First German sexual CORAL breeding station – MUST SEE!

@jeroenmeijer9201 13. Januar 2024 um 17:01

Great video!

@Time4Reef 13. Januar 2024 um 17:47

Good news and hopefully the path for the future of our hobby !

@dusk1947 13. Januar 2024 um 17:57

The work these researchers are doing should be commended. This vein of research will have an impact on everything from deepening our general understanding, to conservation efforts, and even laying a path for marine industry and hobby advancements. Demonstrating „how“ is step one in the industry and hobby being able to replicate it.
And I love, love seeing both hobbiest’s and the marine aquarium industry pursuing captive spawning. It add such a strong potential for the long-term sustainability of this beloved hobby.
It’s great seeing fish, inverts, and now coral all being captive spawned and tank-raised. I hope this trend grows and expands within the reefing community to the same degree as our freshwater hobby cousins.

And yes, it is possible to do this in a private reef tank. Though likely not at the same scale. Richard Ross has has successfully spawned coral for two or three years in his home in California. Though he does have a professional public aquarium and research background.
The reef restoration project in Florida effectively uses all hobby grade equipment to captive spawn endangered north American coral for conservation efforts.
Being able to do this at home or in a coral farm is within reach, we can do it at home. However, it’s not easy and large parts are not fully understood. The key so far (at least anecdotally) seems to be how you set up the home tank with items like lighting and heating, that mimic tropical reef seasons. And then picking a coral species to focus on (as you need multiple genetically different members of the same species), knowing when it spawns and having a set up to capture, settle, and grow out that spawn. But, it can be done if the home reefing set-up is well planed and accounts for the unique challenges of capturing and caring for spawning coral.
Spawning has to be a focus or a goal of that home reef set up. Just like trying to captive breed marine fish at home. You won’t be successful at breeding clown fish at home, unless you’re prepared and focused on that goal, with a home system to account for those specific needs.

Yet, breeding Clowns was „impossible“ in 1970. Today we have designer clowns and any home hobbyist can breed them with care and attention to there needs. Coral spawning is at the very early stages of that same progression. If we, the hobbyist, invest our time, care, and attention to learning and developing coral spawning. And it’s researchers like these who we can thank for sharing early knowledge and methods, giving the rest of us a starting point and building out our shared knowledge.

@gauravyadav8937 13. Januar 2024 um 18:17

Reef formed from corals not islands. Islands are formed by undersea volcanoes.