Coral "babies" are moved to their "new" home (Phase 1)

After about two weeks, the corals have settled and metamorphosed and are ready to be returned to the field or moved to the Miami Experimental Hatchery.


Corals were transported in a cooler to the Hatchery (a two hour ride) and once the water temperature had equilibrated, they were transferred into a holding tank. The recruits will acclimate here for several days and then be divided between several treatments as we work with Tom Capo and the staff of the hatchery to design the optimum rearing conditions.

Phillip Gillette placing the settlement tile with coral recruits into the holding tank.