Larval Project Survey

Liv e Food Items Animals Cultured Breeding Behav ior Noted Reasons Larv al Culture is Av oided Reasons Larv al Culture w as Abandoned Larv al Team Type
Larv al Lack of Lack of Lack of Lack of
Benthic Pelagic Egg/Larv a Lack of Lack of Staff w / Other
Worthw hile Artemia Artemia Nanno Nest Color Mouth Nest Staff Staff Av ailabl Space for Rearing Liv e Specific Staff Staff Av ailabl Space for Rearing Liv e Specific Staff Full Staff Part Side Broodstock Hours Partners
Institution Type of Facility # Staff Rotifers Copepods Iso Algae Other None Corals Syng Jelly Fish None Other Species Activ ely Breeding On Exhibit Territorial Courtship Egg Spaw nin Other e Remov al Comments Time # Staff Cov erag Other Time # Staff Cov erag Other Culture Other Culture Species
Conserv ation nauplii adult Algae Building Changes Brooding Care Know ledge Turnov er e Budget Broodstock Space Food Tools Know ledge Turnov er e Budget Broodstock Space Food Tools Time Time Proj ect Y/N per Week hip Y/N
Laying g Y/N e e Responsibilities
Y/N Cultures Needed Cultures Needed
Sergeant Majors, Humbug Damsels, Yellowtail Damsels, Yellowhead Jawfish, Pajama Cardinalfish, Neon
Moody Gardens Aquarium 15 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Yes x Yes 10.5 Yes
Unicornfish, Eyestripe Tangs, Atlantic Blue Tangs, Goby, Yellow Clown Goby, Sergeant Majors
No one does this full - time - it's just part of their daily routine. All 4 have
Just starting rotifers and Potbelly Seahorses, Banggai cardinalfish,
Brookfield Zoo Aquatics - Zoo 4 Yes x x x x x x 1 + 2 off exhibit + coral frags x Yes 4 a hand in it, but two are primaries, and one does most of the live food Yes 2 to 4 Yes
nanno again Peacock clownfish, etc.
culture and coral fragmentation.
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Side project, the two of us also do corals, jellies, live foods, and lots of Any and all but mainly working with pelagic
Aquatics - Zoo 9 Yes x x x x x Chaetoceros x x x too many to list x x x x x x x Yes 2 Yes 7 to 10 Yes
and Aquarium projects spawning tropicals (anthias
freshwater and native largemouth bass, bluegill, Texas cichlids,
Cabela's Ft Worth Retail 2 Yes x x Rotifers & nanno in past 4largemouth bass, bluegill, Texas cichlids, rainbow trout x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x part of duties of full time staff Yes 5 Yes
game fish from North rainbow trout
Hypsypops rubicundus, Nautichthys
Aquatics -
Birch Aquarium 11 Yes x x x x x Tetraselmis x x x 20- fishes, marine inverts x x x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x 2 oculofasciatus, Rhamphocottus richardsoni, No 15 Yes
University
Pterapogon kauderni, Various Amphiprioninae
We are a new facility. Phase two of
Aquatics -
Greensboro Science Center 10 Yes x x x 2- H. erectus H. abdomenalis x x Yes aquarium construction was just 2 H. abdominalis No 3 Yes
Museum
completed.
budget (which is a measure of admin
Killies, sheepshead minnows, sygnathids (horses
some species yes, we're ramping up into buyin?) We do some culture as a no specalty culture aquarists for fish larvae, just folks with an interest and
National Aquarium Aquarium 19 Yes x x x x x x x Cephalopods (occasionally) Unknown x x x x x x x x No x x x x x x & pipes), banggais. FW: angels, rainbows, No 2 n/a
a more robust program demonstrator for what we could do with time.
Farlowella and African Cichlids
proper gear but it's mostly opportunistic.
Limited time and resources. I am
sergeant majors, pot bellied seahorses, geophagus We have some staff working on side projects as they can (coral
currently attempting to get an additional
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden Aquatics - Zoo 4 Yes x x x x x steindachneri, cubbyu, various clownfish species, various x x x x x x x x No x x x x 1 1 propogation that doesn't require any time). We have one aquarist who n/a No 0 Yes
staff position added so that we can add
cardinalfish species, bamboo sharks spends 15% of her time on live food cultures.
larval fish rearing to our workload.
