🪸 We can only do these projects because of our Mossy Earth Members! So if you would like to help out you can become a member here: www.mossy.earth/ We use our rewilding budget to try and restore nature in the most impactful ways. Focusing on keystone species, big impact multiplying ideas and neglected ecosystems. Its fun but above all its impactful in bringing wilderness back to our landscapes. Cheers, Duarte
l give idea to replace plastic zip,,,, 1. using bamboo materials,,, 2. using penjalin ( Yudi know that material) 3. using part of banana,,,, take under the sun before using,,,,
Magnificent work, Duarte. These structures are simplistic by design but with careful modeling and calculating each length and width of those bars, it was able to house more than one species of coral and it is actually a very good idea to have multiple species so that the ecosystem can become truly diverse as it grows. They’re like seeds: once they take root, you nurture them around the clock and once they get a good foothold, the rest will take care of itself. I have a slightly strange request that I believe can be a great help for the organization. There’s a fellow UA-camr who sends videos of many animals across the world with his camera traps. Some of them feature invasive species like hare and boars in South America and of course, foxes and deer in Australia. Perhaps you can use this to help those tackling this situation. He calls himself B Wild. Check it out. 😉
I think the common point of all your videos is, once you give life a little push, the rest takes care of itself. It's amazing to see the cascading effect. Now imagine how it will look in 5, 10, 20 years... keep up the good work!
Exactly! That is the whole idea of rewilding. We do not want a solution that requires us to be there the whole time. We need to help nature to fix what we broke and then let the master artist decide how it will look like in the end :) - Cheers, Duarte
I think it's because they work with many scientists whom have studied all of these systems very thoroughly, building up the many chains of cause-and-effect in the web of life for each region. It's never "just one thing," after all, but a whole system of immense complexity. Once you understand it, though, you know exactly which are the most vital parts to tuck in there so the rest can come along much more naturally.
I remember a while ago me and my family took a trip to Hawaii and during that trip we went to a coral reef spot that my mom was hyping up and we were all excited for. When we showed up she was so disappointed from how much the reef had died. Needless to say, thank you for doing this for our planet.
Also during the same trip I also saw a banded beaked sea snake but I didn't know what it was until now. VERY glad I immediately swam to shore after seeing it XD.
@@dai-nippon_digger we were in hanauma bay if that means anything, and it very well could not have been one (I don't know Hawaiian marine biology), but I remember it looking EXACTLY like the one in this video. Scared my 12 year old self back to shore haha
I have a similar experience to your mothers, but a forest. Travelled to the same area in Thailand five years apart, and the rainforest I had loved the first time was completley gone.
@@dai-nippon_digger Sea snakes Hawaii is the only US state where sea snakes are found, but only one species has been reported in Hawaiian waters: the Pelamis platurus, which is the only open-ocean marine snake.
Hi🐠 I’ve been in Indonesia for two months, snorkeling in spots like Nusa Penida and the Gili Islands. One day, I suddenly came across your project, and I found it so exciting! I’m an engineer specializing in sustainable product design, and your metal structures for coral restoration got me thinking. I’ve observed that more fish gather where your work has been done compared to the barren areas of dead coral. However, it’s still not comparable to the biodiversity near a big pinnacle, where marine life thrives. From my perspective, 3D-printed clay structures could be an excellent way to recreate pinnacles with channels and cavities for fish to lay eggs and form new colonies. Corals could be attached to these structures to grow into larger, natural-like pinnacles. I’m not suggesting covering the entire area but perhaps placing one structure every 4 square meters. This approach could significantly boost biodiversity by providing large nesting areas for hundreds of species while complementing your current efforts. Let me know if you’d be interested in collaborating someday! As a professional in 3D printing, I could support this initiative with knowledge and investment. Thanks for reading, and if you’ve made it this far, I’m glad something in my message caught your interest. Keep up the amazing work! 💙
One of the problems I foresee with your idea and is probably the reasons they use these metal structures is its ability to allow current and flow through and around the structure. As someone who has kept reef tanks, one of the most important aspects of keeping coral healthy and thriving is proper flow. Depending on species(Like the acropora we see in the video), having fast moving flow is essential to it's growth. If you were to put up a large structure that blocked flow it would change the dynamic of the reef in that area. And Yes, once the coral get large enough it will essentially do the same thing but at a much slower rate allowing mother nature to make the change. Your idea would probably work better in a deeper part of the reef where the flow/current is not as strong. But still, a great idea!
THANK YOU!! You guys need to visit Sulawesi - Salisi' Besar Hope Reef one of the largest ongoing coral reef restoration effort in the world.... it is the location where the Reef Stars were first developed, and of course to meet the team :)
My suggestion : Having taller structure sizes, to mimic nature and create a variety of environments like in natural reefs. A taller structure surrounded by 4 smaller ones for example :)
I was thinking the same thing, funnily enough. I'm quite sure that a variety of heights would provide little sheltered zones that would appeal to even more species of fish, given time.
Proud to be part of the funding! In 16 months I supported 27 projects, 14 ecosystems and 642 target species - first time checking in on these stats thats amazing!
It's so exciting to see this project coming along! I'm a Lyft driver and gave a ride to a college student who is studying to do this exact kind of work, so it was really fun to be able to have an actual conversation with him about it thanks to what I've learned from the videos on this project (and of course steer him to check your channel out!)
That sounds like a really scalable method with fantastic results! I hope you can both continue this deployment and that other organizations and governments pick up on it as well! edit: spelling fix
@@MossyEarth for larger scale it needs automation or streamlining, consider inspiration from the bedford rl bobbin, if you can find a way to make sections of a "mat" that can be linked together from shorter sections into a long roll, and deployed from the boat you can cover a very large area at once, and focus on attaching coral segments
@@bugz000 - That's an excellent idea! I can imagine a wide and very long mat being slowly unrolled from a boat and gently being lowered to the seabed. A boat could even carry a number of rolls at a time.
@@MossyEarth well there is a promising start, yes. Maybe we need to wait 5 or 10 years to understand how long the structure will stand and if the reef will be able to anchor by itself on the true ground. We need to understand if the deep is correct and if it will survive extreme event.
Do the corals grow on top of each other over time, building into the taller underwater pinnacles you showed us? Im curious how those pinnacles get so big. Thank you for showing us this amazing project!
Im a little late to this, but I'm a gardener, and was teary eyed in the fact that this is also a garden. The life that has come back after just a short time is proof that with a little care, we can help the earth repair.
