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Coral Propagation
Staff at ReefHQ have been propagating corals for use in experiments and display for many years. This has been a very successful program and is now a routine part of ReefHQ operations. This allows ReefHQ to choose corals that are most suited and adapted to the captive environment and place them around exhibits where they can flourish and colonise a particular area. This has been so successful for some corals that they are almost considered to be 'weedy' species in the tank
Coral Propagation
Staff at ReefHQ have been propagating corals for use in experiments and display for many years. This has been a very successful program and is now a routine part of ReefHQ operations. This allows ReefHQ to choose corals that are most suited and adapted to the captive environment and place them around exhibits where they can flourish and colonise a particular area. This has been so successful for some corals that they are almost considered to be 'weedy' species in the tankThe coral propagation program which embraces the natural ability of some coral colonies to regrow if broken under stress in the wild, such as in a storm or cyclone. This ensures the world's largest living coral reef aquarium can be maintained and developed in the most sustainable way.
Based on the same principle of propagation that is frequently used in domestic gardens to start new plants from mature ones, coral fragments are broken off from donor colonies to start new colonies. Coral fragments require particular attention in finding a suitable substrate to attach to.
