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STUDY OF THE MATURATION OF ARTIFICIAL ROCKS FOR USE IN SALT WATER AQUARIUMS AND MARINE REEFS

2018; Frontiers Media; Volume: 5; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00103

2296-7745

Julio Lopes, Peixoto Virgílio, Vítor Silveira, RAFAEL C. BARROS, Bruno Macedo, Kelly Teixeira, Sara Escadas,

Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies

Event Abstract Back to Event STUDY OF THE MATURATION OF ARTIFICIAL ROCKS FOR USE IN SALT WATER AQUARIUMS AND MARINE REEFS Julio C. Lopes1*, Virgílio Peixoto1, Vítor Silveira1, Rafael Barros1, Bruno Macedo1, Kelly Teixeira1 and Sara Escadas1 1 Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Biological Sciences, Portugal Multifunctional Artificial Reefs (MARs) are alternatives created for the preservation of marine coastal areas. They can be made from various types of materials, and if they are inserted in a suitable environment and under the right conditions, can be colonized by plants and animals as a natural structure. Many aquaculture programs still use rocks removed from natural environments, because little is known about the influence of materials used on artificial reefs in water quality. In this work, 10 different formulations were developed using cement, coral sand, salt, crushed oyster shell, perlite and water, after dry, the rocks are placed in tanks with 15 liter of salt water and distilled water. In order to identify the most suitable formulation for later use in aquariums or artificial reefs, after maturation time, the water parameters where evaluate: salinity, density, pH and water hardness. The water parameters are monitored a week, during 8 weeks. With the results obtained, we can conclude that the maturation process was not complete, as evidenced by the too alkaline pH. However, the rocks placed in salt water already have a pH very close to that desired in some formulations, which may mean that these are close to reach the end of maturation. The same is not true of rocks in distilled water. At the end of the 8 weeks of maturation, the rocks were not fully matured. 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Science Publishers, 135-150. Keywords: Artificial rock, marine reefs, Aquarium, rock maturation, Water Quality Conference: IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, Portugal, 5 Jul - 6 Jul, 2018. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Aquaculture Citation: Lopes JC, Peixoto V, Silveira V, Barros R, Macedo B, Teixeira K and Escadas S (2019). STUDY OF THE MATURATION OF ARTIFICIAL ROCKS FOR USE IN SALT WATER AQUARIUMS AND MARINE REEFS. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research 2018. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2018.06.00103 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 29 Apr 2018; Published Online: 07 Jan 2019. * Correspondence: Prof. Julio C Lopes, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Biological Sciences, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, juliocesar@esa.ipvc.pt Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. 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