Acropora Propagation Project in Maldives

Logzor · 04/27/2009, 03:50 PM

Check this out. It is really neat how they are creating this new coral reef.

http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2009/...opagators.html

And the actual website: http://www.innafushi.com/

DurTBear · 04/27/2009, 05:48 PM

Wow...that's really neat! Those are some serious frag racks!

MMOORE0324 · 04/27/2009, 05:59 PM

Wow that is neat. Good to see!

barnett8 · 04/27/2009, 06:04 PM

I love the idea, and I saved the growth shots. I saw some stuff like this in the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia when I went there too. Cool stuff.

MMOORE0324 · 04/27/2009, 06:14 PM

The growth is amazing. I also think it's interesting how they attach the coral horizontally with zip ties... I have heard that attaching frags horizontally could encourage a more rapid vertical growth as well as more multi-branching. Interesting.

scubagreek · 04/27/2009, 07:00 PM

with the weather so nice and looking at that makes me want to go diving

MMOORE0324 · 04/27/2009, 07:07 PM

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Originally posted by scubagreek
with the weather so nice and looking at that makes me want to go diving

+1

Reefer08 · 04/27/2009, 08:44 PM

Thats awesome!

Anyone notice that the majority of sps in the wild are brown? Maybe I should be happy with my brown acro's lol...

Madfronter · 04/28/2009, 08:53 AM

Thanks for posting, that is very cool.

SunnyX · 04/28/2009, 09:36 AM

Nice! Im gonna link it on my website.

t4zalews · 04/28/2009, 10:09 AM

that be awesome to make a small one of those and grow it out in a prop tank then have like a sweet main piece in the tank...something that chromis can dive in and out of

adtravels · 04/28/2009, 10:28 AM

very nice to see.

LobsterOfJustice · 04/28/2009, 10:58 AM

I would actually bother with buying frags if I could have that kind of growth...

waynem · 04/28/2009, 11:08 AM

What sort of lighting are they using??

hatfielj · 04/28/2009, 11:12 AM

That's really great. I think this needs to happen in many more places to help not only repair natural reefs, but perhaps even help supply the hobby with maricultured frags.
Anything we can do to alleviate the stress on the natural reef is very worthwhile!

oddballs · 04/28/2009, 12:58 PM

That is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while for sure!

Fsurocks99 · 04/28/2009, 01:32 PM

That is awesome! Good to see projects like this one!

barnett8 · 04/28/2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally posted by waynem
What sort of lighting are they using??

The best kind.

Rickyrooz1 · 09/09/2009, 11:11 PM

Nice!

kaserpick · 09/09/2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by MMOORE0324
The growth is amazing. I also think it's interesting how they attach the coral horizontally with zip ties... I have heard that attaching frags horizontally could encourage a more rapid vertical growth as well as more multi-branching. Interesting.

As I understand it, mounting them horizontally will allow for maximum surface area to face the light. This, in turn, increases the utilization of energy by the coral, promoting faster growth. It seems pretty amazing; if a piece of acro is knocked over in the wild, the odds of it landing on its side are greater than landing vertically. I hope that makes sense.

Stanley-Reefer · 09/09/2009, 11:52 PM

I thought about glueing me a matrix of plastic sticks together to mimic those to see how it would turn out....

jkeating2005 · 09/10/2009, 04:03 AM

that is amazing!

04/27/2009, 03:50 PM	#1
Logzor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: University of Cincinnati Posts: 3,403	Acropora Propagation Project in Maldives Check this out. It is really neat how they are creating this new coral reef. http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2009/...opagators.html And the actual website: http://www.innafushi.com/

04/27/2009, 05:59 PM	#3
MMOORE0324 Powered by T-5's!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lakewood, ohio Posts: 778	Wow that is neat. Good to see! __________________ -Matt- Current Tank Info: Tank-less. Stay tuned for the 45g cube build!

