Larviculture Breakthrough: Commerson’s Frogfish
The successful larviculture & captive-rearing of Commersons’ Frogfish, Antennarius commerson, is the latest feather in Frank Baensch’s already heavily-plumaged cap, and another proof of concept for the Hawaii Larval Fish Project.
First Captive Breeding of the “Freshwater” Top Hat Blenny
Pei-Sheng Chiu, an assistant researcher at the Mariculture Research Center, Fisheries Research Institute, Taiwan, documents the captive spawning & rearing of this species known for very “flexible” salinity requirements.
Apocyclops Poised to Revolutionize Marine Fish Aquaculture
With copepods being critical in the rearing of ornamental marine fishes, Parvocalanus may be surpassed by Apocyclops as the pod of choice for small-scale breeding research.
CORAL Retro Excerpt: The Tang Challenge
In honor of the first captive-bred Hepatus Tangs, we offer this retrospective excerpt from CORAL Magazine July/August 2013, just 3 years prior; a historical snapshot of the race to breed and aquaculture Tangs & Surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae)
Newly Hatched Blue Tang Diet Preferences
Researchers at University of Florida conducted feeding trials with fluorescent-labeled feeds to determine feeding preferences of larval Pacific Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus.
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