Episode 25 - Australian Corals! Daniel Kimberley & Juno Siu (Monsoon Aquatics)

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Published 2024-07-12

Adam is joined by Daniel and Juno from Monsoon Aquatics, one of the largest exporters of Australian corals and fish. They discuss their sustainable methods for collecting and farming stunning corals from various regions of northern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. Their conversation covers coral spawning research, advancements in optimizing flow and stability, fragging non-colonial corals, and their work in education, restoration efforts, and raising awareness. If you are a coral importer, you can set up an account by reaching out at: [email protected] . Be sure to watch this episode on YouTube, as it is loaded with photo and video content!

Monsoon Links:
monsoonaquatics.com.au/
www.facebook.com/monsoonwysiwyg
www.instagram.com/monsoon_aquatics/
www.instagram.com/monsoon_coral_farm/
www.instagram.com/bundabergatmonsoonaquatics/

Frag Garage Links:
www.patreon.com/BeyondTheReefPodcast
fraggarage.ca/
www.instagram.com/fraggarage/
/ @fraggarage5922
www.facebook.com/fraggarage

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All Comments (9)

@NewEnglandReptile 4 days ago

I'd love to talk to you on this podcast one day! We are looking at setting up a nice reef tank in the near future!
@lightsaber230 11 days ago

Can't wait for Monsoon to possibly start a facility here in WA to help ship out the corals collected here
@Fish_Ventura 14 days ago

I saw their facility on a Parker’s Reef episode. Amazing.
@niagarafirecorals 14 days ago

Great job once again, Adam 👍
@dazsboxofwater 14 days ago

Been following monsoon for a while, great bunch of guys/ girls there , amazing stuff going ahead , cannot wait to visit next year 🙏🏼 great chat Adam, thank you.
@PnCBio 14 days ago

Spawning out of Australia! import/export might be easier from a country already versed in exporting coral. Get spawning Adam :). Crosses of some of your pieces would be sick.
@mikkostenberg1740 14 days ago

Regarding the possible CITES classification of the captive spawned corals. CITES does have "milder" classifications in such cases. However it needs to be done in such large scale for them to consider a separate classification that most likely one even larger mightnot be enough. There are plenty of good examples of this in bird breeding world such as Blue Peafowls or Ostrich. Wild Ostrich are CITES I species so practically trade is not allowed but captivebread birds and their plumes arenot CITES I and trade is allowed within certain brackets.
@jsauce666 1 hour ago

I don’t think we can change anything about the climate, unfortunately. You can try but you’ll go insane trying to make a difference.