Coral fragments are attached to ropes that are wrapped around the metal frame and if necessary secured with extra thread to make sure the coral stays attached firmly on the structure and touching the metal.
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| Photo by Daniel Brinckmann |
Monday 14 April 2014
Attaching corals
Here's one way we attach corals to the metal frame structures we build on land and than put down in the ocean.
Coral fragments are attached to ropes that are wrapped around the metal frame and if necessary secured with extra thread to make sure the coral stays attached firmly on the structure and touching the metal.
So there all sorted
Coral fragments are attached to ropes that are wrapped around the metal frame and if necessary secured with extra thread to make sure the coral stays attached firmly on the structure and touching the metal.
Sunday 13 April 2014
Thai New Year, installing mooring lines and more
Well I've been busy with "work" and having a good fun time lately.
We've been installing mooring lines at different sites around the island. One of the mooring line installments meant that we first had to find the Trident wreck at about 30-35 metres. I was in a team with Pau, Alej and Melody and we swam right into it and sent up the marker for Chad who then made the actual installation of the ropes. Then the surface team made the final arrangements.
Yesterday we celebrated Songran which is the Thai New Year, it was loads of fun and involved a lot of water being thrown, talk powder being smeared on your face and a lot of drinking from early morning :)
It was an awesome day together with the New Heaven and Koppee team with lots of laughs, love and friends enjoying themselves.
Tonight is full moon, so in a few days we will be night diving again to watch for the coral spawning. Hopefully this time it will happen so that we can collect eggs and sperm for fertilization and then put the fertilized eggs in our tanks waiting for the coral larvae to settle on the concrete mushrooms we've been making during the week.
If all goes well I'll be able to watch them grow in the tanks until they are big enough to be moved into the ocean and one of our coral nursery sites.
I've also seen my sister!! I went to Koh Samui Friday-Saturday just so that I could see her, it was absolutely fantastic to see her. I realised just how much I've missed her when I saw her again. On Saturday she and Sofie is coming to Koh Tao and about a week after that my dad and uncle will join them here!! Wohooo, it's gonna be happy days!
I might have some interesting things to tell you about in my next update by the way.......
We've been installing mooring lines at different sites around the island. One of the mooring line installments meant that we first had to find the Trident wreck at about 30-35 metres. I was in a team with Pau, Alej and Melody and we swam right into it and sent up the marker for Chad who then made the actual installation of the ropes. Then the surface team made the final arrangements.
Yesterday we celebrated Songran which is the Thai New Year, it was loads of fun and involved a lot of water being thrown, talk powder being smeared on your face and a lot of drinking from early morning :)
It was an awesome day together with the New Heaven and Koppee team with lots of laughs, love and friends enjoying themselves.
Tonight is full moon, so in a few days we will be night diving again to watch for the coral spawning. Hopefully this time it will happen so that we can collect eggs and sperm for fertilization and then put the fertilized eggs in our tanks waiting for the coral larvae to settle on the concrete mushrooms we've been making during the week.
If all goes well I'll be able to watch them grow in the tanks until they are big enough to be moved into the ocean and one of our coral nursery sites.
I've also seen my sister!! I went to Koh Samui Friday-Saturday just so that I could see her, it was absolutely fantastic to see her. I realised just how much I've missed her when I saw her again. On Saturday she and Sofie is coming to Koh Tao and about a week after that my dad and uncle will join them here!! Wohooo, it's gonna be happy days!
I might have some interesting things to tell you about in my next update by the way.......
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| A coral feeding during daytime |
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| Sea urchin |
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| Pau happy for a job well done after we found Trident |
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| Mooring line installation |
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| Lot of tying to secure the mooring |
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| A happy me with talk powdered cheeks |
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| Live music during the late afternoon |
Monday 7 April 2014
some extras
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| chilling by the pool in Kuala Lumpur |
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| Breakfast at Kuala Lumpur airport |
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| Do you spot what's wrong here? |
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| ...and here? |
photos
Here's some of the photos from things I've seen and done lately.
Nudibranch, before I learned how to change the white balance.
Nudibranch, before I learned how to change the white balance.
