Hi everyone,
I was thinking about the length of time it takes for one to say a coral is wild caught vs aquacultured.
For example, If I buy a colony of some acro. I frag that acro over and over again. Are the frags aquacultured? would my colony be deemed aquacultured after a while?
Or would it be something where the frags if they grew out and were fragged then they would be deemed aquacultured? As I am doing ocean acidification unit with my class this thought dawned on me and I was wondering when we as hobbyist and take the wild caught colonies and help preserve them for the future by aquaculturing them.
I would like to see some more information on this as it would be something I may want to incorporate into my lessons in the future, or once I get a full feel for the range in temperatures at my school start setting up a tank for the future. I know so far in the winter/fall months temperatures range from 84 in some rooms down to 60. So I am currently mapping out which rooms remain below 80. I need to also figure out temperature range for the summer to determine if I need a chiller.
Thanks for your comments and opinions.
I was thinking about the length of time it takes for one to say a coral is wild caught vs aquacultured.
For example, If I buy a colony of some acro. I frag that acro over and over again. Are the frags aquacultured? would my colony be deemed aquacultured after a while?
Or would it be something where the frags if they grew out and were fragged then they would be deemed aquacultured? As I am doing ocean acidification unit with my class this thought dawned on me and I was wondering when we as hobbyist and take the wild caught colonies and help preserve them for the future by aquaculturing them.
I would like to see some more information on this as it would be something I may want to incorporate into my lessons in the future, or once I get a full feel for the range in temperatures at my school start setting up a tank for the future. I know so far in the winter/fall months temperatures range from 84 in some rooms down to 60. So I am currently mapping out which rooms remain below 80. I need to also figure out temperature range for the summer to determine if I need a chiller.
Thanks for your comments and opinions.