04/27/2009, 06:04 PM	#4
barnett8 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Doylestown PA Posts: 584	I love the idea, and I saved the growth shots. I saw some stuff like this in the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia when I went there too. Cool stuff. __________________ Member of the High School Reefers Club (its not what you think I SWEAR!!) Current Tank Info: 40g BR reef

04/27/2009, 06:14 PM	#5
MMOORE0324 Powered by T-5's!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lakewood, ohio Posts: 778	The growth is amazing. I also think it's interesting how they attach the coral horizontally with zip ties... I have heard that attaching frags horizontally could encourage a more rapid vertical growth as well as more multi-branching. Interesting. __________________ -Matt- Current Tank Info: Tank-less. Stay tuned for the 45g cube build!

04/27/2009, 07:00 PM	#6
scubagreek Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Parma, Ohio Posts: 60	with the weather so nice and looking at that makes me want to go diving __________________ Keep your friends close and your anemones closer. Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef tank

04/27/2009, 05:48 PM	#2
DurTBear Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 562	Wow...that's really neat! Those are some serious frag racks!

04/27/2009, 08:44 PM	#8
Reefer08 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,709	Thats awesome! Anyone notice that the majority of sps in the wild are brown? Maybe I should be happy with my brown acro's lol...

04/28/2009, 08:53 AM	#9
Madfronter Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: PA Posts: 264	Thanks for posting, that is very cool.

04/28/2009, 09:36 AM	#10
SunnyX The Peoples Reefer! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 5,039	Nice! Im gonna link it on my website. __________________ Sonny July 2006 TOTM T5 and Bacteria Powered! Current Tank Info: Miracles Rimless Shallow Starphire Reef(48Lx24Wx20H)Pure T5Aquactinics Constellation 7x54W T5Deltec AP851Vortech MP40W MP20* TUNZE *

04/28/2009, 10:09 AM	#11
t4zalews Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,199	that be awesome to make a small one of those and grow it out in a prop tank then have like a sweet main piece in the tank...something that chromis can dive in and out of __________________ - Taylor - 65g SPS - 250W Radium - - SLS Galaxy Ballast - Lumenmax II - Vortech - XP-1000SSS - APEX

04/28/2009, 10:28 AM	#12
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In between all things known and unknown (bangkok) Posts: 2,316	very nice to see.

04/28/2009, 10:58 AM	#13
LobsterOfJustice Overstocked and underpaid Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 5,869	I would actually bother with buying frags if I could have that kind of growth... __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. Current Tank Info: 180g reef: 3x 250w halides, 55g sump, Octopus Pro 300 skimmer, 2x maximods on wave timer, Ca reactor, bells, whistles, etc. Set up summer 2009. Also 37g temperate atlantic "local" tank.

04/28/2009, 11:08 AM	#14
waynem Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: What day? , what time? hmm I might have been. Posts: 438	What sort of lighting are they using??

04/28/2009, 11:12 AM	#15
hatfielj Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,171	That's really great. I think this needs to happen in many more places to help not only repair natural reefs, but perhaps even help supply the hobby with maricultured frags. Anything we can do to alleviate the stress on the natural reef is very worthwhile!

04/28/2009, 12:58 PM	#16
oddballs Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tulsa, Ok. Posts: 1,753	That is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while for sure!

04/28/2009, 01:32 PM	#17
Fsurocks99 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 494	That is awesome! Good to see projects like this one! __________________ Jack Current Tank Info: SPS Dominated Biocube 14 & 40 Breeder SPS and Clam tank with a few LPS

09/09/2009, 11:11 PM	#19
Rickyrooz1 Acropora Nut Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Posts: 1,793	Nice! __________________ 120 gallon mixed reef, 30 gallon refugium, two 250 watt Phoenix 14K DE metal halides in Lumenarc stealth reflectors, Two 48" T-5's in TEK II reflectors, Vertex IN-180 protein skimmer, Mag Drive 12 return pump, one Vortech MP40w.

09/09/2009, 11:52 PM	#21
Stanley-Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stanley, NC Posts: 1,525	I thought about glueing me a matrix of plastic sticks together to mimic those to see how it would turn out....

09/10/2009, 04:03 AM	#22
jkeating2005 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 723	that is amazing! __________________ Joe Current Tank Info: 125g Mixed Reef, 150g Reef