2 blennies, 1 skilletfish, 1 chromis, 1 toadfish, 1 barb, 1 Seahorse 3 aquarists; it's a side project for them. One handles local fishes, the Oyster toadfish and northern seahorse are the
Virginia Aquarium Aquarium 12 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Yes 3 Yes 2 Yes
shiner, 1 coral, 2 jellies, 1 seahorse pregnancy other two have the cnidarians and all food cultures. only intentional fish currently
We used to attempt to cultivate any/all the species that were We reared carp and trout from last springs eggs
Bangaii cardinalfish, Lined seahorse, redbreast sunfish, breeding on site for the experience as much as anything, but year for fun, did some trout, some darters grew
Aquatics - rainbow trout, brook trout, feather blenny, gilt darter, largely due to time and space considerations - and whether we Everyone cultures live Artemia and blackworms, two are assigned S up in the exhibit but were not directly pulled to
Virginia Living Museum 6 Yes x Blackworms - L. variegatus x x x x x x x x x Yes No 30 Yes
Museum speckled darter, greenside darter, redline darter, chain actually needed any more of that species for our use - we now horses, and all the staff feed fishes at all stages rear, but will focus on various darter species this
dogfish focus only on animals that directly benefit our display upcoming season (aside from the s. horses of
population or are minimal effort (e.g. sunfishes) course)
three staff members on the project, but we all have gallery/exhibit and
currently building our other culturing projects. One of us cultures jellies, artemia and rotifers, We intend to target pelagic spawning fish from
Currently building larval
Tennessee Aquarium Aquarium 13 Yes x x x system to raise copepods. x x x n/a x x x x x x Yes 3 another has a jellyfish gallery and mysid cultures, and the third has our largest saltwater exhibit, but have not started No 8 Yes
fish system
Also culture mysid shrimp various exhibits, including corals and coral culturing. All this leaves very collecting eggs yet.
little time for the larval fish culture to be built/maintained.
The primary Aquarist for each gallery has occasionally set aside cultures
Jellies - cold water moon jellies, cassiopea, atlantic
for fish, we have actively tried to capture eggs from a larger exhibit and
nettles (currently - have had more species in the past but Sometimes - it depends on the species
Audubon Aquarium Aquarium 6 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x No x x x x x x x x x x our Jelly and Coral Aquarists are in charge of propagation for their Yellowhead jawfish, discus and neon gobies No 2 to 4 Yes
we are down an Aquarist) Our yellowhead jawfish, discus, and exhibit
areas. With the exception of Jellies, in all cases it has been a side
various cichlids, and clownfish are breeding on exhibit.
project.
One larval rearing and live foods aquarist, plus one live foods aquarist. Concentrated efforts on Neon gobies and barred
Copepods & Iso are in the
Sea Life Michigan Aquarium 5 Yes x x x x x x x x 10 x x x x x x Yes 2 Both are in charge of galleries as well, but spend 1-1.5hrs/day on larval flagtails, and opportunistically collecting eggs Yes 10 Yes
works
rearing/live foods from exhibits.
Currently working on building pelagic
North Carolina AQ at Pine
Aquarium 10 Yes x x x x x Sergeant Major, Small Mouth Grunts, Red Fish x x x x x x No egg catchers. Receive eggs from x x x Eggs received have not been viable 1 Larval, 1 Jelly, 1 Seahorse ** Need to check if full time Blue Striped Grunts No 28 Yes
Knoll Shores
aquaculture program at college
Grunt Sculpin, Lumpsucker, Greenlings, assorted
Oregon Coast Aquarium Aquarium 8 Yes x x x 5-7 species, mainly fish, 1 or 2 inverts x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Lack of interest from past staff 2 No 4 to 6 Yes
sculpin species
Amphiprion melanopus/Amphiprion 6 aquarist / side culture project / live foods (artemia-copepods-rotifers) /
Aquarium Des Lagons akyndinos/Amphiprion peridarion/Dascyllus algae culture (iso-nano-chaeto-tetra) / jelly and flarval fish cullture / In
Aquarium 7 Yes x x x x x x Tetraselmis, Chaetoceros x x x x x x x x x x Yes x x x x x 6 Yes 14 Yes
(Spain) aruanus/Dunckerocampus chapmani/hippocampus parallel, breeding of sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and shark zebra
kuda/Synchiropus splendidus (Stegostoma fasciatum
uShaka Sea World (South 2, side project,
Aquarium 30 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Yes Wild caught larvae No 5 Yes
Africa) also do jellies
