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09/21/2005, 07:13 PM
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ok ....where do corals come from?
me and my gf have been wondering where corals come from...
i know the reefs around where i live are protected... do they come from a part of the world where they are not? are they farm raised? also what about live rock? how is that done........ i dunno maybe you can help..... thanks cc |
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09/21/2005, 07:18 PM
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A majority come from the south pacific. Indonesia is probably the largest exporter, Bali and Fiji also have their fair share. More and more countries are beginning to look at stopping the harvesting of corals.
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09/21/2005, 07:23 PM
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cool man thanks
are there such things as coral farms? and as far as lr are there folks who just dive and pick up chunks of rock?....it seems like you would run out sooner or later.
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09/21/2005, 07:30 PM
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Yes, coral and clam farms are one of the biggest sucesses IMO for saving the reefs. No longer are these fisherman going out and harvesting just whatever they can find. The farms give them a renewable source of income.
When I first started reefkeeping, you could harvest rock out of the Gulf of Mexico. There was a place called Reef Encrustations that would harvest their own rock. Best looking stuff you've seen (and dirt cheap). I have dove on the reefs where they used to harvest from. You can't tell the difference from where they harvested and where they didn't. On these tropical islands they will crush the rock to build a road with it. I wouldn't go so far as to say it would never run out, especially with as popular as this hobby has become in the last 10 to 15 years, but there is a bunch of it out there. |
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09/21/2005, 09:28 PM
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In the United States it is illegal to harvest wild rock or stoney corals; soft corals are allowed.
The cultured Caribbean rock is calcareous rock mined from landlocked areas (midwest and northern west mainly) and dumped in specified areas of the gulf by permit; some are state owned and other are federal waters. The rock is kept under water for culturing for at least one year and then harvested by the permit holder for resale. There are several coral farms here in the US that frag and cultivate cuttings. Clams are still harvested, but many begin as tiny clams and are tank raised to larger specimens. Ed
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