It was surprisingly emotional for me to see the progress on this project. Thank you so much for the hard work and for the infusion of faith that there are others who truly care about our natural world. You guys are heroes.
Ahhhh after seeing all the field not updates this is making me cry 😭😭 Im so happy that you guys are doing these well thought out, impactful projects for ecosystems that are the most vulnerable. Organizations like Mossy Earth are saving the Earth for our future generations
I've contributed to a few projects as a member. If you even have $3 to $5 per month to donate that's amazing. It keeps you interested and ready to fund a project if & when you're able. Cheers!
as indonesian, i appreciate your project to my country. thankyou for the mossy earth member too, for saving our ecosystem. i hope this project can sustain fo many2 years. and bring awareness to our people for protecting coral
There are few channels whose videos put as much of a massive grin/smile on my face, as yours do ^^ Thank you for the INCREDIBLE work that you do and restoring our planet 💚 you're heroes!
Thank you for the lovely comment :) These projets and videos are hard work and the results really make it worth it. However, for me personally there is also something special about making people hopeful and happy! - Cheers, Duarte
I’ve done similar work in the Caribbean before and we used zipties for a while, but recently have switched to mixing cement on the boat and dropping it down in buckets for the divers to use to attach the corals by using the cement as a glue to push the corals into. So try looking into cement as an option!!!
exactly my thoughs. in the captive reefing community super glue or cement is used to fexo the corals. i have no clue about the the price tags on all 3 methods (cement, super glue, cable ties) buts this sounds worth a reconsideration
This is my favorite project of mossy earth. The results are incredible. If you could do a video on how this reef is now or a timelapse it would be amazing 😊
Wow I've never seen coral grow so fast! It makes me so happy seeing all those fishes moving in. 🥰 Can't wait to see how those corals look when they're even bigger~
I really love the update on this project🙌🏻🐟😀 This coral reef restoration initiative really excites me and I cannot wait what the future holds as it is scaled.💪🏻 I funded an extra reef star as a proud mossy earth member. If others have the ability to be a member, please do become one😉
Hey! That really means a lot to us. Thank you for supporting our work directly as a member. I really can't say it enough. It is the only thing that makes it all happen :) And on top of that thank you for accelerating the project with an extra structure and look forward to see it deployed in January / February! - Cheers, Duarte
This is such a cool project. I don't want to weigh any of Mossy Earth's projects in importance, I think they all are incredibly meaningful. But this artificial coral reef certainly is one of the most visually stunning ones.
Exactly, sometime we are helping less obviously exciting species or ecosystems. However, we can be happy when it is something this visual and exciting! - Cheers, Duarte
Hey, I’m 15 and a really big fan of your guys work. I really love how much you guys are doing for these coastal areas. I’m from Hawaii and while many people think of it as just a vacation spot, Hawaii to scientists is known as the extinction capital. There are probably hundreds of thousands of pandemic, birds plants insects, corals fish, etc that are either on the verge of extinction or already extinct. I hope that one day you guys can start work over here and really help. Make a change as many of the organizations and government don’t do much to help rejuvenate the forests and reefs. It’s really sad to see because I personally love all the unique honey, creepers and birds that have thrived for millions of years on these remote islands to be gone within a century or a couple decades. One bird that I always get teary-eyed about is the Kauai O’o. You’ve probably seen the video of the last recording of its mating call and they were also the last of the O’o family. What you guys are doing here is very special and I love how you guys work all around the world to help these ecosystems to thrive and become wild again. Hopefully you guys get to see this comment and there can be some work done in Hawaii. I am really proud and really amazed that all the progress you have made and have been binge watching your videos nonstop. Please do not give up and keep giving all of us, your loyal subscribers something to look forward to and smile through for the rest of the day.
That’s so sad about the extinction of your animals & plants. I had not heard that about Hawaii, but unfortunately it doesn’t surprise me - just the number of visitors you guys get to your beautiful islands must adversely affect your vegetation & wildlife. And the next four years are going to be even worse with Dump, his cabinet of billionaires out to strip the country of as much of its lucrative resources as possible & its anti-focus on climate change & conservation priorities. I hope you guys can draw attention to the plight of your species in danger of extinction & fight for their conservation. We aren’t doing enough in Australia either & it’s tragic how many species are at risk. At least we are actively fighting against further fossil fuel exploitation of our country though. But still, even with the ever increasing numbers & intensity of disasters & our active conservation efforts, it’s not enough. As guardians of the earth, which is what I feel in my soul that we should be, every time I see wild animals come to people for help - particularly the ocean wildlife asking for help to remove hooks & other debris, we are failing. I can only hope that the people who care can turn this around soon. 🤗💕from Australia 🇦🇺🐨
Your passion and love for Hawaii’s unique ecosystems are truly inspiring. It’s amazing to see someone your age speaking up for the environment with so much heart and knowledge.Maybe one day, you’ll lead efforts to rejuvenate the forests and reefs you care so deeply about. Keep learning, and sharing your thoughts, it make a difference:) 🌱
Mossy Earth -- you are the first environmental action group I have ever set up monthly donations to. Seeing your impact, your team, and rigorous reporting on biodiversity has been SO satisfying. Keep it up!
Whaaa... I didn't know you guys were doing a reef project in my home country. All I can say is, thank you. Thank you for helping. Hopefully this project, and your other projects, will be on this planet for centuries.
11:00 Stainless steel contains a large amount of chrome to prevent rust. Chrome is a fairly toxic metal and the salt water will slowly break it down into chromium chlorides that will dissolve into the water. Hopefully by the time that happens the coral has fully engulfed it in thick inert chalk and the living surface layer is far away from the metal.
@@TheHadesShade It needs to be in harsh conditions for a long time before it decays. Electrolysis or leaving it in salt water for years is what it takes to break the alloy apart.
I'm 63 and This is amazing to me! I'm impressed with your plan. The structures are sure doing well! Thanks for taking care of the earth! Well done. We as humans need to grow trees and save the oceans! Everyone plant trees everywhere!
The section around 5 minutes is such a specific vibe. The 'divers having a snack on the boat between dives' vibe. It's a good vibe. Makes me nostalgic.
THIS should be implimented for resorts , like where ever there is a resort where there are natural coral rief , the resort should build this . they can make it interactive where guest can suite up gear up and go install the structures , im sure people on vacation would love to have these options .
