Loading ...Ever wonder what a coral aquaculture farm looks like? This article from Morphologic has a fascinating article detailing his time there as an intern for the Marine Aquarium Council. There’s some pretty insightful stuff in the article that I’d have never guessed.
Serangan is a good place to see a diverse collection of coral farming techniques. Some people use tables made entirely of bamboo, whose finite lifespan is demonstrated by a few splintered piles of decomposing wood. Others are made of professionally welded metal that appear to last for multiple years, despite being quite rusty. Most outfits attach the coral pugs to the tables using some sort of strapping system involving parallel rubber strips that allow for easy removal of the coral plugs for cleaning.
I love the pictures of the unwanted coral that’s grown too big to sell.
In the hobby since 2001, and has seen all kinds of fads come and go. As he gets older, Jeff is developing more and more of a conscience towards environmental concerns, especially towards reefs. Currently, he writes from Ontario, Canada, but would rather be snorkeling on a reef.
All those corals going to ‘waste’. What a shame. They should just send them to us