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Originally Posted by kien
Ya, saw that video last week and that's the second thing that popped in my head when I read that line about "one centimeter a year". First was Snappy's tank :-) Anyway, those numbers seemed off to me but what do I know.
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I would be interested in finding out more about this as well. I know that there is definitely more stress on corals in the wild, with there being no end to the predators like parrot fish, crown of thorns, etc. not to mention the storms they have to endure. Maybe the one centimeter thing is a measure of the average the entire reef grows a year, not just the corals. So the amount of coral/algae that needs to grow and turn into 'live rock' to support the next generation of corals? I don't know but it would be interesting to see growth rates of various corals from different areas. Did anyone catch the amount of time between shots on that Fiji clip mentioned earlier?