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Research : Culturing

Reef Encounters aquacultures corals suitable for the home aquarium. We are developing improvements to generate hardy specimens sought after by the beginner and experienced hobbyists alike. We share this information with the intent to help support the coral aquaculture cottage industry and ask only that credit is acknowledged where we are sharing original and valuable information.

The following culturing topics are currently under investigation:

•  Energy efficient systems

•  Measuring growth rates

•  Lighting protocols

•  Non photosynthetic species

•  Dry-shipping of SPS corals

•  Propagation techniques

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