You can see monthly updates on our Mossy Earth Field Notes channel! Here on the main channel you can expect them once or twice a year moving forward :) - Cheers, Duarte
I could watch those videos for hours. Thank you for what you guys and this community are doing for the earth. You are all Legends, greetings from Germany
This brought tears. Been following this rewilding since it started, and you guys have done so much and so good! Have you looked into a massive volunteer event to deploy structures and attach coral? I feel like now is a great time for that because every little bit of help now can transpire to easier coral growth under there. More corals attached now = more coral spawn. In 5 months time we’ve seen that happen, so doubling the efforts now could cascade to more growth in the near future. Probably have to stockpile structures before a volunteer event, or have a separate volunteer event welding and creating structures. All in all, can’t say how much i am proud of everyone involved in these projects. Everyone from the team, to everyone watching the videos. You all rock!
We need to find the capacity to organise such things. We would still need the boats, materials, dive gear, fuel etc. So it is not just people but certainly a lot of our projects could benefit from people helping out. - Cheers, Duarte
I’ve been keeping up with the field notes as this project goes on (and with others), and while I haven’t been one of the people with a suggestion to try, I’m so happy to see that everyone is acting as a think-tank to make the project as effective as possible. It’s heartening to have you guys take the suggestions and run with them and I love seeing the reef explode with life. Can’t wait for the next update!
We need longer shots of those reefs! I would love a 30-40 min video of that. No fancy editing, just calm footage of the reefs, where we could observe and explore the life you have brought back. You could for example place down a camera, facing away towards another section, while you do inspection work for longer recordings. Or maybe just stich together some shorter shots, like the one shown on the monitor. Maybe it's the scandinavian in me, but I've always loved slow-TV (Yes, it's an actual genre)!
Thank you for your wonderful work restoring these magical ocean ecosystems! (I'm a 73 year old woman and was able to hold my breath throughout your dive! Yay!!!)
Very impressive! It warms this old girls heart. I watch so many nature documentaries, and they all end with how everything on earth is dying. This is what we can do about it! That is a good feeling! I honestly stopped watching nature documentaries for awhile, the ending were always so sad and left me feeling in despair, helpless and angry. Thanks for giving us an encouraging look at what is being done! This leaves me feeling happy. Soon I hope to be able to become a member. Your grandparents must be so proud of you guys! I sure am!
This is so amazing and the fact that only around 2% is failing is incredible! The team is doing a great job and it really shows that there is still hope for us
I don't have much knowledge in this fields and I'm really impressed by your work and the fantastic results. I noticed that the whole structure takes the shape of a vast carpet. I wonder if it would be possible to add more height (as the huge rocks shown in the videos), Maybe it would add a more nature-mimicking identity and more diverse environments. Anyway congrats and thank you for your hard work !
I saw a show named Omni where they made a reef off Florida by staking out steel wire attached to a low power generator using the water flow to power the generator. This caused chemicals in the ocean to attach to the wires. After that, with the good foundation, corals migrated and attached to the foundations and attracted the fish. It is great that there are people like you and them creating these reefs with the help of nature.
so freaking awesome for what you've done, I really love coral reef and when the first video about this came out I'm so excited. I hope you and yudi continue with your amazing work and keep updating about the reef on the main channel!
Thank you for the lovely comment! We will post every month on the field notes channel about this project. For the main channel videos probably once or twice a year :) Hoping to make a whole documentary out of it though which should be cool! - Cheers, Duarte
I think this is absolutely amazing! I come from the Florida Keys, where a lot of the reefs are dying, if not dead and bleached out. And to have a project like this, bring the Florida Keys reef back to its wonderful world. It was at one point would be amazing. The project you guys are doing goes far beyond just growing some coral. The health of the ocean determines the health of the world. And if the ocean dies the world dies. It’s all tied together and if this project is showing so much promise, I can’t wait to see what could be done in the next 50 years and what we could possibly bring back and revitalize in the next 50 years
it had been a while since i saw your vids, actually decided to get caught up with your channel today. watched a few video's including the first one for the coral reef. you cant imagine my surprise when i literally see a new video pop up about these reefs that got posted minutes ago. I love the beautiful work you guys are doing. thank you for being so hands on with fixing nature!
Maybe we can release this on our Field Notes channel! Would be a brilliant idea. I watched many 10+ minute videos Yudi sent me and it was lovely to just sit there... - Cheers, Duarte
Have you thought about, bringing more variety in height? While this already looks awesome, I can image for the fish and larger animals some kind of towers 2-4 times the base height of the structure in the same meshlike design, would bring even more hiding spots and boost biodiversity. Currently, everything is a little flat and looking at the original intact reefs, the difference in the relief is what makes them so stunning. I believe the implementation of the "towers" shouldn't be too complicated, as you could just weld the current support structures together on top of each other. Keep up the great work!
Seeing how much the coral has grown made my heart SO happy! You guys have no idea what it means to me to be able to help restore what's been broken when I physically can't get out and help due to my mobility issues. I have never been more proud to be a member than I was when I saw those little fish making a home on the reef we built for them together! 🥰🥰
You guys are awesome! Please keep up the good work. You are soooo needed and making small impact now can turn into a huge impact later in life! Very inspirational stuff!
Glad to see you taking the ideas and feedback from the community and putting in effort to find the best solution that balances the success in attaching the coral and the long term effects of the attachment method
First I've heard of this project and organization. What amazing hope you give to the recreation of these reefs. Artificial or not, they are rebuilding life. Job well done.
As a hobbyist coral grower(in aquariums) I have a feeling that any biodegradable plastics used to attatched the coral may cause more problems then it solves. In this video you show how the coral grows over the zip ties. Now imagine this happening with a biodegradable plastic, this plastic will likely continue its degredation process even after fully encrusted over by the coral. As this biodegradable plastic breaks down, the compounds left behind will be trapped forever in a pocket inside of the coral skeleton. But these compounds are organic materials and thus it is highly likely that they will have a significant affect on the corals healthy, either by negatively affecting the water chemistry inside of the pocket or simply by their direct absorption into the coral by osmosis these compounds may have a toxic nature towards the corals.
You’re absolutely right! When biodegradable polymers undergo hydrolysis they release acids as a byproduct which if unable to escape can build up to a very high pH
Wrong. Those zip ties will be encrusted in calcium carbonate for the next thousand years. Never to be heard from again. If it harms any of the coral it would be the few polyps by the zip tie and not the thousands of polyps growing away from the tie. Coral is not one living thing, it’s thousands living on a skeleton of non living calcium. It’s not a tree.
