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3 Comments
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July 15, 2013
I am curious as to why the U of F Tampa Bay Florida facility chose to work with a Pacific butterflyfish species in a facility where related Florida/Caribbean species (Reef butterflyfish Chaetodon sedentarius) is readily available in adjacent waters.
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July 25, 2013
It would be ideal to be working with a species which was located closer to our laboratory here in Tampa, however we chose the Milletseed or Lemon butterfly for several reasons:
1) It represents one of the largest groups traded within the marine ornamental trade.
2) Hawaii’s push to eliminate wild harvest from its reefs has created a need to bring endemic species from the region into culture before they can no longer be collected for the trade.
3) A list of species was chosen for the Rising Tide Initiative and it was determined to be one of the most ascertainable species listed.
4) The traits of the this butterfly bode very well for reef aquariums as its wild diet is mainly zooplankton and in captivity it can be feed a wide variety of feeds such as mysid shrimp.Thank you for your question.
Jon-Michael