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07/14/2023
Hey everyone,
Trying to make some room and decided to clear out some more wet specimens. These were all fixed about 4-5 years ago and very stable.
Prices are on pictures and include shipping and jars.
- Diaphonized clownfish
- Large cat shark
- Small marbled shark
- Clownfish (~7)
- cow fish - sold
- Figure eight puffer -sold
- Brochis Cory
- Valentini puffer
- Nemo dory special - sold
- Snowflake eel
05/12/2022
Another shot of that monster mahi.
05/06/2022
Massive bull Mahi! This sucker came in at 69lbs and measured 66”.
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11/20/2021
Congrats on this 600lb monster bluefin tuna!
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04/15/2021
183lb Dogtooth Tuna from the Gambier Islands, a small archipelago in the South Pacific.
04/15/2021
Dogtooth Tuna!
03/22/2021
Near record Tripletail caught by measured 37” and weighed 39.3lbs! It’s the 4th largest Tripletail on record worldwide.
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Unfortunately, the first scale this fish was taken to was faulty, fish can lose up to 10% of their body weight within a few hours of being caught. This means this fish was well over the 40lb mark right out of the water.
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Once word had gotten out Josh and I were contacted by Amanda Jefferson of who was conducting an aging study on Tripletails. Having aged 229 Tripletails weighing from 1-30lbs and measuring 8-30” in length this specimen was by far an outlier.
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With the help of my buddy Adam, who came to the rescue and helped beetle clean this specimen after my colony collapsed, we were able to send the Otoliths (ear bones) off for aging.
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The second photo shows the Otoliths after they arrived to . Next they are set in resin and once dry are sliced into thin sections. The last photo shows a slice under magnification where you can count the growth rings, similar to aging a tree.
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This monster was only 5 years old! Previous studies reported a maximum age of 4 years for specimens weighing only 20lbs, meaning this fish was eating real good.
03/21/2021
Monster Tripletail for . This fish took part in a Tripletail aging study conducted by . One of the largest and oldest ever submitted for such study. More on just how old this monster was in the next post.
05/12/2020
Well this is pretty sweet! Thank you Miami New Times!
Dead Sea Soul: Zach Schwartz Turns Skeletons Into Sculptures Zachary Schwartz's painstaking reconstructions have given him a deeper appreciation for aquatic life.
04/29/2020
Another shot of the recently finished Mahi.
04/28/2020
Monster Mahi caught by down in the keys! This sucker weighed 68lbs, almost double the size of the last Mahi I did. This piece stands 19” tall and is about 9” wide.
04/14/2020
Just over 24 hours left to get a ticket!
Larval seahorses raffle with the dad!
$10/ ticket
Drawing ends tomorrow night at 8pm.
First pick wins vial and the male seahorse!
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