Material recommendation

  • 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

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