Aeroponics

[zackish]

Today at my reef club meeting someone gave a speech about aeroponics. It was pretty crazy. What aeroponics is is growing coral in the air. The corals are in a closed system with 100% humidity and then there is a few inches of water underneath them. They have a powerhead setup underneath them to shoot the water up like a volcano effect and fall down on them.
Just thought I would share that interesting little bit of information I learned today.

[cocoa_pleco]

those are really cool!

[2manyfish]

That certainly sounds different!
So somebody at your club is doing this? Not sure I understand the reasoning behind it though. What are the benefits of this?? Wouldn't it be stressful to the corals to be out of the water like that???

[CAF]

I can think of a few benefits by doing this.... such as more O2, more light available, etc. Please tell us more about the subject.

[S13DWS]

and post some pics if you can get some:-D

[cocoa_pleco]

the only thing is that it wouldnt be visually appealing, no fish or anything. however, if you just want the corals to frag, aeroponic systems are excellent