[Coral-List] Underwater sculptures

Helder Perez helder.perez at gmail.com
Wed Jul 4 10:35:27 EDT 2012


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Helder I. Pérez

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On 4 July 2012 06:32, Aaron Fischer <aaron at alohareef.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Jorge Luis
> Perez-Moreno
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 2:30 PM
> To: savecoralnow; coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater sculptures
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> [coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml..noaa.gov] on behalf of savecoralnow
> [savecoralnow at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:47 PM
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater sculptures
>
> 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.
>
>
> https://plus.google.com/photos/104423404012714791560/albums/5759855025899763
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