Designed for coral reef restoration, coral propagation, and aquascaping, SeaTak™ is a strong, slow-setting adhesive that is highly loaded with calcium carbonate and formulated to be sticky underwater and in moist environments. It forms a non-flexible permanent bond to many surfaces such as live rock, aragonite, limestone, metal, wood, plastics and many more. Once fully cured, it can be drilled, filed, or otherwise mechanically shaped. SeaTak™ cures to a white-yellowish hue and is rated at tensile strength of 1,000 psi.
WHY DOES THE WORLD NEED SEATAK?
Coral reefs hold over 35% of the world's diversity and are disappearing at an accelerating rate. By reestablishing reefs with cultivars that are heat resistant, groups throughout the world are attempting to save this ecosystem. SeaTak’s non-toxic when fully cured, fast-curing adhesives are a step forward in this effort.
"While it may seem like a simple issue, finding a more effective adhesive has the potential to result in a three times efficiency increase for coral outplanting overnight. While there are other challenges to scaling up, this one will have the most immediate effect.”
-Tom Moore, NOAA Coral Reef Restoration Program Manager
"While it may seem like a simple issue, finding a more effective adhesive has the potential to result in a three times efficiency increase for coral outplanting overnight. While there are other challenges to scaling up, this one will have the most immediate effect.”
-Tom Moore, NOAA Coral Reef Restoration Program Manager
HOW DID SEATAK BEGIN?
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a Phase One SBIR grant to develop a fast, strong, and safe underwater adhesive system to attach new corals during reef reconstruction. As a result of our team's groundbreaking efforts, SeaTak has developed a system that can be deployed in salt water in a fraction of the time and the cost of existing systems.
