This is bad . We may be in trouble

[nyvp]

Check out this article about reefs. it doesnt look good for the world or our hobby.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060314/sc_nm/environment_coral_bleaching_dc

 

[Lev F.]

Looks like soon we'll have only frags and the fish we can breed in captivity.

 

[nyvp]

wonder if one day we have to take from our tanks and replant in the ocean

 

[happyhourhero]

If the areas that are currently inhabited by corals are dying off because of higher water temperatures, will the areas a little too cool for most coral growth be warmed enough for the reefs to restart there? Excluding factors other than temperature change, we may just be seeing a gradual shirft in the locations of coral reefs.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6950571#post6950571 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nyvp
wonder if one day we have to take from our tanks and replant in the ocean

I haven't seen any proof or scientific reports, but rumor has it that they are trying to replinish a special Green Sinularia in Palau.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6950623#post6950623 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by happyhourhero
If the areas that are currently inhabited by corals are dying off because of higher water temperatures, will the areas a little too cool for most coral growth be warmed enough for the reefs to restart there? Excluding factors other than temperature change, we may just be seeing a gradual shirft in the locations of coral reefs.

This is very true, but we also have to look at how quickly the temperature changes and the bleaching rate versus the growth rates of the corals. If the corals can outgrow the bleaching then we're good as gold, but I have a feeling that isn't the case here