Learning from experience

[WarrenG]

Franky, a picture like that, of corals that developed, only a year or two old, makes me think of that famous line from "When Harry Met Sally". "I'll have what she's having."

As in, what ever you're doing we should all be doing.


Paul, the pic of the reefs in Bora Bora... That area isn't really prime for corals and the rock in the foreground is barren like we see in over-traveled areas, or where conditions are not optimal.

If you go to areas in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Cozumel, etc. you'll see every square inch of surface with something growing on it, unless it's just bare sand. Somewhere I have pic's and video from Fiji where you look down 10 feet and all you can see is round areas of different colors-all the different SPS up next to each other.

 

[Frankysreef]

about 98% started from frags also...
Here is a shot 3 mos ago

cabinet shot

Some of Hugo Zunigas snipersps corals

more 3 mos ago

a newer tricolor pic shown with new 20k bulbs not too burned in yet

 

[Frankysreef]

Alas the rabbit, blue tang and sailfin tang have passed on... The rabbit developed a tumor, the blue tang harassed the sailfin, and my blue tang just died... both the rabbit and blue tang were almost 5 yrs old...

 

[Paul B]

Warren, I took those two pictures on the same reef in the middle of nowhere. Most places in Tahiti are covered in corals but there are places there and everywhere else with patches like that. I don't know why either but Bora Bora is an unspoiled reef with very little tourism probably less than Fijji.
I only posted it to show that some places, for some reason do not grow corals well. It would be nice to know why just a few feet away the place is covered with them.
This picture is also in the same location and here it is obviousely covered with corals but as you swim around you find large patches that are bare. The corals diden't die in these places or you would see evidence of that, it seems corals were never growing there. I also saw a place where about an acre was just covered with staghorn corals where you couldn't see any ground and all of a sudden it stops and becomes bare. Of course most corals do not grow on sand so where the rock stops, so do the coral.
Paul