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REEFSCAPERS Inspires Hope with Coral Propagation Projects

These photos put a big smile on my face today.

Coral propagation is arguably the ultimate restitutive justice that we can provide the ocean’s coral reefs. REEFSCAPERS has been extremely successful in their projects that utilize coral trays, zip ties and fragmented Acropora spp. Read the full story here at Sea Way Blog and REEFSCAPERS.
 

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These photos put a big smile on my face today.

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Coral propagation is arguably the ultimate restitutive justice that we can provide the ocean’s coral reefs. REEFSCAPERS has been extremely successful in their projects that utilize coral trays, zip ties and fragmented Acropora spp. Read the full story here at Sea Way Blog and REEFSCAPERS.

 

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  • Yuwono
    hooraaaayy...........I've seen it in TV before..this is amaziiing....
  • Jim
    I just got back from a trip to Cozumel, where we saw a field of Reeballs off shore that were installed to help repopulate the reef, which was damaged severely by a series of recent hurricanes. They didn't have the great coral growth rates as in the photos in this post, but it is really cool to see proactive conservation efforts out there. Here's a link for more info on the Cozumel Reefball project:

    http://www.reefball.org/album/mexico/cozumel/Na...
  • There are some cool photos on the website also. For size reference it looks like 3/4 or 1" re-bar and about 3' in diameter.
  • Brandon
    That is awesome. I wish they had something in the picture that gave you some sort of size reference.
  • B+
    A-maz-ing.
  • Keith Sirmans
    Thank you for sharing that. Gave me permagrin with each new growth pic. AWESOME!
  • LeeS
    That is awesome. Wish I could do that in my tank.
  • Nate Ellis
    Also a very cool idea in terms of form for the less traditional stony keeper. Imagine large organic sculptural forms covered with monocultures of stony corals...
  • Jeremy Maneyapanda
    That is awesome.
  • Pål svendsrud
    Check out this website also http://www.biorock.net/
    They connect a small electric-current to the structure, and corals grow up to 4 times faster.
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