Cultured qiant clams auqment corals for NT ornamental supplier

摘要

A tropical fish and coral supply business based in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, is working with government scientists at the Darwin Aquaculiure Centre to spawn and ongrow giant clams. These are to replace wild caught specimens for the aquarium trade and also replenish natural stocks with the assistance of indigenous communities. The marine sector of NT's aquarium fishery collects a wide range of fish and benthic organisms for live sales to local, interstate and overseas aquarium markets. Hermit crabs and corals comprise most of the marine invertebrates collected; most of these corals are dead, hard specimens detached from the reef and colonised by other organisms (known in the aquarium industry as 'live rock'). An increasingly popular variety is the mushroom anemone coral (or Corallimorph) a group of attractive 'soft corals' halfway between anemones and stony (hard) corals.