REEF AQUARIUM FARMINGConference / SeminarMARCH 22 - 23 1997Captive coral, live rock and sand farming |
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A four part series of coral farming seminars in March, June, Sept. and Dec. will be held at the Foundation in Boise in 1997 to celebrate the International Year of the Reef. |
Even more entertaining was LeRoy Headlee's often unconventional wit and wisdom applied to live coral, rock and sand aquaculture. To say the least, LeRoy is quite a character. He keeps a group well involved and entertained. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the two day conference.
A four part series of coral farming seminars in March, June, Sept. and Dec. will be held at the Foundation in Boise in 1997, the International Year of the Reef. Anyone attending all four will be issued an official certificate of completion and will be ready to run their own propagation facility. Basically you'll be a coral farmer by the end of 1997! Farming... how appropriate for Idaho! But don't laugh, not only are some of the best potatoes grown in Idaho but some of the best corals and live rock are too.
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Another unique thing about this conference is that it will be directly accessible by internet in nearly real time via still frame video and script entered live at the conference. Questions and interaction will be welcomed from the internet. |
The second seminar will be a coral reef farming inventors seminar and will focus on ways to improve general production and make captive farming more successful, easier and more profitable. What ever happens, I won't miss these unique special events! Another unique thing about this conference is that it will be directly accessible by internet in nearly real time via still frame video and script entered live by a court recorder at the conference. This means if you live in South Africa, Australia or West Newbury you can just get on the net and surf to the seminars. Live questions and interaction will be welcomed from the internet.
GARF'S dream is to educate and help the public and also numerous people who would like to run independent small aquaculture facilities, even out of homes. These could supply much of the demand by hobbyists worldwide. This would alleviate pressure on the reefs and promote public awareness of the importance of the reefs through promoting aquaculture and captive reef keeping. Want to participate? Contact LeRoy or Sally Jo Headlee at GARF.
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The second seminar will be a coral reef farming |
In the late 1980's LeRoy, conservationist and founder of GARF, made a vow to never sell a live or dead coral due to the impact that it might have on the wild reefs if too many people became excited about reef aquariums. Since that time he has decided that propagation is a far better answer to this problem. But wait a minute, doesn't commercialization further the pressure on the reefs?
If done right it helps reefs, far more than a hard core tree hugger could hope to help. Take freshwater discus for example. These fish could have been seriously impacted if breeding had never taken place. So, the answer is in breeding marine fish and corals.
Instead of commercialization hurting nature, it actually benefits it by spreading around more beautiful reef aquariums that naturally make people more interested in the world's reefs and in preserving and sensibly farming them.
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