We arrived at the nursery and chose the most viable candidates for transplanting to our new permanent structure. In the last week, there has been a significant colour change in the corals. I think due to the temperature and weather conditions, they are starting to struggle.
Moving them to the new structure, may cause some stress, but its slightly lower in the water and has a little bit of cover to maybe help reduce the overall stress in the long run.
In a 70 minute dive, we managed to transplant 20 corals between 3 of us. A slow process, but we need to be very careful not to damage the bases of the corals that have settled and grown over the last 6 months.
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Fingers crossed that they take to the new location.
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