As the coral grows however, the plastic will be covered by inert calcium carbonate and other skeletal elements. It will be fully sealed against any living part of the coral by the time it starts breaking down
Hey Julia! So nice of you to be a member! I can't say it enough times... it really only happens because of you. This is your coral reef! - Cheers, Duarte
You guys made my day... It's so mesmerizing to watch and see the incredible work you guys did for mother earth ❤ I want to contribute, for sure! Thank you beautiful souls 🙏🏼
You can see monthly updates on this project over on our Mossy Earth Field Notes channel. Here on the main channel you can expect an update every 6 months or so yea :) - Cheers, Duarte
If you're using a lot of steel ties, you might consider buying a tie twister. It's basically a spring with a hook at the end. When you pull on it, it twists the end, making it really quick to attach the tie. They're used in construction, for attaching rebar. I think they're about $20.
Main concern is how long the ties last in salt water. I doubt those steel ties can hold together before the corals take their footing. Unless they make some stainless steel versions.
I was mesmerized. Amazing transformation!! You called it a little desert, well it is no longer desert, but a beautiful thriving eco system!! Thank you, thank you! And more videos of its progress later on, please...xoxox
After years of hustle I finally got a good job, so I became a member. I love your projects, and how you try to find ways to restore nature and accomplish sustainable results. I hope these artificial coral reefs will lead to more habitats for marine life and an improvement in water quality and CO2 absorption. I love it, that you continue to find new ways but also keep working on your projects. You're doing an important part for this world!
Amazing! Thank you so much for being a member. You are right it is truly what allows that team to be out there every day rebuilding these reefs! - Cheers, Duarte
Glad you enjoy the project! We only have capacity for our current team but the world needs a lot of people working on this. If you want to do it I am sure there is a way in! - Cheers, Duarte
I congratulate you for your devoted work. It has been a great project. I hope that such projects will spread all over the world and that humanity will correct itself towards a more natural life. Thank you, friends of the world.❤❤❤❤❤❤💖💝
Thank you! It is such a visual transformation... I really look forward to seeing the reef completely hide the structures and also what coral diversity eventually emerges :) - Cheers, Duarte
The issue with this would be that the current would probably knock it down. I think we essentially need to give nature a base and let it take care of the rest! - Cheers, Duarte
🪸 We can only do these projects because of our Mossy Earth Members! So if you would like to help out you can become a member here: www.mossy.earth/
We use our rewilding budget to try and restore nature in the most impactful ways. Focusing on keystone species, big impact multiplying ideas and neglected ecosystems. Its fun but above all its impactful in bringing wilderness back to our landscapes.
Cheers,
Duarte
l give idea to replace plastic zip,,,,
1. using bamboo materials,,,
2. using penjalin ( Yudi know that material)
3. using part of banana,,,, take under the sun before using,,,,
This looks like an incredible project! Can you release that video you showed at 14:15 so we can make a custom desktop screensaver with it :)
Magnificent work, Duarte. These structures are simplistic by design but with careful modeling and calculating each length and width of those bars, it was able to house more than one species of coral and it is actually a very good idea to have multiple species so that the ecosystem can become truly diverse as it grows. They’re like seeds: once they take root, you nurture them around the clock and once they get a good foothold, the rest will take care of itself. I have a slightly strange request that I believe can be a great help for the organization. There’s a fellow UA-camr who sends videos of many animals across the world with his camera traps. Some of them feature invasive species like hare and boars in South America and of course, foxes and deer in Australia. Perhaps you can use this to help those tackling this situation. He calls himself B Wild. Check it out. 😉
News headlines 2000 years in the future:
Scientists discover massive coral reef with “metal roots”. What could have caused this.
10:46
This is one of the least applicable communities for that joke
I think the common point of all your videos is, once you give life a little push, the rest takes care of itself. It's amazing to see the cascading effect. Now imagine how it will look in 5, 10, 20 years... keep up the good work!
Exactly! That is the whole idea of rewilding. We do not want a solution that requires us to be there the whole time. We need to help nature to fix what we broke and then let the master artist decide how it will look like in the end :) - Cheers, Duarte
I think it's because they work with many scientists whom have studied all of these systems very thoroughly, building up the many chains of cause-and-effect in the web of life for each region. It's never "just one thing," after all, but a whole system of immense complexity. Once you understand it, though, you know exactly which are the most vital parts to tuck in there so the rest can come along much more naturally.
@@MossyEarth thank you Duarte! Proud to be a backer of you guys :)
The trick is to give the right push at the right spot.
Life, uh, finds a way.
The ocean is my home away from home, from the bottom of my heart I thank you and your team. The world needs more orginizations like this.
Thank you!
well done!
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you just gave away 40% of this donation to youtube
@@XauUsd.46 thx for pointing that out! thats an ugly youtube bullshit. greedy arses.
sidenote: sure about 40%? i found the info that it would be 30%.
I remember a while ago me and my family took a trip to Hawaii and during that trip we went to a coral reef spot that my mom was hyping up and we were all excited for. When we showed up she was so disappointed from how much the reef had died. Needless to say, thank you for doing this for our planet.
Also during the same trip I also saw a banded beaked sea snake but I didn't know what it was until now. VERY glad I immediately swam to shore after seeing it XD.
@@imlittleflamewow! Sea snakes don't normally live out here in Hawaii. I have never seen a single one.
@@dai-nippon_digger we were in hanauma bay if that means anything, and it very well could not have been one (I don't know Hawaiian marine biology), but I remember it looking EXACTLY like the one in this video. Scared my 12 year old self back to shore haha
I have a similar experience to your mothers, but a forest. Travelled to the same area in Thailand five years apart, and the rainforest I had loved the first time was completley gone.
@@dai-nippon_digger Sea snakes
Hawaii is the only US state where sea snakes are found, but only one species has been reported in Hawaiian waters: the Pelamis platurus, which is the only open-ocean marine snake.
Hi🐠 I’ve been in Indonesia for two months, snorkeling in spots like Nusa Penida and the Gili Islands. One day, I suddenly came across your project, and I found it so exciting! I’m an engineer specializing in sustainable product design, and your metal structures for coral restoration got me thinking.
I’ve observed that more fish gather where your work has been done compared to the barren areas of dead coral. However, it’s still not comparable to the biodiversity near a big pinnacle, where marine life thrives.
From my perspective, 3D-printed clay structures could be an excellent way to recreate pinnacles with channels and cavities for fish to lay eggs and form new colonies. Corals could be attached to these structures to grow into larger, natural-like pinnacles. I’m not suggesting covering the entire area but perhaps placing one structure every 4 square meters. This approach could significantly boost biodiversity by providing large nesting areas for hundreds of species while complementing your current efforts.
