Skimmy
SKIM FU
and really krish, the world's reefs are receding, and anytime you can take corals from the ocean and raise them in hobby tanks and spread them around for a few generations, it typically strengthens the coral's ability to deal with adverse conditions, so imagine reseeding those corals into the ocean where the wild colonies died because of a 2 degree temp change.
i think that in the future a much larger responsability to reseed the oceans with captive coral colonies will befall us in the hobby currently growing corals.
the real reef killer is when tropical 3rd world countries just start ripping up the reef to make roads, runways, building foundations, etc.. and also the curio trade has a fair hand in killing corals and fish just to dry out and sell to who ever is stupid enough to buy them. not to mention pollution, ozone depletion, and natural cyclic weather patterns changing water flow, temperature, and salinity.
so we in the hobby will have an opportunity to step to the plate soon enough im sure
i dont think mother nature will kill you for taking a few corals here or there, you obviously care about the reefs and im sure you would be willing give some energy back to the reefs if they ever needed your help, and they will.
if the reefs wernt receeding to the point of being potentially gone in a couple hundred years i might feel differently about harvesting, but for now i feel responsible harvesting does just as much good as harm..jmo
i think that in the future a much larger responsability to reseed the oceans with captive coral colonies will befall us in the hobby currently growing corals.
the real reef killer is when tropical 3rd world countries just start ripping up the reef to make roads, runways, building foundations, etc.. and also the curio trade has a fair hand in killing corals and fish just to dry out and sell to who ever is stupid enough to buy them. not to mention pollution, ozone depletion, and natural cyclic weather patterns changing water flow, temperature, and salinity.
so we in the hobby will have an opportunity to step to the plate soon enough im sure
i dont think mother nature will kill you for taking a few corals here or there, you obviously care about the reefs and im sure you would be willing give some energy back to the reefs if they ever needed your help, and they will.if the reefs wernt receeding to the point of being potentially gone in a couple hundred years i might feel differently about harvesting, but for now i feel responsible harvesting does just as much good as harm..jmo
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