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Episode 25 - Australian Corals! Daniel Kimberley & Juno Siu (Monsoon Aquatics)

Frag Garage / Beyond The Reef Podcast

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Adam is joined by Daniel and Juno from Monsoon Aquatics, one of the largest exporters of Australian corals and fish. They discuss their sustainable methods for collecting and farming stunning corals from various regions of northern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. Their conversation covers coral spawning research, advancements in optimizing flow and stability, fragging non-colonial corals, and their work in education, restoration efforts, and raising awareness. If you are a coral importer, you can set up an account by reaching out at: hello@monsoonaquatics.com.ca . Be sure to watch this episode on YouTube, as it is loaded with photo and video content!

Monsoon Links:
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12 Comments

@MareodeBraau 1 year ago

This is by far my favourite episode I have watched it twice and it always fascinates me!

Good job!

@Fish_Ventura 2 years ago (edited)

I saw their facility on a Parker’s Reef episode. Amazing.

@PnCBio 2 years ago

Spawning out of Australia! import/export might be easier from a country already versed in exporting coral. Get spawning Adam :). Crosses of some of your pieces would be sick.

@dazsboxofwater 2 years ago

Been following monsoon for a while, great bunch of guys/ girls there , amazing stuff going ahead , cannot wait to visit next year 🙏🏼 great chat Adam, thank you.

@niagarafirecorals 2 years ago

Great job once again, Adam 👍

@NewEnglandReptile 2 years ago

I'd love to talk to you on this podcast one day! We are looking at setting up a nice reef tank in the near future!

@Dagilmou44 1 year ago

Awesome topic!

@lightsaber230 2 years ago

Can't wait for Monsoon to possibly start a facility here in WA to help ship out the corals collected here

@geraldfichtner 2 years ago

Hey Guys, your great your pioneers mix the wild and your multi gen bred..another idea take a lightweight substrate with various frags hang upside down like you would with an LED strip light! Corals under the surface of water of course, lighting from the floor under the tank bottom or Ideally on the tank bottom low side of tank flow or bottom up flow should result in some unique dimensions coral growth

@mikkostenberg1740 2 years ago

Regarding the possible CITES classification of the captive spawned corals. CITES does have "milder" classifications in such cases. However it needs to be done in such large scale for them to consider a separate classification that most likely one even larger mightnot be enough. There are plenty of good examples of this in bird breeding world such as Blue Peafowls or Ostrich. Wild Ostrich are CITES I species so practically trade is not allowed but captivebread birds and their plumes arenot CITES I and trade is allowed within certain brackets.