Corals are by
fragmentation. sometimes Pomacanthus sp., Apogon dovii, Amphiprion
Rhodomonas, Eutropina, 1 person doing live foods and larval attemps, basic coverage by other
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Aquatics - Zoo 3 Yes x x x x x x x x we have planula from 12 x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x 1 akallopisos, Amphiprion ocellaris, Haemulon No 14 Yes
Apocyclops staff when primary is off
brooding Pocillipora flavolineatum, Pterapogon kauderni,
damacornis
clownfish, and collected eggs of unknown species of 2 work of project some with some support, no they don't work on other
Sea World San Antonio Theme Park 10 Yes x x x x x x x x x x Yes Any No 4 to 6 Yes
pelagic spawners culturing
1 staff member attempting larval fish culture (other staff member quit), Anything for practice at the moment - waiting for
North Carolina AQ at Fort 12 (fish) 2 (amphibians) 5 (invertebrates) ** Need more Currently culture syngnathids, am in the
Aquarium 12 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x No x x x x culture live foods and syngnathids, also have other responsibilities, 1 management to decide what species of fish they No 20 Yes
Fisher information process of attempting other fish species
staff member cultures jellies would like to target
Brown Rockfish Sebastes auriculatus, Canary Rockfish
Point Defiance Zoo & Sebastes pinninger, Sebastes caurinus, Pained
Aquatics - Zoo 16 Yes x x Coldwater Mysis x x x x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x None - no active cultures None No 0 Yes
Aquarium Greenling Oxylebius vetulus, Lingcod Ophiodon
elongatus
San Antonio Zoo Aquatics - Zoo 6 Yes x x x x x x x x x x No x x x x x x small portion of every day husbandry African cichlids, discus, SA catfish No Yes
South Carolina Aquarium Aquatics - Zoo 18 Yes x x x x x x x x No x x x x x x x x x x x Life Support Tech Whatever I can capture No 15 ? Yes
Tetraselmis, Chaetoceros,
Currently don't have the appropriate
Nitzschia, Rhodomonas,
setup/time to do larval fish culture, 1 dedicated live feeds biologist, 1 dedicated sea jelly biologist for jelly
Aquatics - Skeletonema, Pavlova,
Waikiki Aquarium 10 Yes x x x x x x x x 5 species of syngnathids (seahorses), 3 species of jellies x x x x Yes however in the past we've removed x x x x x x x x x x x x x x culture, 1 dedicated syngnathid biologist for syngnathid culture, 1 Local Hawaii Fish No 0 Yes
University Mysid shrimp (Americamysis
newly hatched Bangaii Cardinalfish and dedicated coral specialist for coral propagation
bahia), Wild mysids,
reared them
Ulva/sea lettuce
7 * need
Haus des Meeres Vienna Thalassiosira pseudonana, Hippocampus reidii, H. abdominalis,
Aquatics - Zoo 12 Yes x x x x x x x x Acanthochromis polyacanthus, Amphiprion sp., x x x x x x x x Yes to check Yes 7 Yes
(Austria) Moina sp. Acanthochromis polyacanthus
if fulltime
Discovery Cove Theme Park 30 Yes x x Grunts x x x x Yes Given to others to rear x x x x x x x x x Grunts, Porkfish, Monos No 2 Yes
Only if rearing the specific species has
gone through a strict collection planning 1 full time person with 1 weekend coverage person, culture larval fish Currently blue chromis, neon gobies, and
New England Aquarium Aquarium 40 Yes x x x x x x x x too many to list x x x x x x x x No 1 1 Yes 30 No
committee or is part of our larval fishes full time, also cultures all live foods needlefish
program
Jawfish, raorfish, damsels, anthais, several syngnathids,
18 (15 15 (+15
giant sea bass, white sea bass, opaleye, kelpbass, 1 oversees live foods, 3 oversee teleost culture, none are dedicated to tubesnout, grunt sculpin, gunnels, sailfin sculpin,
Aquarium of the Pacific Aquarium full time, Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Yes Yes for live Yes
tubesnout, grunt sculpin, gunnels, longfin sculpin, larval rearing sticklebacks, longfin sculpin, anthias, syngnathids
3 PT) foods)
rockfish, smelt
Aquatics-
Fits in to daily routine when there is time and space. Always culture
Ocean Institute educational 2 Yes x x x x x Aurelia x x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x x grunion, aurelia No varies Yes
aurelia and live foods. Other fis cuture is a side project
facility
Brevard Zoo Aquatics- Zoo 3 Yes x x Atlantic and southern stingrays x Yes x x x x x No Yes
harpacticoid cultures and
agonids, cottids, pholids, stichaeids, cyclopterids,
Vancouver Aquarium Aquarium 15 Yes x x want to get into limited x x x x crustaceans to many to list. Seasonal and year rounds x x x x x x x x Yes 4 2 fish/invert culture, 2 staff for jellies Yes 60-80+ Yes
