Gulf and Keys Locations
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Wow lucky that didn't happen until after the gulf site came back online! They were only getting keys rock for the longest time because the red tide kept them out of the gulf for months. God I hope this summer is better. TBS doesn't deserve to take any more beatings.
But just to answer your question, the keys rock had a greater diversity of macro algaes but less hitchiker corals. Longer term, the keys rock has actually developed a very nice variety of coraline algae colors that were not on the gulf rock.
But on the other hand its kind of hard to argue with carribean hitch hiker corals. Especially with the rising temps and PH of the ocean. Get em while you can. We need specimens in the hobby before they are all wiped out.
But just to answer your question, the keys rock had a greater diversity of macro algaes but less hitchiker corals. Longer term, the keys rock has actually developed a very nice variety of coraline algae colors that were not on the gulf rock.
But on the other hand its kind of hard to argue with carribean hitch hiker corals. Especially with the rising temps and PH of the ocean. Get em while you can. We need specimens in the hobby before they are all wiped out.
tspfish
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I got a package about a year and a half ago That was from the keys and I just got a new package here two months ago that I am guessing is from the gulf. The diifference is quite amazing acculally as the rock I just got has a lont of cup corals and lots of plant life on it. The keys rock has less plant life and there is quite a bit of brain corals as well as Christmas tree worms.
It is terrible that the keys lite got devestated. Richard is lucky to have the Gulf site most aquacultured rock providers are dead in the water right now because of the keys situation.
It is terrible that the keys lite got devestated. Richard is lucky to have the Gulf site most aquacultured rock providers are dead in the water right now because of the keys situation.
flameangel88
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That's the reason people shouldn't have all their eggs in on basket and the very reason we need backup tank.
Actually from what I understand it's the other way around. TBS was the only ones with a keys site and that allowed them to keep operating during the red tide outbreak last summer. But the red tide is actually what wiped out most of the rest of the rock farmers who were working out of the gulf in international waters. TBS has their gulf site closer to shore in FL waters so it was damaged but not wiped out.
What worries me is that with the key's site out of commission they won't have a backup should the red tide come back for months on end again this year. Also I don't know if the gulf site has had a chance to fully recover yet from last year's damange. I'd hate to see it get ever increasingly damanged year after year.
Of course this is all just a blip on the radar of the big picture. The mass bleaching and die off of corals all throughout the carribean is a HUGE problem. I think it was something like 90% in some areas in less than 6 months. And I believe we are seeing it starting to happen in the pacific as well. It's not looking good for the oceans!
jaymz101
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I dont know where the Gulf site is but the Red tide last year started in Southern Tampa Bay. I work at a lab and we're seeing the makings of another bad red tide this year. An unidentified Karenia species (K. brevis is the major red tide organism in Florida) is blooming in Palma Sola Bay right now and there is another kind of algae blooming offshore that is a nitrogen fixer (read dinner bell for Karenia species) Keep your fingers crossed (mine certainly are) but it could get bad again this year.
jaymz101
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I dont know where the Gulf site is but the Red tide last year started in Southern Tampa Bay. I work at a lab and we're seeing the makings of another bad red tide this year. An unidentified Karenia species (K. brevis is the major red tide organism in Florida) is blooming in Palma Sola Bay right now and there is another kind of algae blooming offshore that is a nitrogen fixer (read dinner bell for Karenia species) Keep your fingers crossed (mine certainly are) but it could get bad again this year.
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