Indonesia - New Government Quota System To Preserve Coral Reefs

[kien]

Originally Posted by workn2hard2day

...It takes at least one year for a coral reef to grow by one centimeter.

obviously these coral reefs are doing something wrong and need to either look into Zeo, Fauna, vodka or the balling method.. I've seen tonnes of hobbyists grow more than a centimeter's worth of coral a year!

[Oceanic]

Originally Posted by kien

obviously these coral reefs are doing something wrong and need to either look into Zeo, Fauna, vodka or the balling method.. I've seen tonnes of hobbyists grow more than a centimeter's worth of coral a year!

You are correct, Corals grow MUCH faster than a centimeter a year....... Click below to see for yourself (time lapse photography)

http://vimeo.com/5712168

Ian

[kien]

Originally Posted by Oceanic

You are correct, Corals grow MUCH faster than a centimeter a year....... Click below to see for yourself (time lapse photography)

http://vimeo.com/5712168

Ian

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.

[Guru]

That response was our babysiter.

[Oceanic]

Originally Posted by Guru

That response was our babysiter.

[RCFA]

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.

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?

[Oceanic]

Originally Posted by RCFA

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?

The video states that the growth sequence is shot over six months, the pieces look like they increase in size about 5 fold!

[RCFA]

Originally Posted by Oceanic

The video states that the growth sequence is shot over six months, the pieces look like they increase in size about 5 fold!

Oh wow! 6 months for each shot or six months total? ya they went from little frags to huge colonies! if that was only six months total, that is really impressive.

[Oceanic]

Originally Posted by RCFA

Oh wow! 6 months for each shot or six months total? ya they went from little frags to huge colonies! if that was only six months total, that is really impressive.

The video does say six months for the colonies to branch out, it shows about 4-5 time lapsed photographs likely in 4-5 week intervals. If it is 6 months per shot then the growth would be spaced out over about 2.5 to 3 years.