Coral Restoration Foundation Dive

Rob.D · Sep 3, 2013

Hey MTRC, I thought I would share some pics from my dive with Donny after MACNA this weekend. I bought a cheap underwater camera for the trip so please don't hate on the quality

Darn over used and mal fitted BCD!

LOL, Donny looks dead

This is a cluster of 10 8"-10" Frags of A. Cervicornis Donny and I epoxied to the reef! AKA "Rob and Donny's Reef"

A. Cervicornis that was planted by Coral Restoration Foundation just 6-8 months ago

A pair of A. Palmata frags I hung on the "Coral Trees" at the CRF nursery.

Dowtish · Sep 3, 2013

This is awesome! I am super stoked that you guys got to do that!

schooleyosis · Sep 3, 2013

Very cool and highly jealous!

Rob.D · Sep 3, 2013

mixer911 · Sep 3, 2013

Awesome Guys!!!! Wish I would have had the time to go as well.

Rob.D · Sep 3, 2013

It was the most rewarding thing I have ever done (hobby related).

reef_ranch · Sep 3, 2013

I'm so jealous. My wife and I were fortunate enough to spend time with Ken and Denise, but on dry land. Inspirational people. I did buy a second tree. I hope to be able to transplant the corals to the reef one day.

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.AcroKiller. · Sep 3, 2013

Rob this gave me a good idea. They have a donation section on that web site so for every frag that I sell I gonna donate half to them

Rob.D · Sep 4, 2013

iiluisii said:
Rob this gave me a good idea. They have a donation section on that web site so for every frag that I sell I gonna donate half to them

That's great, maybe the club could get a fund going to be donated in the name of MTRC.

.AcroKiller. · Sep 4, 2013

Or we can make an MTRC frag tank that all sales would go to them for donations

.AcroKiller. · Sep 4, 2013

Also rob were can I find that type of acro

Rob.D · Sep 4, 2013

iiluisii said:
Also rob were can I find that type of acro

All atlantic/caribbean Acroporas are protected and illegal to harvest. A. Cervicornis, A. Palmata, and A. Prolifera (a hybrid of the Cervicornis and Palmata recently discovered growing in Government cut by Colin Foord)

shellynjason · Sep 5, 2013

I would love to do something like that ... thanks for sharing. It's nice to see 'giving back' instead of always 'taking'.

NeveSSL · Sep 14, 2013

Man, that's fantastic! Not sure how I missed this thread earlier.

We have talked about doing an MTRC dive trip for years... it would be especially awesome to go down there to do conservation work and get some fun dives in, too.

How many divers do we have in the club now?

Brandon

Rob.D · Sep 14, 2013

Obviously Donny and I are certified, I know Sean (DrSly) wants to get certified, I'm not sure who else is a diver.
Unfortunately, it'll probably be another year or so before I can afford to commit to a dive trip.

NeveSSL · Sep 14, 2013

Yeah, I hear ya there. I'm definitely not thinking of taking one next month.

It would take a while to plan it, anyway.

I know Rick is also certified. Donny and I have done some dive-a-thons together before. I'm trying to think if anyone else is certified... I know a lot of former members that were... and I know a few members who are dormant who are... hmmm...

Brandon