Post by DrBlueThumb on Apr 20, 2016 12:17:14 GMT
Aquaculturing also known as aquafarming, is what I was responsible for when I farmed marine aquatic organisms such as sponges, copepods, phytoplankton and corals. One of the most complex and diverse ecosystems on the planet, happen to be coral reefs, only rivaled by the amazon rainforest. During my twelve years of setting up, cycling and establishing home salt water coral reefs within my aquarium. I've learned that setting up my reef correctly to begin with, great husbandry and maintaining equilibrium of proper lighting, water flow, feeding strategies and water chemistry, is the key to a thriving home reef. When you have a thriving reef you will have a healthy crop, which would allow me to have a successful harvest in due season. One type of organism in which I raised and propagated/farmed were corals. Corals are farmed by coral farmers, which is also known as coral gardening. The farming of corals is used for conservation, income and by scientists for research. Businesses and the private aquarium hobbyists like myself, use coral farming or aquaculturing for the supply of the live ornamental coral trade. When I bought corals, I would buy them from a retailer, acclimate them to my home reef, where I would then grow them out to larger sizes and multiple organisms. Then I would take them and slice them up with the precision of a medical surgeon of one coral into four - eight pieces. From there I would grow those four - eight pieces into adulthood, and repeat, until I have my desired coral garden and crop. Any extra would then be traded or sold as income or to put back into my small aquaculture facility through the purchasing of equipment and more marine organisms.
