Adopt A Coral: Your Impact Starts Here
Choose your level of adoption below
A restored reef starts here with one coral fragment. Your adoption will create and grow a coral microfragment until it’s ready to fuse with its neighbors and be planted back into the ocean.
You’ll receive:
- Digital Certificate
- Email Monthly Updates
FAQs
What’s a microfragment?
A microfragment is a small section of coral that we have cut from a parent colony. They average about half an inch in size. We cut up a selected coral to a specific size for optimal growth, attach it to a coral plug, and raise it in our farm.
How fast do they grow?
It’s dependent on the species, but we have measured microfragment growth rates from 1cm2 to 6cm2 in as little as three months.
What species of coral are they?
Between operations in The Bahamas, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia, we have grown 52 different species of coral, from branching and bouldering to plating and encrusting! In Grand Bahama, we are currently growing nearly 20 native species, including Grooved Brain Coral, Great Star Coral, Elkhorn Coral, Staghorn Coral, Finger Coral, Mustard Hill Coral, and more.
Where will it be planted?
Your coral will end up at one of the many restoration sites we work with on the south coast of Grand Bahama.
Seven microfragments fusing into one coral colony in months at our farm instead of decades in nature. Accelerate restoration and outplant a coral cookie onto reefs in need!
Save $30 while making 100% of the impact.
You’ll receive:
- Digital Certificate
- Email Monthly Updates
FAQs
What’s a cookie?
A coral cookie is structure specially designed by Coral Vita to optimize coral growth. Seven microfragments recognize that they are cut from the same original coral and fuse into their neighbors. The cookie gives them the ‘skeleton’ so they can put all their energy into growing tissue – letting us achieve greater impact by raising diverse coral species in months and years instead of decades and centuries.
How many fragments are on it?
We have many different prototypes with varying amounts, but our primary design has seven individual coral microfragments attached.
What is it made from?
The unique design is cast in cement containing compounds and chemicals found in corals’ natural calcium carbonate skeleton. It provides a perfect surface for the corals to grow onto, without attracting too much algae that can fight corals for space.
Where will it be planted?
Your coral will end up in one of the numerous restoration sites we work located on the south coast of Grand Bahama.
Accelerate coral growth and scale your impact. Funding a cluster of coral cookies will promote faster reef regrowth and form habitat for fish and other important marine creatures to return.
Save $360 while making 100% of the impact.
You’ll receive:
- Digital Certificate
- Email Monthly Updates
FAQs
What’s a cookie?
A coral cookie is structure specially designed by Coral Vita to optimize coral growth. Seven microfragments recognize that they are cut from the same original coral and fuse into their neighbors. The cookie gives them the ‘skeleton’ so they can put all their energy into growing tissue – letting us achieve greater impact by raising diverse coral species in months and years instead of decades and centuries..
How many fragments are on it?
We have many different prototypes with varying amounts, but our primary design has seven individual coral microfragments attached.
What is it made from?
The unique design is cast in cement containing compounds and chemicals found in corals’ natural calcium carbonate skeleton. It provides a perfect surface for the corals to grow onto, without attracting too much algae that can fight corals for space.
Where will they be planted?
Your corals will end up in one of the numerous restoration sites we work located on the south coast of Grand Bahama.
The ultimate way to give back to the ocean. Help raise hundreds of coral fragments inside a raceway tank at the farm across months of growth before outplanting. You’ll even get your name displayed on it, showcasing your impact to everyone touring the farm.
Save $3360 while making 100% of the impact.
You’ll receive:
- Digital Certificate
- Email Monthly Updates
FAQs
How many corals in a tank?
A full tank can hold up to 1000 coral microfragments or hundreds of coral cookiies! They are arranged in grids to allows us to grow, monitor, and clean them easily, tracking key data through our proprietary BrainCoral system.
What species of coral are they?
In our Grand Bahama, we are currently growing nearly 20 native species, including Grooved Brain Coral, Great Star Coral, Elkhorn Coral, Staghorn Coral, Finger Coral, Mustard Hill Coral, and more.
How fast do they grow?
It’s dependent on the species, but we have measured microfragment growth rates from 1cm2 to 6cm2 in as little as three months.
Where will they be planted?
Your corals will end up in one of the numerous restoration sites we work located on the south coast of Grand Bahama.
You can help us restore the reef
This is how it works
Step 1
Choose your adoption level
Step 2
Receive your personalised certificate in your inbox
Step 3
We restore the reef on your behalf
Step 4
And you’ll be updated every step of the way
More on our Adopt a Coral Program
When you choose to adopt a coral, you’re investing directly in the future of our ocean’s most vital ecosystems. Coral adoption offers individuals and organizations a tangible way to contribute to reef restoration while creating a personal connection with the underwater world.
Unlike passive conservation, coral adoption means actively participating in restoration efforts. This innovative approach grows climate-resilient corals in land-based nursery facilities before they’re planted on damaged reefs, accelerating natural growth processes from decades to months.
Coral Reefs: Ocean Rainforests Under Threat
Coral reefs support 25% of all marine species despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor. These underwater ecosystems provide essential habitat for fish and countless other marine life, while protecting coastlines and supporting billions in tourism revenue.
Current data reveals that 75% of coral reefs worldwide are threatened. Yet reefs demonstrate remarkable resilience with proper support, absorbing up to 97% of wave energy and providing natural coastal protection worth $1.8 billion annually in the United States alone.
Finger Coral and Restoration Science
Each adopted coral begins as a coral fragment, carefully selected from healthy parent colonies. Your adoption funds the microfragmentation process, where finger coral and other coral species are precisely cut to optimize growth rates. These fragments grow from fingernail-sized pieces to football-sized colonies in just six to nine months.
Staghorn and finger coral form branching structures that provide three-dimensional habitat for juvenile fish and invertebrates. When you adopt coral from us, you’re helping restore entire marine neighborhoods that support diverse ocean life.
Coral Adoption: Your Certificate of Impact
Every coral adoption includes a personalized certificate detailing the coral species adopted, restoration location, and projected timeline. These certificates serve as recognition and educational tools, with many adopters sharing them to spread restoration awareness.
Digital certificates increasingly include links to tracking systems where adopters receive regular news and monitor their coral’s progress through photographs and growth measurements. This creates lasting personal connection despite physical distance from restoration sites
The Restoration Process
Effective restoration relies on cutting-edge scientific methods. Coral fragments in controlled nursery environments achieve survival rates exceeding 90%. After reaching maturity, corals are planted onto damaged reefs where they restore critical habitat and support marine biodiversity.
Modern programs utilize advanced technologies to track individual fragments throughout their growth cycle, monitoring water quality, growth rates, and coral health. This ensures every adoption contributes to measurable restoration outcomes.
Economic and Environmental Returns
Coral restoration generates substantial returns alongside environmental benefits. Studies show reef restoration prevents millions in annual flood damage while creating employment in coastal communities requiring divers, technicians, and monitoring specialists.
Healthy reefs attract millions of visitors annually, supporting local businesses and creating positive feedback loops between conservation and economic development. The restoration economy ensures benefits extend directly to communities most dependent on healthy reefs
Taking Action Through Adoption
Choosing to adopt demonstrates commitment to ocean health and belief in restoration science. Each adoption contributes to growing evidence that active intervention can help reefs survive mounting environmental pressures.
Regular updates keep adopters connected through photographs, growth measurements, and educational content. Whether you adopt as a gift, educational tool, or sustainability initiative, your action joins a growing movement committed to protecting our ocean’s most precious ecosystems.
Every coral adoption brings us closer to a future where vibrant reefs continue supporting marine life and coastal communities for generations.
