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New Artificial Reefs

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS | Saturday, 1 September 2007 | Views [682] | Comments [1]

After months of planning, artificial reefs have been built and located in two areas outside the dive centre.  They are in 2 - 3 meters of water, making them ideal for snorkellers and DSD's.  The reefs comprise 'reef balls', which are concrete molds, hollow, with lots of holes to allow the fish access and protection.  Living coral and anenomes have been grafted onto these reef balls to start encouraging marine life.  Although they have been down for less than a week, squirrel fish have already made them home, along with various juvenille fish, yellowtail snapper and blue tangs.  I plan on publishing photos of the reef each month, showing how the reef is progressing.  In the meantime check out the video footage and photos.

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How are the reefs going now? I'd love to see how they progress and fill up with fish.

  crustyadventures Oct 18, 2007 3:30 PM

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