- Latex Gloves to protect the coral from you (latex is natural and degrades, where as Nitrile etc. do not)
- Gloves to protect yourself from substrate cutting you
- Cotton gloves work well
- Mechanic style gloves are great, thin with rubber coating
- Super Glue type 2 (for surface method)
- Super Glue Gel? I haven’t tried yet, but want to try underwater. Lmk if you have tried it!
- Tubs to hold water while gluing
- Baskets to move substrate.
- Weights on baskets with belts is sometimes helpful! Especially deep
- Rope to hoist baskets
- Tie knots on the rope for 3 & 6 meter… depths
- Ziploc bag or small containers for fragments or buckets with ropes
- Bone cutters (cutting forceps) (surgical tool/instrument suppliers)
- Ethyl Alcohol for cleaning tools
Optional
- Marking system for nurseries – discouraged, just map the site
- Hammer & Chisel for large polyp coral fragments