Let me know if you’d be interested in collaborating someday! As a professional in 3D printing, I could support this initiative with knowledge and investment.
Thanks for reading, and if you’ve made it this far, I’m glad something in my message caught your interest. Keep up the amazing work! 💙
The idea sounds great, but you wouldn´t have to 3D print clay. You can form mounds by hand - much quicker and cheaper.
Excellent idea.
One of the problems I foresee with your idea and is probably the reasons they use these metal structures is its ability to allow current and flow through and around the structure. As someone who has kept reef tanks, one of the most important aspects of keeping coral healthy and thriving is proper flow. Depending on species(Like the acropora we see in the video), having fast moving flow is essential to it's growth. If you were to put up a large structure that blocked flow it would change the dynamic of the reef in that area. And Yes, once the coral get large enough it will essentially do the same thing but at a much slower rate allowing mother nature to make the change. Your idea would probably work better in a deeper part of the reef where the flow/current is not as strong. But still, a great idea!
THANK YOU!! You guys need to visit Sulawesi - Salisi' Besar Hope Reef one of the largest ongoing coral reef restoration effort in the world.... it is the location where the Reef Stars were first developed, and of course to meet the team :)
lol I didn’t know IDR meant Indonesian Rupiah and thought you donated $250k USD or $4 billion IDR.
@Ivan.A.Churlyuski wow! 😄😄 I'm sorry to disappoint!
I had to check how much 250,000 IDR is xD Really big numbers.
Thanks for pointing out Sulawesi, was interesting learning about their coral reef projects!!
Did I read this right? 250,000?!
My suggestion :
Having taller structure sizes, to mimic nature and create a variety of environments like in natural reefs. A taller structure surrounded by 4 smaller ones for example :)
that is what i was thinking
I was wondering about this myself. Perhaps if they ever have a location with some random die-off, placing a structure higher might be an option.
Yesss- that’d be really cool
I agree. Taller and even one larger that looks like a dome or igloo to mimic the supermassive Porites colonies
I was thinking the same thing, funnily enough. I'm quite sure that a variety of heights would provide little sheltered zones that would appeal to even more species of fish, given time.
Proud to be part of the funding! In 16 months I supported 27 projects, 14 ecosystems and 642 target species - first time checking in on these stats thats amazing!
Thats my most liked comment so far :D thx
ur a great person!!
That's awesome!
That’s incredible. Great job 🫶🏼
🎉🎉🎉
It's so exciting to see this project coming along! I'm a Lyft driver and gave a ride to a college student who is studying to do this exact kind of work, so it was really fun to be able to have an actual conversation with him about it thanks to what I've learned from the videos on this project (and of course steer him to check your channel out!)
Thank you for sharing! That is a lovely story to hear :) - Cheers, Duarte
¡Gracias!
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Thank you for all you do. Will support more in future as I am able.
That sounds like a really scalable method with fantastic results! I hope you can both continue this deployment and that other organizations and governments pick up on it as well!
edit: spelling fix
We hope to also work on some other techniques that might have even more scale to them. More on this in future videos ;) - Cheers, Duarte
@@MossyEarth for larger scale it needs automation or streamlining, consider inspiration from the bedford rl bobbin, if you can find a way to make sections of a "mat" that can be linked together from shorter sections into a long roll, and deployed from the boat you can cover a very large area at once, and focus on attaching coral segments
@@bugz000 - That's an excellent idea! I can imagine a wide and very long mat being slowly unrolled from a boat and gently being lowered to the seabed. A boat could even carry a number of rolls at a time.
@@MossyEarth well there is a promising start, yes. Maybe we need to wait 5 or 10 years to understand how long the structure will stand and if the reef will be able to anchor by itself on the true ground. We need to understand if the deep is correct and if it will survive extreme event.
Do the corals grow on top of each other over time, building into the taller underwater pinnacles you showed us? Im curious how those pinnacles get so big. Thank you for showing us this amazing project!
Wow! It's so nice to see the small corals again!
They are looking a lot bigger now ;) - Cheers, Duarte
Always so excited to see a new Mossy Earth video :D
Happy to hear that! Enjoy the new video :) - Cheers, Duarte
Absolutely! And the additional vlogs are amazing as well, keep up the good work, all you guys are amazing!
Honestly one of the few things I stop to watch the SECOND I see it.
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying those. We think it is a great way to connect :) - Cheers, Duarte
Im a little late to this, but I'm a gardener, and was teary eyed in the fact that this is also a garden. The life that has come back after just a short time is proof that with a little care, we can help the earth repair.
We need more people like you guys, keep going❤❤
Wow that is a stylish symbol for currency.
It was surprisingly emotional for me to see the progress on this project. Thank you so much for the hard work and for the infusion of faith that there are others who truly care about our natural world. You guys are heroes.
Ahhhh after seeing all the field not updates this is making me cry 😭😭
Im so happy that you guys are doing these well thought out, impactful projects for ecosystems that are the most vulnerable.
Organizations like Mossy Earth are saving the Earth for our future generations
Glad you enjoyed the update! I hope they are happy tears! Thank you for following along here and on the Field Notes channel :) - Cheers, Duarte
It was in fact so touching!!! I had to hold my tears back😭 so beautiful and I am so happy it is being restored
Me too 🥲
Literally just said this to my gf lol
I've contributed to a few projects as a member. If you even have $3 to $5 per month to donate that's amazing. It keeps you interested and ready to fund a project if & when you're able. Cheers!
as indonesian, i appreciate your project to my country. thankyou for the mossy earth member too, for saving our ecosystem. i hope this project can sustain fo many2 years. and bring awareness to our people for protecting coral
Terima kasih.
Terima kasih to you 🙏🏼
There are few channels whose videos put as much of a massive grin/smile on my face, as yours do ^^
Thank you for the INCREDIBLE work that you do and restoring our planet 💚 you're heroes!
