RESEARCH AT CORAL HQ
Coral HQ is proud to be the home of the Future Oceans Foundation, a pioneering organisation dedicated to restoring and protecting the world’s coral reefs. Based within The Coral Centre, this vibrant hub is where science, education, and conservation come together. From innovative reef restoration projects to global outreach and sustainability initiatives, the Foundation operates at the heart of Coral HQ’s mission to inspire and lead real change in our oceans. Visitors can learn about cutting-edge marine research, get involved in conservation efforts, and see firsthand how The Coral Centre is helping shape the future of our reefs.
The CoralPod®
Date: December 2011 - cont
System: 900mm Cube
Concept:
This is our first collaboration with Artecoloy, who are based on the Isle of Wight and this system will hold a CoralPod™ prototype.
The CoralPod™ focus's on promoting biodiversity on the reef. by encouraging all levels of life to call it home.
There are 4 CoralPods™, that make up our prototype are nesting to allow biodiversity though each layer.
The CoralPods® is simple in design, and provides complex habitat for all forms of sea life. Due to this nature, it can also be deployed in native waters here in the UK, to support other forms of life currently under threat.
This system is a very impressive 900mm cube. With the sump it's 1,000 litres of water.
December 2021
Straight away these damsels moved in!
April 2022
July 2024- Family tree:
- Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Neoglyphidodon (Genus) > melas (Species)
August 2024
We believe the CoralPod® is the most advanced reef restoration unit as it primary objective was to provide habitat, knowing corals grow on just about anything.
Previous Research Pioneered at The Coral Centre
Date: June 2021 - February 2022
System:900 x 450 x 450mm System running T5's
Emma has started her research into 'Do materials corals are propagated onto ex-situ effect growth in-situ' with Bournemouth University as part of her Degree.
June 2021
This system ran for 9 months whilst Emma conducts her experiments, as part of her dissertation, for her course she's attending at Bournemouth University.
As part of the research Emma is analysing the fluorescence of symbiotic algae between new and old growth.
We are waiting for Bournemouth University to publish our findings.
Date: July 2019 - May 2021
System: Fluval Evo 52 litre tank
For 2 years, we have been testing coral growth on to a rock made from coffee and natural cement. This has been conducted with Artecology on the Isle Of Wight. In April 2021, we moved the rock from a small nano cube to the Evo.
Opportunities to help coral research here at Coral HQ:
Does you company have an Environmental, Social, and Governance? (ESG) and looking to get into supporting coral research?
We have the following opportunities working with The Coral Centre:
We are looking for companies to sponsor a new project we are due to trial this September. This opportunity will have the potential for your business to become a household name across the whole of the UK.
We are offering one company to sponsor the NEW CoralPod™ research system, here at Coral HQ.
Supporting UK universities we work with, by sponsoring a mother colony that will be used to supply various coral fragments to students over the next few years.
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