Setting up a Reef Nursery

[fragged]

If a person wanted to attempt to breed and raise reef critters, does anyone have any information about setting up a "reef nursery", specifically for inverts and/or fish? Something I'd like to do in the future...every little bit helps!

Tony J.

[jman785]

Tony,

Such as breeding crabs, and snails? Most crabs and snails are wild caught, except for Nerith and others...its hard for a lot of them to breed in captivity....but some do.

What kind of nursery are you referring to? Basically it would be the same as setting up a greenhouse for aquaculture use...although you'd have schools of fish, instead of corals, or both ;-)

I'm going to document the process of turning my greenhouse into a aquaculture facility. I'm also building a new building on a piece of property with my father, that I'll incorporate a portion into another facility. I'll probably have somewhere near half the building, and over 500 sq. feet of tank room.

[fragged]

Wow, that sounds like an excellent undertaking! That's exactly what I would aspire to someday.

I'd like to breed and raise some sort of saltwater fish or invert...seems like lots of people are raising corals.

BTW Jared, my family and I visited your fair city this year over spring break...pretty cool.

[jman785]

Tony,

You visited Destin, this year? cool beans man ;)


Should have checked out my facility and my store.

[fragged]

We had a great lead on a condo down there that we couldn't pass up...if we end up going back, I'll give ya a shout! Unfortunately, I hadn't found coralforum at that time :( .

[jman785]

Definently do that. ;)