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[fijisrfr]

I will be in the mentawai islands surfing for the last half of March.. my question is: can I bring a frag FROM my tank and plant it on one of the reefs? I think it would be kinda cool to take a frag "œhome"

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[Pslreefer]

Nope

 

[mcgyvr]

Well.... you can....
BUT......
You could potentially be starting the end of the world as we know it..

 

[fijisrfr]

Well.... you can....
BUT......
You could potentially be starting the end of the world as we know it..

Well, I don't want to do that although, I have always thought I was destined for bigger things!


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[mcgyvr]

So you are the one...We have been waiting for you.

 

[fijisrfr]

I have arrived


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[dougiee]

Neo is that you?

 

[tkeracer619]

no, you should not do that.

 

[Orsamax]

So while I understand that it is more than likely illegal to transport such a significant ecological specimen for the purpose of (re)introduction to its natural habitat, is there any possibility of this ever happening. I'm not asking for this specific instance. I just know that organizations have at least stated that they are designed to create some sort of dooms-day vault of corals to re-seed the coral reefs if they are wiped out by disaster. Just for the fun of it, I'd like to know what, if any method, could be used to re-introduce aqua-cultured corals back into the wild. Aside from the obvious re-introduction of coral eating pests or inadvertently introducing a coral to the wrong ecosystem, are there any other considerations?

 

[mcgyvr]

I'd like to know what, if any method, could be used to re-introduce aqua-cultured corals back into the wild. Aside from the obvious re-introduction of coral eating pests or inadvertently introducing a coral to the wrong ecosystem, are there any other considerations?

Yes there are many instances of that happening already...
Google images search "coral reef restoration" will yield plenty of case studies,etc...