Thank you for the lovely comment :) These projets and videos are hard work and the results really make it worth it. However, for me personally there is also something special about making people hopeful and happy! - Cheers, Duarte
I’ve done similar work in the Caribbean before and we used zipties for a while, but recently have switched to mixing cement on the boat and dropping it down in buckets for the divers to use to attach the corals by using the cement as a glue to push the corals into. So try looking into cement as an option!!!
exactly my thoughs. in the captive reefing community super glue or cement is used to fexo the corals. i have no clue about the the price tags on all 3 methods (cement, super glue, cable ties) buts this sounds worth a reconsideration
The opportunities to go to all these places and repair these beautiful environments is fantastic. Working like this would absolutely amazing
It is an absolute privilege but I can assure you as I sit here on a 14 hour train ride that it isn't always that glamorous! - Cheers, Duarte
@@MossyEarth God speed Duarte
Thanks guys! Those are exactly the kind of usefull activities in this mad world.. keep it up
You're right, it's a mad world! Thanks for the support
This is my favorite project of mossy earth. The results are incredible. If you could do a video on how this reef is now or a timelapse it would be amazing 😊
Wow I've never seen coral grow so fast! It makes me so happy seeing all those fishes moving in. 🥰 Can't wait to see how those corals look when they're even bigger~
Exactly! Very excited to see it in another 6 months, 1 year, 5 years etc. - Cheers, Duarte
I really love the update on this project🙌🏻🐟😀 This coral reef restoration initiative really excites me and I cannot wait what the future holds as it is scaled.💪🏻
I funded an extra reef star as a proud mossy earth member. If others have the ability to be a member, please do become one😉
Hey! That really means a lot to us. Thank you for supporting our work directly as a member. I really can't say it enough. It is the only thing that makes it all happen :) And on top of that thank you for accelerating the project with an extra structure and look forward to see it deployed in January / February! - Cheers, Duarte
This is such a cool project.
I don't want to weigh any of Mossy Earth's projects in importance, I think they all are incredibly meaningful.
But this artificial coral reef certainly is one of the most visually stunning ones.
Exactly, sometime we are helping less obviously exciting species or ecosystems. However, we can be happy when it is something this visual and exciting! - Cheers, Duarte
Hey, I’m 15 and a really big fan of your guys work. I really love how much you guys are doing for these coastal areas. I’m from Hawaii and while many people think of it as just a vacation spot, Hawaii to scientists is known as the extinction capital. There are probably hundreds of thousands of pandemic, birds plants insects, corals fish, etc that are either on the verge of extinction or already extinct. I hope that one day you guys can start work over here and really help. Make a change as many of the organizations and government don’t do much to help rejuvenate the forests and reefs. It’s really sad to see because I personally love all the unique honey, creepers and birds that have thrived for millions of years on these remote islands to be gone within a century or a couple decades. One bird that I always get teary-eyed about is the Kauai O’o. You’ve probably seen the video of the last recording of its mating call and they were also the last of the O’o family. What you guys are doing here is very special and I love how you guys work all around the world to help these ecosystems to thrive and become wild again. Hopefully you guys get to see this comment and there can be some work done in Hawaii. I am really proud and really amazed that all the progress you have made and have been binge watching your videos nonstop. Please do not give up and keep giving all of us, your loyal subscribers something to look forward to and smile through for the rest of the day.
That’s so sad about the extinction of your animals & plants. I had not heard that about Hawaii, but unfortunately it doesn’t surprise me - just the number of visitors you guys get to your beautiful islands must adversely affect your vegetation & wildlife. And the next four years are going to be even worse with Dump, his cabinet of billionaires out to strip the country of as much of its lucrative resources as possible & its anti-focus on climate change & conservation priorities. I hope you guys can draw attention to the plight of your species in danger of extinction & fight for their conservation. We aren’t doing enough in Australia either & it’s tragic how many species are at risk. At least we are actively fighting against further fossil fuel exploitation of our country though. But still, even with the ever increasing numbers & intensity of disasters & our active conservation efforts, it’s not enough. As guardians of the earth, which is what I feel in my soul that we should be, every time I see wild animals come to people for help - particularly the ocean wildlife asking for help to remove hooks & other debris, we are failing. I can only hope that the people who care can turn this around soon. 🤗💕from Australia 🇦🇺🐨
Your passion and love for Hawaii’s unique ecosystems are truly inspiring. It’s amazing to see someone your age speaking up for the environment with so much heart and knowledge.Maybe one day, you’ll lead efforts to rejuvenate the forests and reefs you care so deeply about. Keep learning, and sharing your thoughts, it make a difference:) 🌱
Mossy Earth -- you are the first environmental action group I have ever set up monthly donations to. Seeing your impact, your team, and rigorous reporting on biodiversity has been SO satisfying. Keep it up!
Whaaa... I didn't know you guys were doing a reef project in my home country. All I can say is, thank you. Thank you for helping. Hopefully this project, and your other projects, will be on this planet for centuries.
11:00 Stainless steel contains a large amount of chrome to prevent rust. Chrome is a fairly toxic metal and the salt water will slowly break it down into chromium chlorides that will dissolve into the water. Hopefully by the time that happens the coral has fully engulfed it in thick inert chalk and the living surface layer is far away from the metal.
Does stainless steel frying pain also contain chrome and nickel? Does that leach into my food while cooking?
@@TheHadesShade It needs to be in harsh conditions for a long time before it decays. Electrolysis or leaving it in salt water for years is what it takes to break the alloy apart.
And the plastic zip ties ? Lol
I'm 63 and This is amazing to me! I'm impressed with your plan. The structures are sure doing well! Thanks for taking care of the earth! Well done. We as humans need to grow trees and save the oceans! Everyone plant trees everywhere!
You folks are part of a growing group of heroes this planet truly needs.
fishes be like: it's free real estates!
Free real estate indeed! - Cheers, Duarte
Yes, bring back the reef with meme magic.
Tax free
What a great start right after 9 hours of school☺️
Oh yeaaa! Enjoy the relaxing update from under the sea! - Cheers, Duarte
It's only 9 hours for you, but for fish, schooling is a lifestyle :P
The section around 5 minutes is such a specific vibe. The 'divers having a snack on the boat between dives' vibe. It's a good vibe. Makes me nostalgic.
It is a good vibe haha. Food always feels great after a long dive! - Cheers, Duarte
THIS should be implimented for resorts , like where ever there is a resort where there are natural coral rief , the resort should build this . they can make it interactive where guest can suite up gear up and go install the structures , im sure people on vacation would love to have these options .
And then they'll leave the natural ones alone. It would save a lot of reefs
I really appreciate that there are people who have a positive attitude to helping mother nature. Thank you.
It is so great to see updates on this project! Please bring more regularly. You can see the coral growing!
You can see monthly updates on our Mossy Earth Field Notes channel! Here on the main channel you can expect them once or twice a year moving forward :) - Cheers, Duarte
Side note - that last shot of the diver spinning, I am so impressed by the buoyancy control
😂 I'll screenshot this and send it to Chansa 😂 A lot of time spent down there! - Cheers, Duarte
Thanks!
