Coral Propagation

Our Coral Propagation Exhibit is designed to give students experience growing corals to eventually move into our larger tropical exhibits. A variety of mother colonies grow on the rocky side that students can occasionally frag and prepare on small frag plugs displayed on the other side of the system...

Provide more info on coral asexual reproduction and potentially how this can be used to grow colonies for the aquarium trade without having to harvest corals from reefs... 

SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS

The Coral Reef exhibit is a 160-gallon independent aquarium system that illustrates many of the life support systems commonly used in aquariums. The water temperature is kept at approximately ?? degrees Fahrenheit (?? degrees C), a salinity of ??ppt, a pH near ?? and has two airlines to increase dissolved oxygen concentrations... Describe components and sumps...

SPECIES PROFILE