Coral Spawning Research - Podcast Episode 79

[Rob]

Coral Spawning Research, maybe not the top thing on everyones list, but should it be? Sexual coral reproduction is more important to the hobbyist than you might think. In this episode I Interview Jake Adams who recently completed is research trip to Puerto Rico where they began data collection efforts for just these typs of studies. Jeck out the show to hear more about his efforts

Article:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/ja/index.php



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[Victoria]

I really enjoyed this podcast. Althought I had to listen to it 2 times as the speakers voice was alittle muffled. I have great intrest in being able to breed some aquaium kept coral. I was hoping for a little more information I could us in the hobbie world. Is there some more information on coral breeding I could seek out?

[Pinecone_Jeff]

I think Jake Adam's article in Reefkeeping will go into more detail.

I also agree about the sound quality. I had to listen to it twice as well. I think Jake had a bad connection or there was some kind of interference.

[Rob]

yes, Jakes article will have more information on what they did, but likely wont go into the detail you are looking for Victoria. for that you might want to check out http://www.secore.org/

[BrianPlankis]

Since people are asking, Project DIBS is also gearing up to do coral breeding research soon and it will be aimed at the hobbyist level, attempting to breed corals in our tanks and ideally growing out the coral in dedicated rearing tanks (which might be acceptable in a frag tank as well).

The first two corals that are going to be attempted are:

Collaborative Breeding Effort #2: Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Collaborative Breeding Effort #3: Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Manicina are hard to get in the hobby, but Pocillopora are relatively easy to obtain. Everyone is invited to follow along and in the case of Pocillopora it should be relatively easy to actually attempt in most reef tanks (although getting the corals to settle in large numbers will require some extra effort).

If anyone has any questions, just let me know. Personally I'll be starting my breeding efforts in Jan/Feb of next year, but people can start gearing up now.

Brian

[BrianPlankis]

I should also point out that one of my Pocillopora colonies that will be involved in the research came from none other but Rob! Rob, this thing has recovered from the initial shipping stress and damage and has already grown 2 half inch new branches.

Brian