I could watch those videos for hours. Thank you for what you guys and this community are doing for the earth. You are all Legends, greetings from Germany
Teşekkürler.
This brought tears. Been following this rewilding since it started, and you guys have done so much and so good!
Have you looked into a massive volunteer event to deploy structures and attach coral? I feel like now is a great time for that because every little bit of help now can transpire to easier coral growth under there.
More corals attached now = more coral spawn. In 5 months time we’ve seen that happen, so doubling the efforts now could cascade to more growth in the near future.
Probably have to stockpile structures before a volunteer event, or have a separate volunteer event welding and creating structures.
All in all, can’t say how much i am proud of everyone involved in these projects. Everyone from the team, to everyone watching the videos. You all rock!
We need to find the capacity to organise such things. We would still need the boats, materials, dive gear, fuel etc. So it is not just people but certainly a lot of our projects could benefit from people helping out. - Cheers, Duarte
I’ve been keeping up with the field notes as this project goes on (and with others), and while I haven’t been one of the people with a suggestion to try, I’m so happy to see that everyone is acting as a think-tank to make the project as effective as possible. It’s heartening to have you guys take the suggestions and run with them and I love seeing the reef explode with life. Can’t wait for the next update!
We need longer shots of those reefs! I would love a 30-40 min video of that. No fancy editing, just calm footage of the reefs, where we could observe and explore the life you have brought back. You could for example place down a camera, facing away towards another section, while you do inspection work for longer recordings. Or maybe just stich together some shorter shots, like the one shown on the monitor. Maybe it's the scandinavian in me, but I've always loved slow-TV (Yes, it's an actual genre)!
Would be nice but maybe a bit tricky to see a permanent vid feed.
Thank you for your wonderful work restoring these magical ocean ecosystems!
(I'm a 73 year old woman and was able to hold my breath throughout your dive! Yay!!!)
Very impressive! It warms this old girls heart. I watch so many nature documentaries, and they all end with how everything on earth is dying. This is what we can do about it! That is a good feeling!
I honestly stopped watching nature documentaries for awhile, the ending were always so sad and left me feeling in despair, helpless and angry.
Thanks for giving us an encouraging look at what is being done! This leaves me feeling happy.
Soon I hope to be able to become a member. Your grandparents must be so proud of you guys! I sure am!
This is so amazing and the fact that only around 2% is failing is incredible! The team is doing a great job and it really shows that there is still hope for us
It's really heartening to see that not only are you taking feedback to heart, but also seeing it be implemented is super cool!
I don't have much knowledge in this fields and I'm really impressed by your work and the fantastic results. I noticed that the whole structure takes the shape of a vast carpet. I wonder if it would be possible to add more height (as the huge rocks shown in the videos), Maybe it would add a more nature-mimicking identity and more diverse environments.
Anyway congrats and thank you for your hard work !
I saw a show named Omni where they made a reef off Florida by staking out steel wire attached to a low power generator using the water flow to power the generator. This caused chemicals in the ocean to attach to the wires. After that, with the good foundation, corals migrated and attached to the foundations and attracted the fish. It is great that there are people like you and them creating these reefs with the help of nature.
Thanks
so freaking awesome for what you've done, I really love coral reef and when the first video about this came out I'm so excited. I hope you and yudi continue with your amazing work and keep updating about the reef on the main channel!
Thank you for the lovely comment! We will post every month on the field notes channel about this project. For the main channel videos probably once or twice a year :) Hoping to make a whole documentary out of it though which should be cool! - Cheers, Duarte
@@MossyEarth the documentary sound really cool, can't wait for it!
I think this is absolutely amazing! I come from the Florida Keys, where a lot of the reefs are dying, if not dead and bleached out. And to have a project like this, bring the Florida Keys reef back to its wonderful world. It was at one point would be amazing. The project you guys are doing goes far beyond just growing some coral. The health of the ocean determines the health of the world. And if the ocean dies the world dies. It’s all tied together and if this project is showing so much promise, I can’t wait to see what could be done in the next 50 years and what we could possibly bring back and revitalize in the next 50 years
The results are actually incredible!
Exactly! It is soo exciting to see :) Can't wait to continue scaling this project. - Cheers, Duarte
it had been a while since i saw your vids, actually decided to get caught up with your channel today. watched a few video's including the first one for the coral reef. you cant imagine my surprise when i literally see a new video pop up about these reefs that got posted minutes ago. I love the beautiful work you guys are doing. thank you for being so hands on with fixing nature!
Haha good timing! Thank you for catching up with our work and for leaving a comment! - Cheers, Duarte
Amazing to see how quickly the coral is growing, and the incredible job the team has done deploying so many structures!
Exactly! It is such a beautiful transformation... I can't wait to see how it will look in 6 months, 1 year, 5 years down the line :) - Cheers, Duarte
What?! A UA-cam video that inspires hope? This feels out of place. Love it!
Would be fun to have a video of the coral and fish similar to what you have at 14:16 that we could could put on while we study or work.
Maybe we can release this on our Field Notes channel! Would be a brilliant idea. I watched many 10+ minute videos Yudi sent me and it was lovely to just sit there... - Cheers, Duarte
I'm so happy to be one of contributors!!
Thank you guys for doping this! I have seen the rubble fields myself at Nusa Penida. Can't believe how fast the Coral is growing.
When you visit again you have to dive our sites! - Cheers, Duarte
That is so impressive, the growth is already so noticeable! Well done!
Exactly! It is super exciting to see the fast progress :) - Cheers, Duarte
Have you thought about, bringing more variety in height? While this already looks awesome, I can image for the fish and larger animals some kind of towers 2-4 times the base height of the structure in the same meshlike design, would bring even more hiding spots and boost biodiversity. Currently, everything is a little flat and looking at the original intact reefs, the difference in the relief is what makes them so stunning. I believe the implementation of the "towers" shouldn't be too complicated, as you could just weld the current support structures together on top of each other. Keep up the great work!
Hey! The thing is the current might knock them down. Our idea is to give nature a base and then let it take over from there. - Cheers, Duarte
Seeing how much the coral has grown made my heart SO happy! You guys have no idea what it means to me to be able to help restore what's been broken when I physically can't get out and help due to my mobility issues. I have never been more proud to be a member than I was when I saw those little fish making a home on the reef we built for them together! 🥰🥰
You guys are awesome! Please keep up the good work. You are soooo needed and making small impact now can turn into a huge impact later in life! Very inspirational stuff!
