by Heidi dM | Apr 12, 2024 | Aquaculture, Corals
What could be the largest coral restoration research trial ever, has been taking place on the Great Barrier Reef. The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), along with university partners, is working together to give scientists a better understanding of how a... by Afishionado | Dec 25, 2016 | Aquaculture, Corals, Sustainability, Video
For this episode, we drove up to Plant City, Florida to ACI Aquaculture to see and learn about their enormous collection of aquacultured montiporas. We were quickly captivated by the vibrant colors of these beauties and asked Chris to share few things with us about... by Afishionado | Nov 24, 2016 | Aquaculture, Tanks, Video
For this episode, we drove up to Orlando, Florida to check out World Wide Corals and their coral farm. Hidden to the public eye, they have made a 12ft long, 900g tank to the entrance of their farm and it houses all of their high end corals, cataloged and turning into... by AquaNerd | Oct 14, 2013 | Corals, Equipment, Opinion, Tanks
If you truly value any of your corals, especially the rare and expensive ones, you should give them away for free. What?!? Does that really make sense? Sure it does, if you follow this reasoning. If you have some rare coral and don’t spread it around to your closest friends, then you run the risk of never seeing it again if you encounter some catastrophic aquarium wipeout. By giving out free frags, you ensure that the coral strain will continue on despite your success with your own aquarium. While it may not make a whole lot of sense to give away something you could make a little cash on, you ensure that you don’t lose out on a coral entirely. So many times, we’ve heard of stunning tanks taking a quick nose dive with one of a kind livestock going with them. For big, mature tanks that have been around for a while, chances are there are frags of each of those corals somewhere in the local community. And chances are, if a tank like that goes down, the locals would be more than willing to help restock that setup
