I will! I have to get another picture of the Porites babies. They’ve grown so much!
Thanks for sharing, beautifulHello fellow reefers! I am a member of the Outreach and Engagement team at FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Ft. Pierce, FL. I recently got my Masters Degree at FAU HBOI and I now work to convey the research being done by the scientists and engineers at the Institute. One way that I am able to do this is by creating and maintaining live displays at our visitors center. As a long time hobbyist this was very exciting for me! I was particularly excited to be able to care for a variety of protected Caribbean hard corals in our Florida coral reef aquarium. As a fellow stick head I wanted to share with you all some of the SPS that are in this tank. Let me know what you think!
Acropora cervicornis (Florida Staghorn coral)
Oculina diffusa - a nearshore species found from Ft. Pierce to North Carolina
Porites asteroides (Mustard Hill Coral) both day and night
Acropora palmata (Florida Elkhorn coral) nighttime
Montastrea cavernosa (Great Star Coral) - I know its more of an LPS but its still really cool
For more details check out my build thread!
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/1...t-the-ocean-discovery-visitors-center.413700/
LOLThat’s what I said! Lol
You’re welcome! And thank you!
Thanks! And Bomber?
That is our guess. Off the top of my head I don’t know if Porites is hermaphroditic or not but we wouldn’t know for sure without doing some genetics. Plus I’m not sure I want to sacrifice one of my babies to find out lol
Yeah same. I think some species can self fertilize internally and then release fertilized eggs. Not sure if Porites does this. And I can’t wait either! I continually find babies ive missed to the point where I think we have close to 20!
Thank you!
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Nice!Thank you!
I have a full equipment list on my build thread:
Build Thread - 180 Gallon Florida Coral Reef Aquarium Build at the Ocean Discovery Visitors Center
Hi guys! I work as a graduate student assistant and aquarist at the Ocean Discovery Visitors Center. We are a small educational facility designed to showcase all of the research being conducted by the marine scientists and engineers at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic...
The quick rundown:
3 Radion XR30 G4 Pros 100% all channels
4x80w T5 retrofit 6500k
2 MP60QD 60% Anti-sync Gyre
Vectra M1 Return
Trigger Systems Triton 44 Sump w/large refugium
Reef Octo 152S
BRS Calcium, Soda Ash and Mg
The farthest branching coral tends to end around Palm Beach but the furthest shallow water hard coral reef is just off the St. Lucie Inlet (Stuart). There is also a deepwater Oculina reef (discovered by one of our researchers) that runs all the way to North Carolina!
You bet! You can google deepwater Oculina verrucosa reef, John Reed and Harbor Branch Oveanographic Institute or when I get back to the office I can find pictures on our media drive. Our subs have been down to those reefs several times and have taken photos and videos. Our longest running employee, John Reed, originally found it lockout diving in the 70s.