Thank you Mossy Earth Team and Supporters.
Glad to see you taking the ideas and feedback from the community and putting in effort to find the best solution that balances the success in attaching the coral and the long term effects of the attachment method
Thank you Mossy Earth and all supporters of Mossy Earth. It's so wonderful to watch this - I really needed it today.
First I've heard of this project and organization. What amazing hope you give to the recreation of these reefs. Artificial or not, they are rebuilding life. Job well done.
As a hobbyist coral grower(in aquariums) I have a feeling that any biodegradable plastics used to attatched the coral may cause more problems then it solves. In this video you show how the coral grows over the zip ties. Now imagine this happening with a biodegradable plastic, this plastic will likely continue its degredation process even after fully encrusted over by the coral. As this biodegradable plastic breaks down, the compounds left behind will be trapped forever in a pocket inside of the coral skeleton. But these compounds are organic materials and thus it is highly likely that they will have a significant affect on the corals healthy, either by negatively affecting the water chemistry inside of the pocket or simply by their direct absorption into the coral by osmosis these compounds may have a toxic nature towards the corals.
This is a really good point! I hope theyre able to see this comment
You’re absolutely right! When biodegradable polymers undergo hydrolysis they release acids as a byproduct which if unable to escape can build up to a very high pH
Wrong. Those zip ties will be encrusted in calcium carbonate for the next thousand years. Never to be heard from again. If it harms any of the coral it would be the few polyps by the zip tie and not the thousands of polyps growing away from the tie. Coral is not one living thing, it’s thousands living on a skeleton of non living calcium. It’s not a tree.
As the coral grows however, the plastic will be covered by inert calcium carbonate and other skeletal elements. It will be fully sealed against any living part of the coral by the time it starts breaking down
What would be the best material to attach coral to for rehabilitating reefs? I have seen a lot of people using steel?
Stunning results. Just goes to show that we can undo the harm of the past by working together in the present. Keep it up!!
Exactly! We can fix this place and live in harmony with thriving wild ecosystems. It has to be possible :) - Cheers, Duarte
Wow wow, so nice to be a member and support projects
Hey Julia! So nice of you to be a member! I can't say it enough times... it really only happens because of you. This is your coral reef! - Cheers, Duarte
You guys made my day... It's so mesmerizing to watch and see the incredible work you guys did for mother earth ❤ I want to contribute, for sure! Thank you beautiful souls 🙏🏼
I just became a member! Thank you so much for the amazing things you are doing to help our Earth recover
This is so incredible! I hope you guys can bring us updates on this project every six months, so we can see the progress step by step.
You can see monthly updates on this project over on our Mossy Earth Field Notes channel. Here on the main channel you can expect an update every 6 months or so yea :) - Cheers, Duarte
@@MossyEarth thanks, Duarte. I will subscribe to the other channel!
If you're using a lot of steel ties, you might consider buying a tie twister. It's basically a spring with a hook at the end. When you pull on it, it twists the end, making it really quick to attach the tie. They're used in construction, for attaching rebar. I think they're about $20.
Good tip! I will pass this to Yudi! - Cheers, Duarte
Main concern is how long the ties last in salt water. I doubt those steel ties can hold together before the corals take their footing. Unless they make some stainless steel versions.
dam, its awesome how some small (relatively) actions can make corrals thrive like this. Looking forward to the next update ^_^
Exactly! Sometimes nature just needs a little nudge :) - Cheers, Duarte
I was mesmerized. Amazing transformation!! You called it a little desert, well it is no longer desert, but a beautiful thriving eco system!!
Thank you, thank you! And more videos of its progress later on, please...xoxox
After years of hustle I finally got a good job, so I became a member. I love your projects, and how you try to find ways to restore nature and accomplish sustainable results.
I hope these artificial coral reefs will lead to more habitats for marine life and an improvement in water quality and CO2 absorption.
I love it, that you continue to find new ways but also keep working on your projects.
You're doing an important part for this world!
Wonderful project. Proud to be a member to help contribute to this incredible impact Yudi, Chansa and Pakadek are making!
Amazing! Thank you so much for being a member. You are right it is truly what allows that team to be out there every day rebuilding these reefs! - Cheers, Duarte
WOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW....simply amazing and beautiful,thank you for the work you guys do,what an big impact this will have...
Glad you enjoyed the project and the update! - Cheers, Duarte
BEEN WAITING ON THIS UPDATE!! Wish I could come work for yall, coral is my life
Glad you enjoy the project! We only have capacity for our current team but the world needs a lot of people working on this. If you want to do it I am sure there is a way in! - Cheers, Duarte
I congratulate you for your devoted work. It has been a great project. I hope that such projects will spread all over the world and that humanity will correct itself towards a more natural life. Thank you, friends of the world.❤❤❤❤❤❤💖💝
Amazing, well done!!
Great video! Love seeing the updates on the reef and excited to continue to watch its growth 🎉
Thank you! It is such a visual transformation... I really look forward to seeing the reef completely hide the structures and also what coral diversity eventually emerges :) - Cheers, Duarte
Truly Phenomenal!, well done guys cant wait to see more of the coral. Glad the boat was called Domino :P
Glad you enjoyed the update! Excited to see how the boat will look when they repaint it :D - Cheers, Duarte
Another amazing video guys!
Thank you Michael! Glad you enjoy the project and the video :) - Cheers, Duarte
whenever i see people helping the nature my day has been made! great job!
congrats on the coral growing so fast. i wonder if the structure design could be adapted to stack to add height/ peaks
The issue with this would be that the current would probably knock it down. I think we essentially need to give nature a base and let it take care of the rest! - Cheers, Duarte
Thank you so much for all that you do!
Thank you for the support! - Cheers, Duarte
You are doing important work. Thank you!
Glad you enjoy the project and thank you for the nice comment! - Cheers, Duarte
Had no idea anybody did stuff like this, i love it, im an absolute fan of everything you've done so far, cant wait for more updates!
This gave me so much inspiration. I am so happy I saw this video! Keep up the good work saving the coral reefs.
Wow, it really has grown. Amazing.
Exactly! I am really excited to see it in 6 months or a year from now! - Cheers, Duarte
Incredible video, what a beautiful project!
Thank you Fjodor! Glad you enjoy the project and the video :) - Cheers, Duarte
Thank you for this amazing and vital work!
And thank you for the lovely comment of support! - Cheers, Duarte
This is so beautiful, shout out to every one working on and contributing to this project