Hydra Aquatics International and Tony’s Vault that focuses on the wellbeing and health of livestock as opposed to simply... by Francis Yupangco | Jan 6, 2015 | Industry, Science, Tanks
Clearwater, Florida is a pretty quiet place on the West Coast of Florida. Clearwater is also the spiritual headquarters to Scientology. While, I would imagine most residents of Clearwater are very excited for the major renovations which are brewing for the Clearwater...
