by AquaNerd | Jan 4, 2018 | Aquaculture, Fish, Industry
It’s nice to start off the new year with yet another aquacultured marine fish species: juvenile Koran Angel (Pomacanthus semicirculatus). Read the official press release from Quality Marine. Quality Marine is excited to start the New Year by offering yet another new aquacultured species: juvenile Koran Angel (Pomacanthus semicirculatus). We are an ardent supporter of aquaculture and are continually searching for new producers both in the US and around the world. We believe aquaculture to be a key component in continuing to uphold our sustainable industry standard. Back in 2011, the University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab in collaboration with Rising Tide Conservation were the first in the world to successfully produce captive bred specimens of Pomacanthus semicirculatus and now this momentous achievement has been recreated in Indonesia by Jen Lowy | Dec 7, 2017 | Aquaculture, Fish
I have been called many things lately, but Aquaculture Advocate and Aquaculture Junkie are my two favorites. My store and I have gotten quite a name in the industry for being the LFS who is Aquaculture obsessed; I am always looking for more captive bred fish to add to... by Marcin Smok | Sep 6, 2017 | Eye Candy, Fish, MACNA, Photography
Every MACNA show has a “dark horse” of an exhibitor, and few would have guessed that a relatively small startup company would hold that title on the show’s floor in New Orleans. Occupying a tiny corner next to Piscine Energetics booth, Poma Labs gathered huge crowds... by AquaNerd | Aug 25, 2016 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Fish, Invertebrates, Reef, Science, Technology
August 23, 2016 – Los Angeles – Quality Marine is proud to announce the arrival of Aquacultured Royal Grammas from the Batavia Coast Maritime Institute (BCMI) in Australia. A testament to the biologists and aquarists who bred and reared them, these Fairy Basslets are exceptionally robust and healthy. Because of the limited number of specimens, they will only be available to public aquariums and educational facilities at this time. Royal Grammas represent just one of several species being aquacultured by BCMI, a campus of Durack Institute of Technology in Western Australia. by Saltwater Smarts | May 6, 2016 | Fish, Invertebrates, Reef, Science, Sustainability
There are steps you can take as a marine aquarium hobbyist to help ensure the health of your tank’s inhabitantsDistilled down to its essence, success in the marine aquarium hobby is about keeping fish and invertebrates alive and thriving. And while it may sometimes seem as though fate plays a major role in how animals fare under our care, several decades of aquarium-keeping experience (and more than a few missteps) have taught me that it’s largely in hobbyists’ power to avoid livestock losses. I’ve found the following 10 tips to be exceedingly helpful in maximizing the survival rate and longevity of my fish and invertebrates. Obviously, this isn’t a comprehensive list (after all, virtually everything we hobbyists do related to our aquariums influences the survival of our livestock, whether directly or indirectly), but it’s a pretty good start.1. Ban the impulse buy! I can’t tell you how often CC and I get questions from anxious hobbyists who have made an impulse livestock purchase only to discover after the fact that they can’t get it to eat anything they offer, it appears to be wasting away, it’s getting bullied severely by tankmates (or vice versa), etc. Unfortunately, such ill-conceived purchases too often result in the death of the specimen or one or more of its tankmates
