[Coral-List] Underwater sculptures

Aaron Fischer aaron at alohareef.com
Wed Jul 4 08:32:59 EDT 2012


I've been following the development of this site for the past year or so.
Any speculation as to why this is happening?  Location, concrete mix used in
the sculptures, other? 

Thanks, 

Aaron Fischer |   972.746.6496 |   aaronjfischer at hotmail.com


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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 2:30 PM
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I have dived there numerous times and it doesn't seem to be working very
well for coral restoration. Except for some encrusting hydrozoans, other
cnidarians are not really settling there. A couple of acroporiids were
attached here and there but growth has been minimal and guessing from what
I've observed there has been some mortality of those attached corals too.

It seems to be a very efficient macro-algal farm though!

Cheers,

Jorge.



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The photos taken at the Musa site speak for themselves but to be fair, it
could be considered a question of opinion. Coral restoration or an algae
garden?

For those who value opinions; If I wanted to grow weeds, I would plant at
that Musa site. If I wanted to grow coral, I would look for an alternative
solution.

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