clinids, plus many other crustaceans
calanoid copepod culuture
Only sometimes depending on holding
Cameron Park Zoo Aquatics- Zoo 3 Yes x x Chromis, sergeant majors, bass, cichlids x x x x x No availability, species, and time x x x x x x x x x x Depends on the assigned routine pupfish Yes 5 Yes
management
Seahorses, neon gobies, cichlids, stone crabs, longnose
Aquatics- seahorses (H. erectus and H. zoastra), neon
Mote Marine Lab and killifish, sailfin molly, blue tilapia, largemouth bass,
Research 17 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Yes x gobies, bluefin illifish, several species of sunfish, Yes ~15 Yes
Aquarium banded sunfish, bluefin killifish, cuttlefish (several
facility longnose killifish
species)
Sealife Grapevine potbelly seahorses, whitei seahorses, erectus seahorses, all staff does live foods, one dedicated to clownfish, a few work on
Aquarium 8 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x Yes Clownfish Yes 6 to 8 Yes
Aquarium kuhlii blue spot rays, texas cichlids, sergeant major breeding and rasing seahorses
Built egg snaggers and deployed them
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium Aquarium 7 Yes x x x x x cleaner wrasse 5+ species x x x x No and got eggs but no rearing yet due to x x x x x Seahorses and bangaii Yes ~2 Yes
being a new facility
royal gramma, whiteii seahorses, cownose rays,
Mystic Aquarium Aquarium 15 Yes x x x x x x 5 (kind not specified) x x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x 2 1 2 staff for jellies and live foods, 1 sode project for seahorses Yes 40 Yes
bamboo sharks
National Mississippi River Aquatics- cassiopea jellies, eastern musk turtle, yellow stingray,
8 Yes x x x x x x x x x No x x x x x x x x x x Dont currently have anyone working on larval fish Logperch Yes 0 Yes
Museum and Aquarium Museum yellow bullhead
Facility just opened, stil dealing with
OdySea Aquarium Aquarium 21 Yes x x none yet, brand new facility x x x x x x No x x x x x larger issues, time and resources not None - no active cultures none No 0 No
available for side projects yet
only sergeant majors are breeding on
Gladys Porter Zoo Aquatics- Zoo 5 Yes x x x none x x x x x x No exhibit and spawn are not easily cought x x x x x NA H. erectus No 0 Yes
when hatched
crustacenas, cephalopods, multiple rockfish, kelpfish, garibaldi, cabezon, horn
Aquatics- But all staff can go and work on side projects in lab dedicated to larval
California Science Center 8 Yes x x x x x x x elasmobranchs, gastropods, sharks, surf perch, cichlids, lobsters, shore crabs, kelp x x x x x x x x Yes x rockfish, giant seabass, tobies, wrasse Yes 40-60 Yes
Museum rearing
echinoderms crabs, etc
4 species of clownfish, flambouyant cuttlefish, 3 species
of seahorses, ribbon seadragons, flashlight fish, banggai,
Hippocampus zosterae, Hippocampus
Dallas World Aquarium Aquarium 11 Yes x x x x x x flame cardinalfish, jewel damsels, sergeant majors, x x x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Yes 9 to 10 Yes
abdominalis, Photobelpharon palpebratum
Leopoldi stingrays, discus, Japanese spider crabs, cross
hatch triggerfish
moon jellies, Mastigas jellies, alligator pipefish, banded
jellyfish and seahorses cultured fulltime as part of gallery, person
Adventure Aquarium Aquarium 18 Yes x x x x x x x x x pipefish, erectus, barbers seahorses, 5 species of x x x x x x Yes x x x Ay eggs that they find No 10 Yes
culturing copepods, rotifers, and live algae as side project
clownfish, banggai
Hatfield Marine Science Aquatics- bay pipefish, various gunnels, ocellaris anemonefish,
5 Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x Yes x x x x x x x x x x x x x NA No 0 Yes
Center University striped perch
elasmobranchs (bowmouth guitarfish), seahorses (H.
Newport Aquarium Aquarium 8 Yes x x x x x histrix, H. abdominalis, H. barbouri, H. zoterae), mixed x x x Yes Only syngnathids x x x x x x x x x syngnathids No 10 Yes
tropical fishes, frogfish, four-eyed fish
lined seahorses, moon jellies, mastigias papua,
Houston Zoo Aquatics- Zoo 8 Yes x x x x x x x Seahorses, clownfish, damselfish x x x x x x Yes x x x x live food is a department level project Phyllorhiza punctata, Ocellaris clownfish, No 6 Yes
Engineer gobies, redbellied pirhana
H. ingens, Hypsypops rubicundus, Eucyclogobius
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Aquarium 14 Yes x x x x x Coralline algae x x x seahorse, abalone, goby, sea urchin, sea jelly, shark x x x x x x Yes x Yes 20 Yes
newberryi, Leuresthes tenuis