Earths SPS tank crashes… again :(

[polyppal]

‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022

Report reveals extent of sixth mass bleaching event with worst-affected reefs between Cape Tribulation and Whitsundays

amp.theguardian.com

Another mass bleaching event hit the GBR in 2022. “The surveys confirm a mass bleaching event, with coral bleaching observed at multiple reefs in all regions,” a statement accompanying the report said. “This is the fourth mass bleaching event since 2016 and the sixth to occur on the Great Barrier Reef since 1998.”

So heartbreaking when these reports come out, and sadly it’s only likely to get much worse…

 

[NowGlazeIT]

‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022

Report reveals extent of sixth mass bleaching event with worst-affected reefs between Cape Tribulation and Whitsundays

amp.theguardian.com

Another mass bleaching event hit the GBR in 2022. “The surveys confirm a mass bleaching event, with coral bleaching observed at multiple reefs in all regions,” a statement accompanying the report said. “This is the fourth mass bleaching event since 2016 and the sixth to occur on the Great Barrier Reef since 1998.”

So heartbreaking when these reports come out, and sadly it’s only likely to get much worse…

I hope they never ban reef exports. We gotta replant all those colonies with frags from our display

 

[MONTANTK]

It’s very sad to see. My #1 bucket list item is to dive/snorkel the GBR but my chances are looking bleak. Hopefully things take a drastic change for the better in the coming years

 

[polyppal]

I hope they never ban reef exports. We gotta replant all those colonies with frags from our display

Yeah what’s in DTs might be all that’s left in a few years…

everyone, donate some green slimer to AUS!

 

[KonradTO]

I hope they never ban reef exports. We gotta replant all those colonies with frags from our display

Unfortunately it does not work like that, but still at least some genetic diversity is stored safely across the world for the future generations to see a droplet of the magnificence that the luckies of us could experience..

 

[KonradTO]

It’s very sad to see. My #1 bucket list item is to dive/snorkel the GBR but my chances are looking bleak. Hopefully things take a drastic change for the better in the coming years

Fortunately it is not likely that the whole GBR will bleach without recovering until a "long" time, so you might still make it in time For the drastic change, well... Apparently even if we stopped emitting CO2 totally (which is impossible) tomorrow, the effects of climate change will still persist for few hundreds of years before going back to "normality"

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Unfortunately it does not work like that, but still at least some genetic diversity is stored safely across the world for the future generations to see a droplet of the magnificence that the luckies of us could experience..

It’s gonna have to some day

 

[polyppal]

reefers whenever we talk about climate change

 

[encrustingacro]

I think Australia should do what Indonesia does, which is mariculture the corals with a percentage going to restoration.

 

[SamsReef]

reefers whenever we talk about climate change

Funny but is true . We are saving the world at the same time having fun as well. Nothing wrong with that.

sad to hear about GBR. I better hurry and make my trip to Bali before it is too late…

Sam

 

[polyppal]

the effects of climate change will still persist for few hundreds of years before going back to "normality"

 

[KonradTO]

It’s gonna have to some day

The problem is about ecosystem complexity. What we keep in captivity is firstly a very small proportion of the complexity out there and secondly corals in captivity are adapting to captivity conditions, it is hard to tell how many species kept in the hobby can actually be transplanted in the wild. There are other hundreds small but technical motivations on why the hobby cannot really contribute to coral reef restoration significantly if the world reef ecosystem collapse..
One interesting example is gene complexes disruption. Basically if you take an organism from one place and you transplant it hundreds km away in another colony you are basically risking to "doom" the recipient colony in the long term by disrupting the delicate balance between that population genes via introducing "foreign" genes.
Immagine mixing corals from different geographical regions in one single place.

 

[polyppal]

I think Australia should do what Indonesia does, which is mariculture the corals with a percentage going to restoration.

The issue seems to be the oceans becoming an inhospitable place for coral growth because of rising temperatures, not an issue of over harvesting or damage…

As warming gets worse and worse it’ll be more of a problem on nearly any natural reef anywhere in the ocean

 

[NowGlazeIT]

The problem is about ecosystem complexity. What we keep in captivity is firstly a very small proportion of the complexity out there and secondly corals in captivity are adapting to captivity conditions, it is hard to tell how many species kept in the hobby can actually be transplanted in the wild. There are other hundreds small but technical motivations on why the hobby cannot really contribute to coral reef restoration significantly if the world reef ecosystem collapse..
One interesting example is gene complexes disruption. Basically if you take an organism from one place and you transplant it hundreds km away in another colony you are basically risking to "doom" the recipient colony in the long term by disrupting the delicate balance between that population genes via introducing "foreign" genes.
Immagine mixing corals from different geographical regions in one single place.

Is that all? Sounds easy enough! Let’s give it a try and see what happens

 

[NowGlazeIT]

The issue seems to be the oceans becoming an inhospitable place for coral growth because of rising temperatures, not an issue of over harvesting or damage…

As warming gets worse and worse it’ll be more of a problem on nearly any natural reef anywhere in the ocean

Which is why we have reefers trying preconditioned tank raised coral on their coral farms in the sea. The earth will do what it does best and adapt

 

[MONTANTK]

Fortunately it is not likely that the whole GBR will bleach without recovering until a "long" time, so you might still make it in time For the drastic change, well... Apparently even if we stopped emitting CO2 totally (which is impossible) tomorrow, the effects of climate change will still persist for few hundreds of years before going back to "normality"

I think estimates show 2050 the reefs could be gone which is quite a bit away. As the continue to die off I’m sure the prices of tours will skyrocket

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Immagine mixing corals from different geographical regions in one single place.

Like we do in our tanks?

 

[KonradTO]

Like we do in our tanks?

You are kidding right? XD sexual reproduction is not necessary for our purpose, evolution is a tiny bit different matter though..

 

[KonradTO]

The issue seems to be the oceans becoming an inhospitable place for coral growth because of rising temperatures, not an issue of over harvesting or damage…

As warming gets worse and worse it’ll be more of a problem on nearly any natural reef anywhere in the ocean

I think the general idea of the comments is that we could restore dead coral reefs when the negative effects of climate change will subside... I mean optimism is good..but I do not want to open another spicy discussion about coral conservation and hobbists...

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

You are kidding right? XD sexual reproduction is not necessary for our purpose, evolution is a tiny bit different matter though..

I was merely commenting on that sentence.