Utah alternative to traditional US coral farms?
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Topic: Utah alternative to traditional US coral farms?
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Subject: Utah alternative to traditional US coral farms?
Date Posted: May 25 2013 at 4:42pm
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Aloha, I'm aware that many hobbyists here buy coral online from outside Utah. Though I was immersed in the hobby for almost 20 years, in the last two years, I was on the fringes, so to speak, and soaking up the sun in paradise.  I am hoping to get some help identifying coral farms located in the US? I'm interested in knowing more about places such as: http://www.orafarm.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.orafarm.com/ Florida http://www.tropicorium.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.tropicorium.com/ Michigan http://tidalgardens.com" rel="nofollow - http://tidalgardens.com Ohio http://reefsystems.com/" rel="nofollow - http://reefsystems.com/ Ohio http://pacificeastaquaculture.com" rel="nofollow - http://pacificeastaquaculture.com Maryland Also, I would be grateful if you could share info you find regarding their sales revenue, how and with whom they do business and how they grow and distribute their products. I'm mostly interested in brick and mortar rather than home based businesses. All of this research is not for the purpose of buying coral from these growers but rather to see how we, as a cooperative effort could do the same, only a little bit better.  Mahalo in advance. Mark  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: May 25 2013 at 5:06pm
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Just found this one in San Diego
http://fhicoralfarm.com" rel="nofollow - http://fhicoralfarm.com Of course, most of us know http://garf.org" rel="nofollow - http://garf.org in Boise. We, the WMAS, first heard about GARF back in December 1995 when our new club was only ~8 months old. Three of us took a trip to Boise the following February and saw dozens of tanks filled with propagated corals. (Our jaws were dropping  ) The passing of LeRoy Headlee one year ago was unfortunate. LeRoy came to our March 1995 meeting to show us how to frag and propagate Sarcophyton/Mushroom Leather Coral. I believe his wife, Sally Jo is trying hard to keep Garf afloat. On this anniversary of his passing, it would be great if we could help in some way. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 10:23am
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bump ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 10:26am
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Wish I had the information you're looking for. I'll try doing some research on the subject and see if I can't come up with something. I'd be very interested in the same thing and perhaps starting a Utah coral farm, possibly a collective farm between members, so to speak. ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53856&title=annes-65g-rsm-reef" rel="nofollow - RSM 250 Reef |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: May 30 2013 at 7:09am
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To my fishy friends, Aloha All of those greenhouses are shaded to reduce summer heat. This eliminates the power of direct sunlight. To make up for that loss, they run electric lights over the tanks, fans to reduce summer heat and heaters to keep the water warm in the winter. Some farms don't use greenhouses because they recognized the inherent problem. They then have the same costs for lighting, heating and cooling as all of us in our homes.  What if a greenhouse was situated so that coral could have the advantage of full direct sun while at the same time benefiting from passive, no cost heating and cooling? The rough drawing below came to me in 2006, but I could not find any technology to back me up. Now is the time. The technology is now available. I'm ready to do it. You can help and in turn you will benefit from our Utah coral farm.How can you help? I feel deeply that this will be a cooperative effort of our entire local reefing community. Part of the business plan requires, of course, obtaining parent coral colonies of any size, from tiny frags to large colonies. You will help make this happen. Mahalo, Mark 808-345-1049 [email protected]  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: divinedragon13
Date Posted: May 30 2013 at 3:02pm
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if going go about set up can look into geothermal cooling |
Posted By: shawnmc
Date Posted: May 30 2013 at 9:30pm
Well i like the idea it would save some in heating cooling and power  ------------- Hello All |