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Spencer Arnold • upvoted 13 items 4 years ago

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Love it, it was absolutely gorgeous as a light on your porch stunning. But how wonderful to be making this for the good of the coral reefs. Congrats amazing

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

This is amazing! Hope you come back here with more pics as the reef grows. Curious, how do oyu fund this project?

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Love it, it was absolutely gorgeous as a light on your porch stunning. But how wonderful to be making this for the good of the coral reefs. Congrats amazing

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

This is amazing! Hope you come back here with more pics as the reef grows. Curious, how do oyu fund this project?

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

For a long time I'm thinking about doing volunteering to help life in the ocean, and when I see these things... it just makes me happy, in a complete sense.

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Great way to create a new reef and save coral :oD Hope you can post some pictures of it in a few years when the coral grows more! I bet it'll be even more gorgeous :o)

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Design and make more!

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

What a great thing you're doing. I wish you would've shown how you attach the coral on to the tree though. That would have been so interesting to see.

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Yes! What a good initiative. I want to become an adult quickly so I can start donating my own money to the cause of saving coral.

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Not only does the tree look beautiful, it also helps save precious coral reefs. You're an amazing person!

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Spencer Arnold • commented on 10 posts 4 years ago

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

I'll definitely be making more posts in the future about the progress of these artificial reefs. Unfortunately, coral reefs are slow growth ecosystems and these things take time, but on some of my older sculptures we're already seeing some incredible results. Very excited to share it all in the not so distant future!

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Oops, sorry for the double comment...bad internet out here.

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

I'll definitely be making more posts in the future about the progress of these artificial reefs. Unfortunately, coral reefs are slow growth ecosystems and these things take time, but on some of my older sculptures we're already seeing some incredible results. Very excited to share it all in the not so distant future!

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Oops, sorry for the double comment...bad internet out here.

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

If more people out there had that attitude we'd all live in a better world. Thanks for caring!

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Thank you, I so appreciate that! The corals will make it a lot more beautiful too.

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Thank you so so much for your words. The intent of these projects is to draw attention to these threatened ecosystems and of course to serve as a home for the corals I so love. If you're interested in more of my work check out my other Bored Panda posts or have a look at some of the articles I've written on my program's page at newheavenreefconservation.org.

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

I most certainly shall! Thanks for the encouragement. Check out my other Bored Panda posts for some of my other projects or check out my program's webpage at newheavenreefconservation.org. Or take a look at some of the articles I put together about more of my work: https://newheavenreefconservation.org/learning-resources/articles/136-an-electric-light-of-hope https://newheavenreefconservation.org/learning-resources/articles/122-drowning-in-despair

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Thank you so so much for your kind words. The primary intent of these sculptures is to draw more attention to these ecosystems and of course to serve as homes for the coral I so love. Check out more of the stories I've posted on Bored Panda or visit my program's website at newheavenreefconservation.org .

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

Here's a picture taken by my friend Shin of more structure that I've put down in the area through the program I work for and the growth of the coral transplants at the site. The structures in this picture have only been down about 2 years, so this hopefully can give you a bit of a sense of the success we're having with our coral gardening. http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/27356454_1706537442737481_6618678767264845615_o-5aed3c52c7371.jpg

The Tree Of Life: I Created An Underwater Electrified Artificial Reef

We bind corals to the metal structure with metal wire, so it carries the impressed current running through the sculpture and binds the coral to the bars with a layer of limestone, the same material that corals use to build there skeleton. It's been suggested that it improves the growth rates of coral by 3-5 times, but we're running a test to prove that for ourselves as the technology only just became available now that it's 10 year patent has run out. Thanks so much for the kind words!

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Spencer Arnold • submitted 2 new posts 4 years ago

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Spencer Arnold • upvoted an item 6 years ago

My Next Project In Reef Sculpture That Was Just Recently Submerged. Koh Tao, Thailand

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Spencer Arnold • submitted a new post 6 years ago

My Next Project In Reef Sculpture That Was Just Recently Submerged. Koh Tao, Thailand

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Spencer Arnold • upvoted 2 items 7 years ago

I Built A Sculpture And Left It 5 Meters Under The Ocean To Get Covered By Colorful Corals

the faces are terrifiying.. imagine in 100 years people go down there and find it. they will give their lives just to know who and why xD

I Built A Sculpture And Left It 5 Meters Under The Ocean To Get Covered By Colorful Corals

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Spencer Arnold • submitted a new post 7 years ago

I Built A Sculpture And Left It 5 Meters Under The Ocean To Get Covered By Colorful Corals

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