SUBMERSIBLE NURSERY DEVICE FOR ARTIFICIAL CULTIVATION OF CORAL IN SHALLOW REEFS.

摘要

The invention relates to a submersible nursery device for artificial cultivation of coral in shallow reefs, comprising two washing-line configurations, one forming a square and the other a cross, made up of vertical ropes anchored at the bottom to the seabed and tensed at the top by floating buoys; said ropes pass through cylindrical polypropylene tubes; said tubes are interconnected to the closest tubes by horizontal ropes, including one upper, one lower and one central rope, to form three horizontal planes, for installing respective meshes containing substrates or wafers for coral larvae to settle; each tube comprises on the inside an electromechanical mechanism with pinions that grip the vertical rope, and makes it possible to raise or lower the horizontal planes; said mechanism is driven manually or powered by a battery or solar panel. A submerged temperature sensor uses a control card for raising or lowering the mechanism to the required temperature.