The Rising Tide model of experimental breeding continues to prove its value, as the team at University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab are taking down captive-bred species firsts like it’s going out of style. Images released yesterday depict post metamorphosis…
Rising Tide – Ternate Damselfish lastest addition to “been there, done that” breeding list!
The team at the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Lab continue to hit home runs, breaking new ground on every frontier. Their latest success, rearing Ternate Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis) hatched from eggs shipped from the Steinhart Aquarium in San Fancisco,…
Some of the captive bred Koran angelfish may also include Annularis
We didn’t see this new development coming back in December, but leave it to Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich to recently second guess the species identification on some of the juvenile captive-spawned angelfish they managed to rear in late 2011, as…
Captive bred Koran angelfish – another smashing success for Rising Tide
On the heals of a close call with breeding the Schooling Bannerfish, Heniochus diphueretes, the marine ornamental team at the University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab doubled down and has just released photographs and video of what is probably the…
The race to hurdle the larval hump of Heniochus butterflyfish
Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich and I were emailing last week, pre-Thanksgiving, when he dropped a “Booyah” on me. The rest of the day, he had me cursing him in the way only friends can do. Once again, I say “I’m…
University of Florida & Rising Tide Updates: Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich hired and Porkfish reared
The proof is in the results. News broke publicly last week that the University of Florida Tropical Aquaculture Lab has hired well-know marine aquarium author and MASNA 2010 Aquarist of the year Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich. This organization has been…