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| Anemone fish hiding in his home |
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| Marbled sea cucumber |
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| Beautiful giant clam |
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| Construction of artificial reef |
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| Nudibranch |
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| A cleaner wrasse doing his job cleaning the skin of a fish |
Terrys stand-in
This is Bua, she is my stand-in for Terry. She is even less interested in cuddling than he is, she is also very shy.
She has probably been treated badly when she was young cause she is a bit scared of people, but she's getting better and better each day.
She likes to hang out with the conservation team under "our" table.
She is one of the dogs that hang out around the dive shop.
She doesn't like other dogs but is really kind to people she trusts. SHe's getting to trust me more and more each day.
She has probably been treated badly when she was young cause she is a bit scared of people, but she's getting better and better each day.
She likes to hang out with the conservation team under "our" table.
She is one of the dogs that hang out around the dive shop.
She doesn't like other dogs but is really kind to people she trusts. SHe's getting to trust me more and more each day.
Busy
It's been busy the last couple of weeks. We've been diving in the day and building new artificial reef structures in the late afternoons.
The structures were made in preparation for visitors from TAT (Tourist Authority of Thailand) with guests and a group of students from the USA travelling around for 6 months on a big sailing ship.
Friday and Saturday was very intense and that group consisted of everything from underwater photographers to unexperienced and experienced divers. They were a hard group to please but the team did the best we could.
Sunday we had the group of students, they were a delight. Even though we were all tired after working hard we all enjoyed showing the students how we put down artificial reef structures and how we attach corals to them. It was a wonderful day!
After I got back I had a long talk with mum and dad over the phone, it was as always great to hear from them and get an update on things at home.
After the call I had a night out with a bit to many Gin&Tonics :) It's a dangerous drink those G&T
Today we have the day off and I've just been in front of the computer all day. They don't have the fastest of WiFi here.
I've finally learnt how to adjust the white balance when taking underwater photos, I'll post a couple of them together with some other photos of things I've seen and done since my last post.
In 12 days my sister arrives!!!! Can't wait to see her, I'm gonna hugh her to death I think. End of April my dad and my uncle will join them on Koh Tao!!
I now of a couple of restaurants like Yin and Yang, which makes really good and spicy thai food. Also a place where you have Korean barbecue. And of course I'm gonna take them to my favorite bar Why Not bar which plays reggae and also Babaloo Bar.
I am so excited for them to come here and also meet the great people here at New Heaven Dive school and also the persons at Namhasin House where I live.
Still no rain at all, it's extremly dry and the water shortage is severe. I do hope there will come a lot of rain soon.
This is all for now, I'll post photos shortly.
The structures were made in preparation for visitors from TAT (Tourist Authority of Thailand) with guests and a group of students from the USA travelling around for 6 months on a big sailing ship.
Friday and Saturday was very intense and that group consisted of everything from underwater photographers to unexperienced and experienced divers. They were a hard group to please but the team did the best we could.
Sunday we had the group of students, they were a delight. Even though we were all tired after working hard we all enjoyed showing the students how we put down artificial reef structures and how we attach corals to them. It was a wonderful day!
After I got back I had a long talk with mum and dad over the phone, it was as always great to hear from them and get an update on things at home.
After the call I had a night out with a bit to many Gin&Tonics :) It's a dangerous drink those G&T
Today we have the day off and I've just been in front of the computer all day. They don't have the fastest of WiFi here.
I've finally learnt how to adjust the white balance when taking underwater photos, I'll post a couple of them together with some other photos of things I've seen and done since my last post.
In 12 days my sister arrives!!!! Can't wait to see her, I'm gonna hugh her to death I think. End of April my dad and my uncle will join them on Koh Tao!!
I now of a couple of restaurants like Yin and Yang, which makes really good and spicy thai food. Also a place where you have Korean barbecue. And of course I'm gonna take them to my favorite bar Why Not bar which plays reggae and also Babaloo Bar.
I am so excited for them to come here and also meet the great people here at New Heaven Dive school and also the persons at Namhasin House where I live.
Still no rain at all, it's extremly dry and the water shortage is severe. I do hope there will come a lot of rain soon.
This is all for now, I'll post photos shortly.
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